Summer Playhouse (1954 TV series)
| Summer Playhouse | |
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| Presented by |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | July 6, 1954 – September 17, 1957 |
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,[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 on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time.[1] Its final episode was broadcast on September 17, 1957.[5]
Cast
Nelson Case was the host in 1954.[1][6] Jane Wyman hosted in 1957.[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 1328–1329. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
- ^ "UNSOLD PILOTS ON TELEVISION, 1956–1966". tvobscurities.com. Television Obscurities. August 15, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Schenectady Gazette, August 24, 1957, p. 10.
- ^ Schenectady Gazette, July 2, 1957, p. 31.
- ^ Schenectady Gazette, September 17, 1957, p. 11.
- ^ Alicoate, Jack, Ed. (1955). The 1955 Radio and Television Yearbook. Radio Daily Corp. P. 1173.
Bibliography
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present, Ninth edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 2007) ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4
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