Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was
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Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.
Alex Segal,
Bogart Paul,
Tom Donovan,
Sidney Lumet,
David M. Alexander,
William Graham,
Robert Mulligan,
Daniel Petrie,
Jack Smight,
Paul Stanley,
Elliot Silverstein,
Don Medford,
Robert Stevens,
Barry Shear,
Norman Felton,
Vincent J. Donehue,
Don Richardson,
Bruce Minnix,
Allen Reisner,
Johnny Desmond,
Ron Winston,
Bill Hobin,
Frank Bunetta,
Jerome Shaw,
John Haggott
The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio more
The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio program that preceded it were both sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation. close
Clark Jones,
Kirk Browning,
Delbert Mann,
Sidney Lumet,
William Wyler,
Arthur Penn,
Mel Ferrer,
Franklin J. Schaffner,
Anatole Litvak,
Otto Preminger,
Charles S. Dubin,
Alex Segal,
Vincent J. Donehue,
Bob Banner,
Alan Handley,
Dick Schneider
Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the more
Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 p.m. ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957.
Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series. close
Scott Winant,
Ron Lagomarsino,
Peter Horton,
Ken Olin,
Rob Cohen,
Gary Sinise,
Edward Zwick,
Timothy Busfield,
John Pasquin,
Marshall Herskovitz,
Robert Lieberman,
O'Fallon Peter,
Mel Harris,
Deborah Reinisch,
Martin Nicholson,
Randall Miller,
Lerner Dan,
Melanie Mayron,
Claudia Weill,
Steven Robman,
Mark Cullingham,
Ellen S. Pressman,
Joseph Dougherty,
Richard Kramer,
Joshua Brand,
Victor Du Bois,
Mary Beth Fielder,
Tom Moore,
Ann Lewis Hamilton
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward more
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991.
The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something.
In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time. close
Norman Felton,
John Newland,
Perry Lafferty,
William Hamilton,
Gerald Savory,
Vincent J. Donehue,
James Sheldon,
Frank Telford,
Robert Ellenstein,
Tad Danielewski,
Grey Lockwood,
Herbert B. Swope Jr.,
Ira Cirker
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show more
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on. close
Paul Nickell,
Franklin J. Schaffner,
Tom Donovan,
William H. Brown Jr.,
Sidney Lumet,
John Frankenheimer,
Ted Post,
David Greene,
Buzz Kulik,
Yul Brynner,
James B. Clark,
Don Taylor,
Robert Mulligan,
David Lowell Rich,
Daniel Petrie,
Lamont Johnson,
Ralph Nelson,
Jack Smight,
Fletcher Markle,
Norman Abbott,
Robert Stevens,
Seymour Robbie,
Mel Ferber,
Herbert Hirschman,
Norman Felton,
Vincent J. Donehue,
James Sheldon,
John Peyser,
Lela Swift,
Russell Stoneham,
Allen Reisner,
Worthington Miner,
Carl Frank,
Ron Winston,
Jack Gage,
Walter Hart,
Martin Magner,
Tony Barr
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented more
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions. close