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- A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
- The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
- This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity Association, and featured adaptations of Broadway plays and musicals. Bert Lytell, the former President of the Association, acted as host. During the second season, an agreement was made with the Book-of-the-Month Club, and the plays were adaptations of current novels. Starting in the third season, the television plays were adaptations of plays, novels, dramas, etc., by known and unknown authors. The title of the show was changed to "Repertory Theatre" (1949) for episodes 1.29 to 1.31 and "Arena Theatre" (1949) for episodes 1.32 to 1.38. Effective with episode 1.39, the original title was used. Starting with the fourth season, this show alternated weekly with "The Goodyear Theatre" (1951); starting in the eighth season, this program alternated with "The Goodyear Theatre" (1951) and "The ALCOA Hour" (1955).
- Produced by the ABC as its television network was just getting off the ground, this program was one of the first dramatic series television to attract top-name actors and actresses. Performing plays by such authors as Poe and Thurber, cast members included current well-known performers like Julie Harris and Cloris Leachman, as well as up-and-coming talents like Marlon Brando. The series was renamed "The Play's the Thing" midway through its final season.
- Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
- Suspense/Anthology series based on an ABC radio series which ran from 1946-48. The half-hour series mostly consisted of original dramas concerning murder, mayhem or insanity. Series narrator Larry Semon was the only regular; each week a new set of actors were featured. The title of the series was derived from a clock which was major plot element in each story. The show's musical theme was "The Sands of Time."
- Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
- Live psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.
- A suburbanite wants to escape from it all and so plots the murder of his shrewish, hypochondriac wife. A gangster and his glamorous wife enter the plot and bring further complications.
- "Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
- Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
- A reluctant soldier, Peter, serves in Italy during WWII. He marries a local girl named Teresa and brings her to the US.
- The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
- Innovative anthology series was one of the first adult-oriented science fiction series of the early-fifties and probably suffered for it. Teleplays were adapted from the best science fiction stories available from such masters as Ray Bradbury and Robert Heinlein. The series, which did not have a sponsor, was canceled after only twelve episodes
- A man has had to retire from his job on a spaceship because of an accident which has given him a fear of heights. Depressed and unhappy, he eventually finds that rescuing a cat from a skyscraper ledge restores his "balance".
- A young boy believes his father deserves a medal for being in the war and is heartbroken when he finds out the truth and how his father disgraced the family.
- After buying a very used car, a writer uncovers some very unusual items under one of the seat cushions. The story of the vehicle's former owners is told via flashbacks.
- The story of the biggest POW-camp escape of World War II.
- A destitute man is given a book by Balzac that contains the theory that any man who has not had a meal in eight days is a potential killer. A man is murdered and the destitute man is brought to trial.
- A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.
- This live show was seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person.
- A young traveling salesman isn't expecting to be accused of murder.