Philco TV Playhouse (NBC)(1948-55) - Goodyear TV Playhouse (NBC)(1951-57) - Alcoa Hour (NBC)(1955-57)
"Live" Sunday-night Dramatic Anthology
Philco Television Playhouse (1948-55)
aka TV Playhouse
Episode Guide compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger,
Rina Fox
references:
TV Gu9ide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Philco Television Playhouse (season 1) (NBC) (1948-1949)
Philco Television Playhouse (season 2) (NBC) (1949-1950)
Philco Television Playhouse (season 3) (NBC) (1950-1951)
Philco Television Playhouse (season 4) (NBC) (1951-1952)
Philco Television Playhouse (season 5) (NBC) (1952-1953)
Philco Television Playhouse (season 6) (NBC) (1953-1954)
Philco Television Playhouse (season 7) (NBC) (1954-1955)
Philco Television Playhouse (season 8) (NBC) (Fall 1955)
PHILCO TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE
NBC Sundays 9:00-10:00
Live dramatic anthology
Oct 3, 1948 until Oct 2, 1955
The Philco Television Playhouse was one of the most
distinguished of the many
"live" anthology dramas which aired during the so-called "Golden Age" of
television. The first episode of the Philco program was broadcast over
NBC on Sunday evening 3 October 1948 between 9:00 and 10:00 P.M.
It remained on the air for just over seven seasons until 1955.
At the beginning of its fourth season in 1951, The Philco Television Playhouse
acquired an alternating sponsor, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
From the fall of 1951 until it went off the air, the program shared its Sunday night slot
with The Goodyear Theatre.
For a short period between 28 August 1955 and 12
February 1956,
the Philco Television Playhouse alternated with The Alcoa Hour
in addition to The Goodyear Theatre. Following the end of
The Philco Television Playhouse in 1955, The Alcoa Hour
and The Goodyear Theatre continued in alternation with
broadcasts of one hour live dramas until 29 September 1957.
Theme song: "Salute to Industry" by Morris Mamorsky
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