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Episodes: All (134)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4
Year: 1956  |  1957  |  1958  |  1959  |  1960


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Forbidden Area

Original Air Date—4 October 1956

Season 1, Episode 2: Requiem for a Heavyweight

Original Air Date—11 October 1956

Season 1, Episode 3: Sizeman and Son

Original Air Date—18 October 1956

Season 1, Episode 4: Rendezvous in Black

Original Air Date—25 October 1956

Season 1, Episode 5: The Country Husband

Original Air Date—1 November 1956

Season 1, Episode 6: The Big Slide

Original Air Date—8 November 1956

Season 1, Episode 7: Heritage of Anger

Original Air Date—15 November 1956

Season 1, Episode 8: Eloise

Original Air Date—22 November 1956

Season 1, Episode 9: Confession

Original Air Date—29 November 1956

Season 1, Episode 10: Made in Heaven

Original Air Date—6 December 1956

Season 1, Episode 11: Sincerely, Willis Wade

Original Air Date—13 December 1956

Season 1, Episode 12: The Family Nobody Wanted

Original Air Date—20 December 1956

Season 1, Episode 13: Massacre at Sand Creek

Original Air Date—27 December 1956

Season 1, Episode 14: Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

Original Air Date—3 January 1957

Season 1, Episode 15: The Ninth Day

Original Air Date—10 January 1957

Season 1, Episode 16: So Soon to Die

Original Air Date—17 January 1957

Season 1, Episode 17: The Star Wagon

Original Air Date—24 January 1957

Season 1, Episode 18: The Greer Case

Original Air Date—31 January 1957

Season 1, Episode 19: The Miracle Worker

Original Air Date—7 February 1957

Season 1, Episode 20: The Comedian

Original Air Date—14 February 1957

Season 1, Episode 21: One Coat of White

Original Air Date—21 February 1957

Season 1, Episode 22: The Blackwell Story

Original Air Date—28 February 1957

Season 1, Episode 23: Invitation to a Gunfighter

Original Air Date—7 March 1957

Season 1, Episode 24: The Last Tycoon

Original Air Date—14 March 1957

Season 1, Episode 25: The Hostess with the Mostess

Original Air Date—21 March 1957

Season 1, Episode 26: Charley's Aunt

Original Air Date—28 March 1957

Season 1, Episode 27: Clipper Ship

Original Air Date—4 April 1957

Season 1, Episode 28: If You Knew Elizabeth

Original Air Date—11 April 1957

Season 1, Episode 29: Three Men on a Horse

Original Air Date—18 April 1957

Season 1, Episode 30: Four Women in Black

Original Air Date—27 April 1957

Season 1, Episode 31: Child of Trouble

Original Air Date—2 May 1957

Season 1, Episode 32: Homeward Borne

Original Air Date—9 May 1957

Season 1, Episode 33: The Helen Morgan Story

Original Air Date—16 May 1957

Season 1, Episode 34: Winter Dreams

Original Air Date—23 May 1957

Season 1, Episode 35: Circle of the Day

Original Air Date—30 May 1957

Season 1, Episode 36: Without Incident

Original Air Date—6 June 1957

Season 1, Episode 37: Clash by Night

Original Air Date—13 June 1957

Season 1, Episode 38: Ain't No Time for Glory

Original Air Date—20 June 1957

Season 1, Episode 39: The Fabulous Irishman

Original Air Date—27 June 1957

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: The Death of Manolete

Original Air Date—12 September 1957

Season 2, Episode 2: The Dark Side of the Earth

Original Air Date—19 September 1957

Season 2, Episode 3: Topaze

Original Air Date—26 September 1957

Season 2, Episode 4: A Sound of Different Drummers

Original Air Date—3 October 1957

Season 2, Episode 5: The Playroom

Original Air Date—10 October 1957

Season 2, Episode 6: Around the World in 90 Minutes

Original Air Date—17 October 1957
October 17, 1957, the CBS Television Network diverted from its typical format of live dramatic presentations for "Playhouse 90" to cover Michael Todd's gigantic party commemorating the one-year anniversary of the release of his film "Around The World In 80 Days". Todd invited 18-thousand people to the gala in New York City's Madison Square Garden though the number probably was far greater because of party-crashers. Walter Cronkite hosted the coverage with future ABC Sports ace Jim McKay and news veteran Bill Leonard handling the interviewing of numerous celebrity party guests. During the broadcast, Garry Moore hosted occasional comedy vignettes of how Todd came to create his Academy award-winning movie.

Season 2, Episode 7: The Mystery of Thirteen

Original Air Date—24 October 1957

Season 2, Episode 8: The Edge of Innocence

Original Air Date—31 October 1957

Season 2, Episode 9: The Clouded Image

Original Air Date—7 November 1957

Season 2, Episode 10: The Jet-Propelled Couch

Original Air Date—14 November 1957

Season 2, Episode 11: The Troublemakers

Original Air Date—21 November 1957

Season 2, Episode 12: Panic Button

Original Air Date—28 November 1957

Season 2, Episode 13: Galvanized Yankee

Original Air Date—5 December 1957

Season 2, Episode 14: The Thundering Wave

Original Air Date—12 December 1957

Season 2, Episode 15: For I Have Loved Strangers

Original Air Date—19 December 1957

Season 2, Episode 16: Lone Woman

Original Air Date—26 December 1957

Season 2, Episode 17: Reunion

Original Air Date—2 January 1958

Season 2, Episode 18: The Last Man

Original Air Date—9 January 1958

Season 2, Episode 19: The 80 Yard Run

Original Air Date—16 January 1958

Season 2, Episode 20: Before I Die

Original Air Date—23 January 1958

Season 2, Episode 21: The Gentleman from Seventh Avenue

Original Air Date—30 January 1958

Season 2, Episode 22: The Violent Heart

Original Air Date—6 February 1958

Season 2, Episode 23: No Time at All

Original Air Date—13 February 1958

Season 2, Episode 24: Point of No Return

Original Air Date—20 February 1958

Season 2, Episode 25: Portrait of a Murderer

Original Air Date—27 February 1958

Season 2, Episode 26: The Last Clear Chance

Original Air Date—6 March 1958

Season 2, Episode 27: The Male Animal

Original Air Date—13 March 1958

Season 2, Episode 28: The Right Hand Man

Original Air Date—20 March 1958

Season 2, Episode 29: Turn Left at Mount Everest

Original Air Date—3 April 1958

Season 2, Episode 30: The Dungeon

Original Air Date—17 April 1958

Season 2, Episode 31: Verdict of Three

Original Air Date—24 April 1958

Season 2, Episode 32: Rumors of Evening

Original Air Date—1 May 1958

Season 2, Episode 33: Not the Glory

Original Air Date—8 May 1958

Season 2, Episode 34: Nightmare at Ground Zero

Original Air Date—15 May 1958

Season 2, Episode 35: Bomber's Moon

Original Air Date—22 May 1958

Season 2, Episode 36: Natchez

Original Air Date—29 May 1958

Season 2, Episode 37: The Innocent Sleep

Original Air Date—5 June 1958

Season 2, Episode 38: A Town Has Turned to Dust

Original Air Date—19 June 1958

Season 2, Episode 39: The Great Gatsby

Original Air Date—28 June 1958

Season 2, Episode 40: Bitter Heritage

Original Air Date—7 August 1958

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: The Plot to Kill Stalin

Original Air Date—25 September 1958

Season 3, Episode 2: The Days of Wine and Roses

Original Air Date—2 October 1958

Season 3, Episode 3: The Time of Your Life

Original Air Date—9 October 1958

Season 3, Episode 4: The Long March

Original Air Date—16 October 1958

Season 3, Episode 5: Shadows Tremble

Original Air Date—23 October 1958

Season 3, Episode 6: Word from a Sealed-Off Box

Original Air Date—30 October 1958

Season 3, Episode 7: Heart of Darkness

Original Air Date—6 November 1958

Season 3, Episode 8: Old Man

Original Air Date—20 November 1958

Season 3, Episode 9: The Return of Ansel Gibbs

Original Air Date—27 November 1958

Season 3, Episode 10: Free Weekend

Original Air Date—4 December 1958

Season 3, Episode 11: Seven Against the Wall

Original Air Date—11 December 1958

Season 3, Episode 12: The Nutcracker

Original Air Date—25 December 1958
This telecast of George Balanchine's famous production was broadcast only four years after it was premiered by the New York City Ballet.

Season 3, Episode 13: Face of a Hero

Original Air Date—1 January 1959

Season 3, Episode 14: The Wings of the Dove

Original Air Date—8 January 1959

Season 3, Episode 15: The Blue Men

Original Air Date—15 January 1959

Season 3, Episode 16: The Velvet Alley

Original Air Date—22 January 1959

Season 3, Episode 17: A Quiet Game of Cards

Original Air Date—29 January 1959

Season 3, Episode 18: Child of Our Time

Original Air Date—5 February 1959

Season 3, Episode 19: The Second Man

Original Air Date—12 February 1959

Season 3, Episode 20: The Raider

Original Air Date—19 February 1959

Season 3, Episode 21: The Ding-A-Ling Girl

Original Air Date—26 February 1959

Season 3, Episode 22: Made in Japan

Original Air Date—5 March 1959

Season 3, Episode 23: For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1

Original Air Date—12 March 1959

Season 3, Episode 24: For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2

Original Air Date—19 March 1959

Season 3, Episode 25: A Trip to Paradise

Original Air Date—26 March 1959

Season 3, Episode 26: In Lonely Expectation

Original Air Date—2 April 1959

Season 3, Episode 27: The Day Before Atlanta

Original Air Date—9 April 1959

Season 3, Episode 28: Judgment at Nuremberg

Original Air Date—16 April 1959

Season 3, Episode 29: A Corner of the Garden

Original Air Date—23 April 1959

Season 3, Episode 30: Dark December

Original Air Date—30 April 1959

Season 3, Episode 31: Diary of a Nurse

Original Air Date—7 May 1959

Season 3, Episode 32: A Marriage of Strangers

Original Air Date—14 May 1959

Season 3, Episode 33: Out of Dust

Original Air Date—21 May 1959

Season 3, Episode 34: The Rank and the File

Original Air Date—28 May 1959

Season 3, Episode 35: The Killers of Mussolini

Original Air Date—4 June 1959

Season 3, Episode 36: Project Immortality

Original Air Date—11 June 1959

Season 3, Episode 37: Dark as the Night

Original Air Date—18 June 1959

Season 3, Episode 38: The Second Happiest Day

Original Air Date—25 June 1959

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Target for Three

Original Air Date—1 October 1959

Season 4, Episode 2: The Sounds of Eden

Original Air Date—15 October 1959

Season 4, Episode 3: Misalliance

Original Air Date—29 October 1959

Season 4, Episode 4: The Hidden Image

Original Air Date—12 November 1959

Season 4, Episode 5: The Grey Nurse Said Nothing

Original Air Date—26 November 1959

Season 4, Episode 6: The Tunnel

Original Air Date—10 December 1959

Season 4, Episode 7: The Silver Whistle

Original Air Date—24 December 1959

Season 4, Episode 8: John Brown's Raid

Original Air Date—14 January 1960

Season 4, Episode 9: A Dream of Treason

Original Air Date—26 January 1960

Season 4, Episode 10: To the Sound of Trumpets

Original Air Date—10 February 1960

Season 4, Episode 11: The Cruel Day

Original Air Date—24 February 1960

Season 4, Episode 12: Tomorrow

Original Air Date—7 March 1960

Season 4, Episode 13: The Hiding Place

Original Air Date—22 March 1960

Season 4, Episode 14: Alas, Babylon

Original Air Date—3 April 1960

Season 4, Episode 15: Journey to the Day

Original Air Date—22 April 1960

Season 4, Episode 16: The Shape of the River

Original Air Date—2 May 1960

Season 4, Episode 17: In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Original Air Date—18 May 1960

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