 At its peak in 1954 , DuMont was affiliated with around 200 television stations . In those days , television stations were free to " cherry @-@ pick " which programs they would air , and many stations affiliated with multiple networks , depending mainly on the number of commercial television stations available in a market at a given time ( markets where only one commercial station was available carried programming from all four major networks ) . Many of DuMont 's " affiliates " carried very little DuMont programming , choosing to air one or two more popular programs ( such as Life Is Worth Living ) and / or sports programming on the weekends . Few stations carried the full DuMont program lineup . 
 At its peak in 1954 , DuMont was affiliated with around 200 television stations . In those days , television stations <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> free to " cherry @-@ pick " which programs they would air , and many stations affiliated with multiple networks , depending mainly on the number of commercial television stations available in a market at a given time ( markets where only one commercial station was available carried programming from all four major networks ) . Many of DuMont <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>" affiliates " carried very little DuMont programming , choosing to air one or two more popular programs ( such as Life Is Worth Living ) and / or sports programming on the weekends . Few stations carried the full DuMont program lineup . 
At its peak in 1954 , DuMont was affiliated witt around 200 television stations . In those days , television stations was free to " cherry @-@ pick " which programs they would air , and many stations affiliated with multiple networks , depending mainly on the number of commercial television stations available in a market at a given time ( markets where only one commercial station was available carried programming from all 4 major networks ) . Many of DuMont  " affiliates " carried very little DuMont programming , choosing to air one or 2 more popular programs ( such as Life Is Worth livin ) and / or sports programming on the weekends . Few stations carried the full DuMont program lineup .