Fireside Theatre: Low Budget, But Still Popular

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The show called Fireside Theatre was one of the anthology drama series that started in 1949. It was aired on NBC Television Network in that year and lasted until 1958. The show’s name might be familiar to some people, especially if they’re approaching sixty or seventy years of age.  While the show … Read more

The Clock: An Intriguing Drama Series

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Early television series seemed to have very similar themes at times. While some of the very first television shows might have been drama-based, there were quite a few that delved into suspense, murder, and even insanity themes. ‘The Clock’ was one of these, also being based on a radio series (under the … Read more

Suspense: Paving the Way For Popular Classics

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Many of us have heard of and enjoyed popular suspense shows like Thriller, Hitchcock, and The Twilight Zone. However, there were some shows that came before these classic favorites. Perhaps they weren’t as successful or well-written, but they might have paved the way for other works in the same genre. At the … Read more

Your Show Time: The Potential of Television

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Your Show Time was an anthology drama series that was unfortunately quite short-lived. It didn’t even run for a whole year, beginning in January 1949 and only lasting until July. The show was aired on NBC and had 30-minute episodes, all of which were dramatized stories based on the works of known … Read more