Summer Playhouse (1954 TV series)

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This article is about the NBC series of 1954 and 1957. For the CBS series of 1964 and 1965, see Summer Playhouse (1964 TV series). For the CBS series of 1987–1989, see CBS Summer Playhouse.
Summer Playhouse
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJuly 6, 1954 (1954-07-06) –
September 17, 1957 (1957-09-17)

Summer Playhouse is a 30-minute NBC summer anthology television series broadcast in the summers of 1954 and 1957. It consisted of reruns of episodes previously aired on other anthology series.[1]

Summer Playhouse is unrelated to a CBS series of the same name that aired during the summers of 1964 and 1965.[2]

Broadcast history

Summer Playhouse premiered on July 6, 1954,[1] and ran until August 24, 1954,[1][3] airing on Tuesdays from 9:00 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time.[1] It returned three summers later in July 1957,[1] premiering on July 2[4] and airing from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time.[1] Its final episode was broadcast on September 17, 1957.[1][5]

Cast

Nelson Case was the host in 1954.[1][6] Jane Wyman hosted in 1957.[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Brooks & Marsh, p. 994.
  2. ^ "UNSOLD PILOTS ON TELEVISION, 1956–1966". tvobscurities.com. Television Obscurities. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ Schenectady Gazette, August 24, 1957, p. 10.
  4. ^ Schenectady Gazette, July 2, 1957, p. 31.
  5. ^ Schenectady Gazette, September 17, 1957, p. 11.
  6. ^ Alicoate, Jack, Ed. (1955). The 1955 Radio and Television Yearbook. Radio Daily Corp. P. 1173.

Bibliography

  • Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1995). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Sixth Edition). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-39736-3.

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