Americana

Americana was a history quiz show.

Broadcast
NBC 1947-1949

Packager
Martin Stone Productions

Distributor
NBC Productions

Hosts
John Mason Brown (1947–1948)

Deems Taylor (1948)

Ben Grauer (1948–1949)

Ben Grauer and Vivian Ferrer (1949)

Announcers
Dick Dudley

Hugh James

Gameplay
The quiz, whose slogan was "Your program about your country", involved five contestants (originally adults, changed to high school students by March 1949) answering viewer-submitted questions about American history. A panel of three actors would perform short skits (with either one actor or more in each), after which the contestants would try to answer the questions.