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- Live music and light comedy featuring singer Lanny Ross. For the first 5 months, a quiz segment was included where contestants attempted to determine names, places and events from a series of visual clues. In September 1948, the show switched to "Lanny's penthouse where various guests made an appearance and Lanny's "girlfriend" Eileen Baron would visit. In March 1949, the format changed to straight musical variety.
- Henry Morgan would thumb through copies of the trade newspaper "Variety" turning up the names of the guests, usually little-known nightclub performers and offer comments on the show's sponsor. The sponsor was not amused and canceled the show after five weeks.
- 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.
- 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).
- A show featuring model railroad trains running on tracks sponsored by Lionel Trains. The show lasted 2-1/2 months. "Don Magee, the narrator told railroad tales to augment the series.
- Beginning as a short cartoon-sketch program, it evolved into a longer interview series.
- The show had two venues. In December 1948 to March 1949, Morey Amsterdam was the emcee at a small fictional nightclub in New York City's Times Square. Charlie the Doorman (later Newton the Waiter) and Lola the cigarette girl were also employed at the club. Between April 1949 and October 1950, the show shifted to a different network and the scene shifted to the Silver Swan Cafe with Newton and Lola still employed.
- A crime show with a twist. The viewers saw a murder and the police investigating. But before the murderer was revealed, the audience was invited to call in their solutions. Celebrities also appeared and offered their guesses as to who the culprit was.
- Filmed dramas of famous literary short stories by authors such as Guy de Maupassant, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, etc.
- The first season, beginning in March 1949, featured Robert L. Ripley sitting in a "living room" recounting tales of strange stories. Ripley died on 27 May and was replaced by Robert St. John who continued to November 1949. The second season, beginning in January 1950, was a dramatic anthology series based on Ripley's stories and featured guest players every week.
- This show had originated on the radio in 1945 and was intended to be a serious discussion of male-female relationships. It soon degenerated into a show where women bashed men and this was carried over to the TV show. A different male appeared each week to defend the male sex, e.g., Henry Morgan, Morey Amsterdam, George Jessel, etc. The TV show began as a local show in New York City in 1947 and then moved to the NBC network in 1949.
- Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police depended on the year. The only constant was Happy McMann's tobacco shop where Kane hung out.
- Two plot lines evolved for this show. The first, broadcast from August 1949 to January 1951, was a live variety show set in a nightclub with guest singers, comedians, etc. Guests who did not perform that night, or other famous people, were seen sitting at ringside in the "nightclub." The original emcee was George "the Greek Ambassador of Good Will" Givot but he left after two months, replaced by comedian Harold Barry who was succeeded by singer Bob Russell. Anne Francis appeared in floor covering commercials as "Bonny Maid" assisted by four other people. The show went off the air in January 1951 and returned in September 1951 with a different format. Lady Irish Mountbatten appeared with a group of children and the show featured children's stories and songs; the show finally went off the air in December 1951.
- Most of the shows featured grand opera but on occasion, ballet dancers and popular singers were also guests.
- This soap opera was the TV version of the radio serial that had begun in 1932. It tells the story of San Francisco banker Henry Barbour and his family, i.e., Paul, the eldest son; Hazel, the eldest daughter was 28 and eventually married Bill Herbert; the twins, Claudia and Cliff who were students at Stanford Univ; and 10-year-old Jack.
- Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
- Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
- The format was to sing the seven top rated popular songs for the week; the songs were sung by the regular cast of vocalists. An attempt was made to revive the show in 1974 with songs from selected broadcasts of songs from the 1940s and 1950s.
- During the first year, the theme of this variety show as to interview people who were related to famous celebrities without divulging who the celebrity was. After a period of time, the celebrity was brought out and entertained the audience. Starting in the second year, the show theme switched from music to comedy keeping the same format.
- The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.
- In this live sitcom, 18-year-old Alexander Bobbin has just graduated from high-school and is planning his future. He lives with his two old-maid aunts, Clara and Bertha, who have raised himm abd gus sister Susie. Alexander is in love with the girl next door, Nancy, but she likes him but wants to keep her options open.
- A late 1950s British detective show starring an inspector solving crimes with help of subordinates. Focuses on cases tackled by Scotland Yard.
- This show was an irregularly scheduled hour long program that gave more complete coverage of issues. The show consisted of 'Edward R. Murrow (I)' sitting in the New York studio talking about the topic of the week. The most significant show was on 9 March 1954 during the McCarthy Era. Murrow showed a series of film clips of Senator Joseph McCarthy and revealed how shallow he was and how he lied to promote his programs. Other major shows were: 20 October 1953: "The Case Against Milo Radulovich, AO589839" that revealed how the US Air Force was trying to discharge Lieutenant Radulovich because it was suspected that his Serbian father and sister were Communist sympathizers; after the show, the Secretary of the Air Force, Harold E. Talbott, reviewed the case and Radulovich was reinstated. 24 November 1953: "Argument in Indianapolis" revealed how the local American Legion post refused to allow the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to use their hall.
- Irma Peterson was the typical dumb blonde secretary living with a roommate, Jane Stacy, in a run-down Manhattan apartment run by Mrs. O'Reilly. A neighbor was nutty Professor Kropotkin. Jane's boss and boyfriend was millionaire Richard Rhinelander III. During the second season, Jane Stacy moved to Panama and Kay Foster moved in with Irma; Irma's 7-year-old nephew Bobby also moved in. Irma also acquired a new boyfriend, Joe Vance, and a new neighbor, Mr. Corday, an actor.
- One hour ecumenical religious show divided into three 20-minute segments for the Protestants, Catholics and Jewish viewers.
- Live quiz show that appeared three times a week. Paar would pick contestants from the studio audience and quiz them about current news events; the contestants would win money for each right answer. At the end of the show, all contestants would be given the same question and the one or ones with the right answer won the big prize ($100).
- This quiz show, an "I've Got A Secret" clone, lasted three weeks in the summer of 1952. The panelists attempted to guess what event had happened to the contestants by asking questions. Something had happened to the contestants and it had been reported in a newspaper.
- This summer replacement show rewarded people who had performed heroic deeds or had helped others. The contestants were brought on stage and Todd Russell would relate what they had done. They would then spin a wheel and win the amount of money shown on the wheel.
- This show was a military talent show sponsored by the US Army to aid recruiting. The show, emceed by Steve Allen, featured amateurs trying to win a night on the town with a pretty actress. In April 1953, Allen was replaced by Bud Collyer who was replaced by Arlene Francis in June 1953. In 1954, professional entertainers in the Army were featured each week instead of the amateurs of the first year. In June 1955, the show expanded to 60 minutes from 30 and Richard Hayes, who was in the Army, joined Ms. Francis as co-host. All of the music on the show was provided by Army bands.
- This show originated on the ABC-TV network in February 1953 with one cast and switched to the Dumont TV network in May 1953 with a different cast. The theme of the show was auctioning goods that the audience bid on. One item on each show was supposedly owned by a famous person and had a significance with that person.
- Live dramatic-anthology emphasizing supernatural and strange twists of fate. Each show had a different host who would appear at the beginning of the show; this host would then appear on the "Robert Montgomery Presents' program the following week.
- ABC, which had a reputation for producing shows that were not as good as their competitors CBS and NBC, used this program to audtition possible series in the hope of gaining sponsorship for the 1953 TV season. The episodes were expensive to produce and featured top notch casts and two of the episodes were picked up by sponsors and broadcast in the 1953-54 season.
- A live science fiction program aimed at kids. Commander Bill Hollister, aided by his protege Dink Saudners, was ordered to determine why a large number of ships were sinking. Hollister finds that the source of the trouble is the evil Kebeda and his henchman Mersennus.
- The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When Allen's prime-time series debuted in the summer of 1956, he limited his appearances on this show to Wednesday through Friday and a series of guest hosts filled in until 1 October 1956 when Ernie Kovacs took over as permanent host for the Monday and Tuesday broadcast. Kovacs had his own set of entertainers, i.e., Wendell, Hanley, Arthur and Loden. The last show was broadcast on 25 January 1957."Tonight's" first monologue was given with Steve Allen seated at the piano: "In case you're just joining us...this is Tonight...and I can't think of too much to tell you about it, except I want to give you the bad news first: this program is going to go on forever. I wouldn't call it a Spectacular....you might say it's more a Monotonious ."
- Robert Allison is a doctor living in Grove Falls, USA. His wife died leaving him to raise their 10-year-old son "Jeep" and his 13-year-old sister Peggy. Mrs. Bixby was the housekeeper and Barbara Miller was the beautiful romantic interest for the doctor.
- Summer replacement show about an Irish-American family in Ludlow, Kentucky in 1919. John is the County Clerk and lives behind the store he owns. The stories are narrated by John's grandson who tells about growing up in small town America in the early 20th century. The grandson is Kevin who is seen as a youngster but never seen as an adult.
- George Cooper, a successful bank executive, lives in an exclusive neighborhood with his dim-wit wife Liz. The neighbors for the first two seasons were the Cobbs, a snobbish family. They were replaced in the third season by the Shephards who were less snobbish. Reruns on the show were broadcast in 1957.
- 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.
- John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and Willie. Carl was engaged to Terry. The stories revolved around the family and various criminals encountered around the harbor.
- This was originally a segment of "The Kate Smith Evening Hour" that was put on as a summer replacement show. This live show featured Cicero Sweeney, the owner of a general store in a small town, his grandson, Kippy, and Kippy's mother Marge. The episodes featured stories about the main characters and the people of the town.
- Willa Dodger opens a law practice in Renfrew, New Hampshire, USA after graduating from law school but business is slow so she left her boyfriend Charlie Bush in Renfrew, went to New York City and began representing a vaudeville group headed by Perry Bannister.
- The story evolved around officials at the Pearl River First National Bank in Pearl River, New York. Pearson Norby is the vice-president in charge of small loans, Maud Enels is president, Mr. Rudge, vice president and efficiency expert, and Wahleen Johnson, the switchboard operator. The episodes featured these characters and Norby's wife Helen and two children Diane and Hank and the Norby's neighbors Bobo and Maureen.
- Summer replacement show for The Lineup (1954). In the first two years, this show featured up-and-coming actors and actresses in original dramas. During the 1957-1958 summer season, the program re-ran shows from other series, for example, the 1958 season featured reruns of The Web (1950).
- The 1955 show concerned sisters Margaret and Barbara Whiting, a coed at UCLA, who lived at home with their mother in Los Angeles, California. The series concerned the adventures of the two women. When the show returned in 1957, Artie joined the cast as an accompanist for Margaret.
- Typical western with a twist. The two stars appeared as Texas Rangers but in a different scenario each program. One week, they might be Rangers in the 1840s and the next week they would be current day Rangers, i.e., it was a history of the Texas Rangers.
- This show featured three rotating series, "Kings Row", "Cheyenne" and "Casablanca". The last 15 minutes was devoted to promoting Warner Brothers movies but this was dropped along with "Kings Row" and "Casablanca". "Cheyenne" went on to run on TV for eight years.
- The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made. Later, the format changed to show edited versions of MGM films.
- Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April 1958. Frank Baxter hosted the third and final season.
- It's North Africa in World War II and Gen. Harrison issues order to Sgt. Nelson to do all the right things vis-a-vis the Allies and the Germans. Romance sometimes entered as well.
- Drs. Sam Rinehart and Noah McCann are veterinarians working in a veterinary hospital. Rinehart, the older of the two, is confined to a wheelchair. Liz Clark is the secretary. The stories revolved around the animals that are treated and the interactions between the three humans.