The Big Idea is a documentary TV series that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network.
[5] The show served as "an intermediary between success-seeking inventors, whose patented ideas need producers or funds, and manufacturers or investors".
[6] By early February 1953, manufacturers had bought five inventions demonstrated on the program, and 12 more devices were the subjects of negotiations between inventors and prospective purchasers.
[6] The Big Idea was a local program on WCAU television in Philadelphia for three years before it moved to the network.
[5] It was initially broadcast on Mondays from 9 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, which put it opposite I Love Lucy on CBS.