Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
John Frankenheimer,
Franklin J. Schaffner,
Ralph Nelson,
Vincent J. Donehue,
Sidney Lumet,
Arthur Hiller,
Arthur Penn,
George Roy Hill,
Paul Wendkos,
David Greene,
Buzz Kulik,
David Swift,
Terence Young,
James B. Clark,
Delbert Mann,
Robert Mulligan,
David Lowell Rich,
Daniel Petrie,
Burgess Meredith,
Boris Sagal,
Fielder Cook,
Leader Anton,
John Brahm,
Charles Marquis Warren,
Ralph Levy,
Robert Stevens,
Oscar Rudolph,
Alex Segal,
Herbert Hirschman,
Bernard Girard,
Tom Donovan,
James Neilson,
Allen Reisner,
Byron Paul,
Ron Winston,
Paul Nickell,
Tony Barr
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS more
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator. 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
Brian Mills,
John Anderson,
David Kester,
Tony Prescott,
Ian Bevitt,
Michael Cox,
John Black,
Gareth Morgan,
Mike Newell,
Michael Apted,
David Carson,
Charles Sturridge,
Mary McMurray,
Julian Jarrold,
Patrick Lau,
Tony Wharmby,
John Llewellyn Moxey,
Suri Krishnamma,
Massey Simon,
Harper Graeme,
Sarah Harding,
David Richards,
Diana Patrick,
Julian Farino,
Roland Joffe,
Alan Grint,
Richard Holthouse,
Jim O'Hanlon,
Ken Grieve,
Richard Signy,
Alan Wareing,
Michael Owen Morris,
Baz Taylor,
Nigel Keen,
Jim Loach,
Tim Hopewell,
Pedr James,
Gerald Blake,
Nic Phillips,
Menhaj Huda,
Quentin Lawrence,
Laurence Moody,
Dominic Leclerc,
Noreen Kershaw,
Michael Darlow,
Tom Poole,
Dominic Keavey,
Barry Davis,
Garth Tucker,
Ian Barber,
Michael Kerrigan,
Tessa Hoffe,
Piotr Szkopiak,
Derek Lister,
Gerry Mill,
Ron Francis,
June Wyndham-Davies,
Graham Wetherell,
Matt Hilton,
Ken Horn,
Will Brenton,
Jordan Hogg,
Tim Royle,
Jeremy Summers,
Kay Patrick,
Brian Lennane,
Audrey Cooke,
John Michael Phillips,
June Howson,
Paul Bernard,
Tim Dowd,
David Penn,
Riitta-Leena Lynn,
Richard Everitt,
Ian White,
Nicholas Ferguson,
Mervyn Cumming,
Penelope Shales,
Jason Beresford,
Roger Cheveley,
Spencer Campbell,
Tracey Rooney,
Mike Adams,
Matthew Robinson,
Tim O'Mara,
Colin Cant,
Pip Short,
Oscar Whitbread,
Stephen Butcher,
Bob Hird,
Tim Sullivan,
Howard Baker,
Derek Bennett,
Pip Banyard,
Hugh Munro,
Alan Bromly,
David Boisseau,
Roger Jenkins,
Chris McMaster,
Douglas Hurn,
Vivian Milroy,
Stuart Latham,
Royston Morley,
Anne Ross Muir,
Sasha Ransome,
Duncan Foster,
Max Morgan Witts,
Malcolm Taylor,
Steve Finn,
Nicky Higgens,
Peter Rose,
Peter Plummer,
Darrol Blake,
Karl Neilson,
Judith Dine,
Gill Wilkinson,
Nickie Lister,
Wally Butler,
Stephen Moore,
Tristan de Vere Cole,
Stuart Davids,
Craig Lines,
Henry Foster,
Richard Doubleday,
Philip Draycott,
Bill Gilmour,
Mickey Jones
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, more
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap. close
Bob Sweeney,
Lee Philips,
Alan Rafkin,
Coby Ruskin,
Richard Crenna,
Gary Nelson,
Gene Nelson,
Peter Baldwin,
Gene Reynolds,
Don Weis,
Lawrence Dobkin,
Earl Bellamy,
Sheldon Leonard,
Howard J. Morris,
Theodore J. Flicker,
Aaron Ruben,
Jeffrey Hayden,
Charles Irving
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff more
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by."
The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix. close