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- Reenactments of famous Canadian and American jury trials
- Performance of extracts from Shakespeare's plays.
- When an engineer is laid off, he decides to employ his talents manufacturing inventions in his basement, much to the dismay of his family and friends.
- Two sisters move into the mansion of a late relative who has willed them the place and her money on the condition they live there for five years. however, wanting the inheritance, the servants plot to do the two girls in.
- Musical/Variety with a country bent set in the fictional town of Harper Valley. The show was inspired by host Jeanne C. Riley's crossover hit song of the same name.
- A young doctor faces a decision: which of two deserving patients will be selected to receive the one replacement heart available?
- This movie was based on Quintin Reynolds' lawsuit against Westbrook Pegler. Pegler was a character assassin of the first order. Pegler claimed that Reynolds was a Communist and a coward. Reynolds defended himself, sued, and won big. Reynolds was exonerated and continued writing. Pegler, like most other people like him, eventually imploded.
- Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler host this musical special celebrating the career of composer Richard Rodgers through clips and live performances.
- F. Lee Baily hosted this short-lived (four months) interview program on ABC- TV. Similar in format to "Person to Person" on CBS in the 1950s, this series was executive-produced by David Susskind. John Aaron, who had created "Person to Person," started as producer of this series but was fired by Susskind after preparing just one episode. Susskind said he wanted harder- hitting interviews than Aaron was producing.
- Catherine Sloper, very plain and very rich, is terrified that she's destined to live with her tyrannical father for a long, long time and die an old maid. Along comes dashing and suave Morris Townsend to sweep her off her feet.
- The good doctor is on trial before the British Medical Association Council, if he is found guilty, he will no longer be allowed to practice medicine. The story unfolds through flashbacks which depict his career and his subsequent downfall.
- Jack Shepherd is an ex-football star who has become a minister. The comedy revolves around his efforts to adjust to this new life given his quick temper and tendency to put his foot in his mouth.
- A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
- Pamela Blake, 15, is transitioning from tomboy to young woman. Her parents have difficulty accepting this, particularly her father Tom. Timmy is her best friend and Johnny is a boy she likes.
- Based on the best-selling book, this movie focuses on John F. Kennedy's first run for a congressional seat in 1946.
- TV variety special celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with song and comedy.
- Based on the book by Mary Carter"Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption was a secret which now threatens to destroy the entire family.
- The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, based upon the Robert Penn Warren-novel.
- Musical retelling of the classic fairy tale, with score by Alec Wilder and William Engvick.
- Filmed live each week, this program gave viewers a glimpse of drama and adventure from around the world and from the distant and not-so-distant past. Subjects of the weekly plays included the American wars, as well as conflicts of far-away countries, and were performed by a number of well-known stars of the time.
- A wealthy suburbanite's life changes drastically when her husband walks out on her and her children.
- A college professor's well-ordered life is disrupted when his wife discovers he is having an affair with one of his students.
- Jesse Gifford, a champion rodeo rider, receives crippling injuries in the ring, resulting in the ending of his career. After his wife Shirley deserts him, he's left with the responsibility of raising two young sons with no job and no prospects.
- Live dramas that were broadcast every other week. The show had covered both light and serious drama and featured both well-known and not so well-known actors and actresses.
- The story focuses on a Dentist's attempts to get even with the man who placed him in jail, and married his sweetheart, Virginia Brush(the strawberry blonde)
- Sam Garret plays brave TV cowboy star Jed Clayton but the problem is he's uncoordinated, scared of horses and has allergies. Wife Ruth, son Bobby, and neighbors the Gilmans like Sam as the average guy he is.
- This is a complete version of The Three Musketeers. The focal point is the Musketeers efforts to save the King and Queen from the machinations of Cardinal Richelieu who wants to secretly be in control and his minions the spy Milady de Winter and his top swordsman agent Jusac de Rochefort.
- Contestants race around a supermarket, collecting as high a dollar value in groceries as they can in their shopping cart within a specified time limit.
- Dramatic show based on cases tried by lawyers of the Legal Aid Society of New York City.
- Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past.
- Torey Peck is a twelve year old who's curiosity and impulsiveness often leads to trouble. Steve and Jennifer are her parents with Roger her brother. Trudy and Francesca are close friends.
- A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.
- This show heavily researched the subject and then presented the life and times of notorious people, e.g., Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz, Al Capone, John Dillinger, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, Ma Barker, et al. The Committee Members were all members of the New York Bar Association.
- In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf/mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.
- The last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. was hosted by Frank Gallop, and featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, many of which were adapted from stories by famous authors like Conrad Aiken and Edgar Allan Poe.
- This television docudrama series traces the career of John Dean, President Nixon's special counsel.
- During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
- The Hilliards are a middle class family whose lives are put in danger when escaped convict Glenn Griffin invades their home. Griffin is crazed, tormenting the Hilllards plus his meek brother Hank. Sadistic Robish is also present.
- In Connecticut in September 1923, the lives of three people collide: Josie, a domineering Irish woman with a quick tongue and a ruined reputation, her conniving father, tenant farmer Phil Hogan, and James Tyrone, Jr., Hogan's landlord and drinking companion, a cynical alcoholic haunted by the death of his mother.
- Jamie is an orphan who is shuttled from one uncaring home to another. He finally ends up in Aunt Laurie's house, where he meets kindred spirit Grandpa, who is ignored by everyone. The two of them become best friends and share one adventure after another.
- The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
- In this charming TV adaptation of the 1947 film classic, a kindly old gentleman (Ed Wynn) working as a Macy's department store Santa causes a commotion when he claims to be the real St. Nick. Forced to prove his sanity, he is taken to court where he must convince the judge and his friends that he actually is Santa Claus. The faith of one skeptical little girl (Susan Gordon) and a Christmas miracle are the keys to his true identity.
- A 1968 made-for-television remake of the 1957 film, based on the disturbing 1956 Michael V. Gazzo play, as performed by members of The Actors' Studio on ABC (American Broadcasting Company) television.
- The adventures of a Yorkshire vet and his colleague in their everyday life.
- A year in the life of the Smith family as they prepare to move to NYC and anticipate the 1904 St Louis World's Fair. Many musical numbers as Esther and Rose try to find husbands so they won't be old maids.
- Buddy Overstreet was an everyday, ordinary sort of guy... until the one day he overheard a member of "The Syndicate" (a crime organization) say the words "Chicken Little!" Now The Syndicate has decided Buddy knows too much and must be silenced for good. The show follows the comic misadventures of Buddy as he travels from town to town, trying to evade people who are trying to kill him. It is kind of like The Fugitive (1963), only played for laughs.