1947
Kraft Television Theatre
(NBC) (1947-58) "live" Wednesday night Anthology Series
Kraft Television Theatre
(ABC) (1953-55) "live" Thursday night Anthology Series
1948
Actors
Studio (ABC/CBS)(1948-50) 30 min "live" Dramatic Anthology
Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (NBC)(1948-50) "live" Dramatic Anthology
TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE (NBC) (1948-57) "live" Sunday night Anthology Series
Philco Television Playhouse (NBC)(1948-55)
"live" Sunday-night Dramatic Anthology
Goodyear Television Playhouse (NBC)(1951-57)
"live" Sunday-night Dramatic Anthology series
Alcoa Hour (NBC)(1955-57)
"live" Sunday-night Dramatic Anthology series
Ford Theatre(CBS)
(1948-51) 60 min "live" Anthology /
Ford All-Star Theatre (Screen
Gems/ NBC/ABC) (1952-57) 30 min filmed Anthology
Westinghouse Studio One
(CBS)(1948-58) 60 min "live" Monday Night Dramatic Anthology
1949
Doorway To Fame (DuMont) (1949)
Half-hour Dramatic Anthology series
Mr. Black (ABC) (1949) Anthology series - host Anthony Christopher
NBC Presents ... (NBC) (1949) Anthology
Theatre of the Mind (NBC)(1949) Psychological
Drama Anthology series
Volume One (ABC)(1949)
Dramatic Anthology series written, produced & hosted by Wyllis Cooper
Your Show Time
(Hal Roach Studios)(NBC) (1949) 30 min Filmed Dramatic Anthology
Ripley's Believe It or Not (NBC)(1949-50) Dramatic Anthology series (60 min)
Colgate Theatre (NBC)(1949-50) & (Summer1958) Anthology
Series
Police Night Court:
The Black Robe (NBC)(1949-50) Anthology series based on actual Police Night Court Cases
Silver Theater
(CBS) (1949-50) Anthology Series host Conrad Nagel
Theatre Hour
(CBS)(1949-50) Dramatic Anthology series (60 min)
Theatre of Romance - aka
- Romance (CBS)(1949-50)
Anthology series (30 min)
Hands of Destiny/
Hands of Murder/ Hands of Mystery (Dumont)(1949-52) Dramatic Anthology
Lights Out (NBC)(1949-52) Anthology Series host
Frank Gallop
The Clock (NBC/ABC)(1949-52)
Suspense Anthology series narrated by Larry Semon
Suspense (CBS)
(1949-54) Anthology Series based on the radio series of the same name
Suspense (CBS)
(1949-54) Anthology Series based on the radio series of the same name
Fireside
Theatre (NBC) (1949-55)/ Jane Wyman Theatre (1955-58) Anthology Series
The Big Story (NBC)
(1949-58) Newspaper Reporter Anthology Series
1950's
Big Town
(CBS)(1950-54) Patrick McVey / (NBC)(1954-56) Mark Stevens
Escape
(CBS)(1950) Thriller Anthology series produced by Wyllis Cooper
Magnavox Theatre (CBS)(Fall
1950) "Live" Dramatic Anthology Series
Stage 13 (CBS)(1950) Suspense Anthology series.
Produced & Directed by Wyllis Cooper
Television Theatre
(CBS)(Spring 1950) Dramatic Anthology series (60 min)
The Trap
(CBS)(Spring 1950) "Live" Dramatic Anthology series hosted by Joe DeSantis
Bigelow Theatre
(CBS 1950-51) Bigelow-Sanford Theater (DuMont Fall 1951) Dramatic Anthology series
Hollywood
Premiere Theatre / Hollywood Theatre Time (ABC) (1950-1951)
Nash Airflyte Theatre (CBS)(1950-51) "live" Dramatic Anthology series
Prudential Family Playhouse (CBS)(1950-51) "live" Dramatic Anthology series
Soap Box Theater (ABC)(1950) Dramatic Anthology series
Somerset
Maugham Theatre (CBS 1950-51)(NBC 1951) Live Dramatic Anthology series
Starlight Theatre (CBS)(1950-51) "live" Dramatic Anthology
Stars Over
Hollywood (Revue/NBC) (1950-51) Filmed Dramatic Anthology series
Story Theater (DuMont-NBC)(1950-51) Filmed Anthology Series
Sure As Fate (CBS)(1950-51) "live" Mystery Anthology series narrated
by Paul Lukas
Tales of the
Black Cat
(NBC)(1950-51) Filmed Dramatic Anthology series
hosted by James Monks and his
cat, Thanatopis - reruns from Fireside Theatre
Billy Rose's Playbill (NBC)(1950-51) Dramatic Anthology series
Your Story Theatre
(Hal Roach Studios)(DuMont-NBC)(1950-51) Dramatic Anthology
series
Pulitzer
Prize Playhouse (ABC) (1950-52) Dramatic Anthology series
Trapped: Tales of the
Supernatural
(WOR-TV New York) (1950-52)
Dramatic Anthology series hosted by John Carradine
The Web
(Goodson-Todman/CBS) (1950-54) Anthology series
Cameo Theatre (NBC) (1950-55)
Anthology Series
Danger (CBS) (1950-55)
Anthology Series hosted by Richard Stark
Lux Video
Theatre (CBS 1950-54)(30 min)/ (NBC 1954-57)(60 min) Dramatic Anthology
Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)(1950-57)(30 min) Dramatic Anthology
Armstrong
Circle Theatre (NBC 1950-57)(30 min)/ (CBS 1957-63)(60 min) Dramatic Anthology
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present) (by Season) NEW
Bigelow Theatre
(CBS 1950-51) Bigelow-Sanford Theater (DuMont Fall 1951) Dramatic Anthology series
CosmopolitanTheatre (DuMont)(1951) Dramatic Anthology
Royal Playhouse (DuMont)(1951-52) Dramatic Anthology series (30 min)
Gruen Guild
Playhouse (ABC/DuMont)(1951-52) various hosts
Celanese Theatre (ABC)(1951-52) "live" Dramatic Anthology
Personal Appearance Theater (ABC)(1951-52) Drama/Comedy Anthology series
Betty
Crocker Star Matinee
(ABC)(1951-52) Saturday Midday Anthology series
Out There (CBS)(1951-52) SciFi Anthology
Tales
Of Tomorrow (ABC)(1951-53) Sci-Fi Anthology - no host
Hollywood Opening Night (CBS 1951-52) Filmed Anthology / (NBC 1952-53) Live Anthology
Schlitz
Playhouse of Stars (1951-59) various hosts
The Passerby (circa
1951-56)(15 min)(syndicated anthology series)
1952
Mr. Arsenic (ABC) (1952) Anthology series - host Burton Turkus
Gangbusters!
(1952) Crime Anthology, host Chester Morris
The Unexpected (ZIV) (1952)
Suspense Anthology hosted by Herbert Marshall
Schaefer Century Theater (syndicated)(1952) Anthology series
Curtain Call (NBC)(Summer 1952) "live" dramatic anthology
Out Of The Fog (ABC)(1952) Half-hour Mystery Anthology series
CBS Workshop (CBS)(Sundays at Midday)(1952) Experimental Anthology series
Sunkist Premiere Theatre (syndicated)(1952) filmed Anthology series
Terror (WOR New York)(1952) Anthology series
Screen
Associates Films (1952-53) Anthology series
aka
Televideo Theater (syndicated)(1952-53)
Your
Jeweler's Showcase (CBS)(1952-53) 30 min filmed Anthology
Gulf Playhouse (NBC)(1952-53) "live" dramatic anthology
Footlights
Theater (CBS)(Summer 1952 / Summer 1953) "live" dramatic anthology
Short Short Dramas (NBC)(1952-53) (duration15 min)
Orient
Express (European Anthology series) (1952-53) (filmed in Europe- syndicated in
the US)
Dark of Night (DuMont Network) (1952-53) Half-hour Mystery Anthology Series
Rebound
(ABC/DuMont) (1952-53) / Counterpoint (1955-56) (syndicated title)
Chevron Theatre
Campbell Playhouse (NBC)(Summer 1952) / Campbell TV Soundstage (NBC)(1953-54)
Dark Destiny (WOR-TV New York) (1952) Half-hour Dramatic Anthology Series
Broadway Television Theatre (syndicated)(1952-54) hour-long Dramatic anthology series
Four Star
Playhouse (1952-56) hosts Dick Powell, Ida Lupino, David Niven, Charles Boyer
Cavalcade
of America (1952-55)/ DuPont Cavalcade Theatre (1955-57)
Omnibus (CBS 1952-56) (ABC 1956-57)
(NBC 1957-61)
Death Valley Days (1952-70) Western Anthology series
1953
Demi-Tasse Tales (CBS) (1953) Half-hour Anthology series
Eye Witness (NBC)(1953)
"Live" Mystery Anthology series, hosted by Lee Bowman
Fear And Fancy (ABC)(Summer1953) Supernatural Anthology Series
First Person (NBC Summer 1953)
Anthology series
Plymouth Playhouse (ABC)(Spring 1953) hosted by Donald Cook
Revlon
Mirror Theater (NBC Summer 1953)(CBS Fall 1953) hostess Robin Chandler
Tales of the City (CBS)(Summer1953) Anthology
series hosted by Ben Hecht
Chrysler
Medallion Theater (CBS)(1953-54) "live" Dramatic Anthology
High Tension
(WOR-TV Ch.9 New York)(1953-54)
Joseph Schildkraut Presents (DuMont)(1953-54) Filmed Anthology (30 min)
Motorola TV Hour
(ABC)(1953-54)
Philip Morris Playhouse (CBS)(1953-54) "live" Dramatic Anthology
Your Favorite
Story (ZIV)(1953-54) host Adolphe Menjou
Kraft Television Theatre
(ABC) (1953-55) "live" Thursday night Anthology Series
-
aka "Pond's Theater" (13Jan55-7Jul55)
Pepsi-Cola
Playhouse (Revue/ABC)(1953-55) hosts Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, Polly Bergen
Your Play Time
(CBS - Summer 1953,1954)(NBC - Summer 1955)
You Are There (CBS
Sundays)(1953-57) host Walter Cronkite
The Loretta Young Show (NBC)(1953-61) host Loretta Young
General
Electric Theater (Revue/CBS)(1953-62) host Ronald Reagan
U.S. Steel Hour
(ABC)(1953-55)(CBS 1955-63)
Man Behind The Badge (1953-55) host Charles Bickford
1954
The Best in Mystery
(NBC)(Summer 1954) Reruns from "Chevron Theatre"
Center Stage (ABC)(Summer 1954) filmed anthology
Cheer Television Theatre (MCA/NBC) (1954) Filmed Anthology series
(30May54-27Jun54)
Crown
Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1954) host Gloria Swanson
Inner Sanctum
(1954) host Paul McGrath
Love Story (DuMont)(1954) Dramatic Anthology
The Mail Story -aka- Handle With Care (ABC)(1954)
(30min) Dramatic Anthology series about the US Post Office
Best of Broadway
(CBS)(1954-55)
Elgin TV Hour
(ABC)(1954-55)
The Whistler (1954-55)
William Forman as the Voice of The Whistler
Max Liebman Presents
(NBC)(1954-56) Monthly series of Lavish Musical Specials
Triangle Theater
(syndicated/reruns)(1954-56) host Adolph Menjou
Producers'
Showcase (NBC}(1954-57) prestige monthly Dramatic/Musical Anthology series
Chrysler presents Climax! (CBS)(1954-58)
host William Lundigan
Heinz Studio57
(DuMont)(1954-55)/(Syndicated)(1955-56)
Walt Disney TV Anthologies (1954-83) (by season) Family Anthology Series
NEW
Medic (1954-55) Medical Anthology series, host Richard Boone
The Vise (Danzigers/UK) (1954-55) Anthology series hosted by Ron Randell
(filmed in the UK for ABC in the US)
1955
Pond's Theater (ABC)(13Jan55-7Jul55) New Title & Sponsor for Kraft Television Theatre
Conrad Nagel Theater
(Syndicated) (1955-56) filmed anthology series
Kodak
Request Performance (NBC)(1955) Anthology series
Mr. Citizen (ABC) (1955) Anthology series - host Allyn Edwards
Stage 7
(Sharpe-Lewis/Official) (CBS)(1955) anthology series
Windows (CBS)(Summer
1955) Anthology Series
Appointment
with Adventure (CBS) (1955-56) Anthology series (live)
Celebritiy Playhouse (Screen Gems/NBC) (1955-56) filmed anthology series
Damon Runyon
Theater (1955-56) host Donald Woods
Front Row Center
(CBS) (1955-56) Anthology Series
Playwrights '56 (NBC)(1955-56) Anthology Series
Screen
Directors Playhouse (Hal Roach Studios/NBC) (1955-56) no host
The Star &
The Story (Sharpe-Lewis/4Star/Official Films)(1955-56) anthology , host Henry Fonda
Campbell Star Stage
(Revue/NBC) (1955-56) host Jeffrey Lynn
Star Tonight (ABC)(1955-56)
TV Readers
Digest (ABC) (1955-56) host Hugh Reilly, Gene Raymond
Warner
Brothers Presents (WarnerBrothers/ABC)(1955-56) Anthology Series
20th
Century-Fox Hour (CBS)(1955-57) Dramatic Anthology Series
Alcoa Hour (NBC)(1955-57)
"live" Sunday-night Dramatic Anthology series
Crossroads (1955-57)
Religious Anthology Series
Matinee Theater (NBC)(1955-58) "live" daytime daily Dramatic Anthology Series
Spotlight Playhouse (CBS)(Summers 1955 to 1959) Dramatic Anthology series - mainly reruns
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Revue/Shamley/CBS/NBC)(1955-62)(30min) Anthology Series
Counterpoint
(1955-56) - syndicated title for reruns of Rebound (1952-53)
Frontier (California National/NBC)(1955-56) Western Anthology series
Science
Fiction Theatre (ZIV)(1955-57) host Truman Bradley
Navy
Log (Sam Gallu)(1955-58) Navy Anthology Series
I Spy
(1955-56) host Raymond Massey
Eddie
Cantor Comedy Theatre (ZIV)(1955) Comedy Anthology host Eddie Cantor
Lilli Palmer Theatre (UK)(1955-56) Anthology series - host Lilli Palmer
1956
Chevron Hall Of Stars (Four Star/Warren Lewis/Syndicated)(1956) Dramatic Anthology
Ethel Barrymore Theatre (DuMont)(1956) Dramatic Anthology Series
General Electric Summer Originals (ABC)(Anthology)(Summer 1956)
Strange Stories (syndicated )(1956) Anthology series hosted by Edward Arnold
Conflict (WarnerBrothers/ABC)(1956-57) Anthology Series
Kaiser Aluminum Hour (NBC)(1956-57) Dramatic Anthology
Telephone Time (Hal Roach Studios)(1956-58) Dramatic Anthology Series
On
Trial/The Joseph Cotten Show (Revue/NBC)(1956-57) Anthology Series
Playhouse 90 (CBS)(1956-60) Dramatic Anthology Series
Camera Three (CBS 1956-79)(PBS 1979-80) Arts Documentary Anthology
Zane Grey Theater (4 Star)(1956-61) Western Anthology Series - host Dick Powell
West Point Story (ZIV)(1956-57) Military Anthology Series
Adventure Theater (DanzigersUK/NBC) (Summer1956 &1957) Anthology series hosted by Paul Douglas
1957
George Sanders Mystery Theatre (Screen Gems/NBC) (Summer 1957) Anthology Series
O. Henry
Playhouse (1957) Anthology Series - host Thomas Mitchell
The Web
(Goodson-Todman/NBC)(Summer1957) Anthology Series
Destiny
(Revue/CBS)(Summer Reruns 1957/ Summer Reruns 1958) Anthology Reruns - host Francis L. Sullivan
Panic!
(NBC)(Summer 1957)/ No Warning (NBC)(Summer 1958) Anthology Series
The Seven Lively Arts
(CBS) (1957-58) Arts Anthology series hosted by John Crosby
Suspicion
(Revue/Shamley-Alfred Hitchcock/NBC)(1957-58) Thriller Anthology Series
Alcoa/Goodyear AWARD Theatre (NBC)(1957-60) Dramatic Anthology Series
True Story (NBC)(1957-61) Saturday Noon Dramatic Anthology Series
DuPont Show of the Month (CBS) (1957-61) Dramatic Anthology Series
Official
Detective (Desilu/NTA/Synd.)(1957-58) Crime Anthology host Everett Sloane
The Walter Winchell File (Desilu/Synd.)(1957-59) Crime Anthology host Walter Winchell
Men
of Annapolis (ZIV)(1957-58) Naval Anthology Series
The
Silent Service (Twin Dolphins)(1957-59) Naval Anthology Series
Official
Detective (Desilu) (1957-58) Crime Anthology Series host Everett Sloane
1958
Colgate Theatre (NBC)(Summer1958) (previously 1949-50) Anthology
Series
Decision (NBC)( Summer1958) Anthology
Series
Target (ZIV)(1958)
Anthology Series host Adolphe Menjou
The Veil
(1958) Anthology
Series host Boris Karloff
Lux Playhouse (CBS)(1958-59) Anthology
Series -
(alternated with season 8 of Schlitz Playhouse)
Pursuit
(CBS)(1958-59) "live" Anthology
Series
Westinghouse Desilu
Playhouse
(1958-60) host Desi Arnaz
Shirley Temple's Storybook (NBC Sundays)(12Jan58-21Dec58)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
(ABC Mondays)(12Jan59-21Dec59) (Reruns)
Shirley Temple Theatre
(NBC Sundays)(1960-61)
Rendezvous
(1958-59)
UK/US anthology
hosted by & starring Charles Drake
The
Unforeseen (CBC) (1958-60) Canadian Anthology series
Behind
Closed Doors
(Screen Gems/Gallu) (1958-59) Spy Anthology hosted by Bruce Gordon
Flight
(C-Nat.)
(1958-59) Airforce anthology series, host General George C. Kenney
1959
The David Niven
Show
(Four Star/NBC)(Summer 1959) host David Niven
Fanfare
(NBC)(Summer1959) Anthology series - mainly reruns
Buick-Electra Playhouse
(CBS)(1959-60) 90 min Specials
Ford
Startime
(NBC)
(1959-60) 60 min Dramatic/Variety Anthology + some 90 min specials
The
Robert Herridge Theater
(CBS Films/Syn)(1959-60) host Robert Herridge
Schilling
Playhouse (syndicated) (1959-60) Hosted by Charles Drake - episodes first
shown on
"Rendezvous"
Sunday Showcase (NBC)(1959-60) Sunday Evening Specials
Alcoa
presents
One Step Beyond
(1959-61) hosted and directed by John Newland
DuPont presents The June Allyson Show (Four Star) (1959-61) hosted by June
Allyson
Our American
Heritage
(NBC)(1959-61) American History Anthology Series
Play of the Week
(PBS)(1959-61)
The
Twilight Zone (original series) (CBS) (1959-64) Anthology series hosted by
Rod Serling
Morning Playhouse
(CBS Daytime)(1959)(Reruns of "Schlitz Playhouse")
Deadline
(Official Films/synd) (1959) Newspaper Anthology hosted by Paul Stewart
1960's
CBS Workshop (CBS)(Sundays at Midday)(1960) Experimental Anthology series
Dow Hour Of Great Mysteries (/NBC) (Summer/Fall 1960) host Joseph N. Welch
Best of The Post (Syndicated)(1960-61) "Saturday Evening Post" stories
Chevy Mystery Show (NBC)(Summer 1960) Anthology Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960-61)
Thriller
(Revue/Hubbell-Robinson)(1960-62) host Boris Karloff
Moment Of Fear
(NBC)(Summer 1960)(live) (Summers 1964 & 1965)
(rerun of Filmed Dramas) Anthology Series
Insight (1960-85) Religious Anthology Series
Shirley Temple Theatre
(NBC Sundays)(1960-61)
1961
Great Ghost
Tales (NBC)(Summer 1961)("live" anthology) host Frank Gallup
Way Out (Talent
Associates/CBS)(Spring 1961) host Roald Dahl
Alcoa Premiere
(ABC) (1961-63) host Fred Astaire
Kraft
Mystery Theatre (NBC)(Summer 1961,1962,1963) host Frank Gallup
The Dick Powell
Show (4 Star/NBC) (1961-63) host Dick Powell
DuPont Show of
the Week (NBC) (1961-64) Dramatic/Musical/Documentary Anthology Series
1962
General
Electric True (Jack Webb/CBS)(1962-63) host Jack Webb
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Revue/Shamley/CBS/NBC) (1962-65) host Alfred Hitchcock
The Lloyd Bridges Show (Four Star/CBS)(1962-63) host Lloyd Bridges
1963
Lawbreaker
(U-A) (1963-64) Crime Anthology, host Lee Marvin
The Great
Adventure (CBS) (1963-64) host Van Heflin, Russell Johnson
The Richard
Boone Show (NBC)(1963-64) host Richard Boone
Kraft
Suspense Theatre (Roncom/Revue/NBC)(1963-65)
The Outer Limits (UA/Leslie Stevens/ABC)(1963-65) SciFi Anthology
1964
Profiles In Courage (NBC)(1964-65) Anthology series
Summer Playhouse 64 (Don Fedderson/CBS)(Summer 1964 ) Anthology of
Pilots for Projected Series
1966
ABC Stage '67 (ABC)(1966-67) Drama/Comedy/Music/Documentary Anthology Series
CBS Playhouse (CBS)(1966-70) Specials/Anthology series
NET Playhouse (PBS/NET)(1966-72) Anthology series
1969
Night Gallery (Universal/NBC)(1969-73) Supernatural Anthology series - Hosted by Rod Serling
Hollywood Television Theatre (PBS)(1970-78) Dramatic Anthology series
Masterpiece Theatre (PBS)(1971-2007) Anthology series - mainly British Drama
1972
Great Performances (PBS)(1972-79) Anthology series
.Norman Corwin Presents (CBC)(1972-73) Canadian Anthology series
Ghost
Story (NBC)(1972) host Sebastian Cabot
1973
Circle of Fear
(NBC)(1973) mid-season title change for "Ghost Story"
Escape (Jack Webb/NBC)(1973) Dramatic Anthology series narrated by Jack Webb
Love Story (Paramount/NBC)(1973-74) Dramatic Anthology series
Police
Story (1973-80)(1987-88) Police Anthology series
1975
Medical Story (1975-76) Medical Anthology series
1976
Visions (PBS)(1976-80) Anthology series
1977
Tales of the Unexpected (Quinn Martin/NBC)(1977) Anthology series Narrated by William Conrad
1978
The Next Step Beyond (1978-79) Hosted and Directed by John Newland
1980's
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