Presented by Morgan Beatty, the 15-minute show was the network's third and final attempt at a nightly news broadcast.
The network's previous attempts at successful news broadcasts were The Walter Compton News (June 1947 to 1948, moving from WTTG in Washington DC to the network on August 25, 1947) and I.N.S.
The DuMont Evening News was shown from 7:15-7:30 PM ET, immediately following the popular Captain Video.
The show was one of the many axed due to the network's financial problems.
He is best known for being the first to broadcast a news bulletin announcing that the Russians had launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, over the NBC Radio Network.