During the last two years of production, scripts were condensed versions of projects under consideration by various studios as feature films, although none were ever produced as such.
Premiered on CBS as a half hour dramatic anthology series on October 2, 1950 (Monday nights 8:00-8:30), moved to Thursday nights (9:00-9:30) in August, 1951. Switched to NBC in an hour-long format in August, 1954 on Thurday night 10:00-11:00). Last televised on September 12, 1957.
From 1950 to September 1953, the live thirty-minute broadcast came from New York City. The show moved to Hollywood in September 1953, and continued the thirty-minute schedule. In August 1954, the show moved to NBC, and came from Hollywood in a sixty-minute format.
Broadcast live from New York City until the 1953 season premiere.
The show was based on the radio show, "Lux Radio Theater", which was broadcast from October 1934 to June 1955. The sponsor was Lux soap.