Fireside Theater

Apr 05, 1949 (en) Drama [138] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 05, 1949
  • Production
    General Television Enterprises, Hal Roach Studios, NBC
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Fireside Theater
  • Release
    Apr 05, 1949
  • en
    -

Overview

Fireside Theater is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Stories were low budget and often based on public domain stories or written by freelance writers such as Rod Serling. While it was panned by critics, it remained in the top ten most popular shows for most of its run. It predated the other major pioneer of filmed TV in America, I Love Lucy, by two years.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. John Houseman

    Producer

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Season 1 ( 1949-04-05)

Friend of the Family

Episode: 1

Ghost Story

Episode: 2

New Faces

Episode: 3

Meet My Sister

Episode: 4

Time Bomb

Episode: 5

Brainy Bobby

Episode: 6

Make a Wish

Episode: 7

Feature Story

Episode: 8

Dance Discoveries

Episode: 9

The Stronger/A Terribly Strange Bed

Episode: 10

Father

Episode: 11

Season 2 ( 1949-09-06)

Smooth Fingers/Germelshausen

Episode: 1

Vain Glory/Out of the River

Episode: 2

The Spy/The Postmistress of Laurel Rim

Episode: 3

Like Money in the Bank/Magic Skin

Episode: 4

Scream in the Night/Troubled Harbor

Episode: 5

Bandit, Banker and Blonde/The Wall

Episode: 6

Heartbeat/Mardi Gras

Episode: 7

Checkmate/Solange

Episode: 8

The Night Owl/Another Road

Episode: 9

Stagecoach Driver McLean/Cowboy's Lament

Episode: 10

The Room/Epilogue

Episode: 11

Sealed Orders/Battle Scene

Episode: 12

The Pardoner's Tale

Episode: 13

The Doll/The Bet

Episode: 14

The Gambler/Threshold

Episode: 15

Dinner for Three/The Vampire

Episode: 16

The Devil's Due/Rendezvous

Episode: 17

The Golden Ball/Just Three Words

Episode: 18

Confession/Reprieve

Episode: 19

Of Thee I Love/Double Jeopary

Episode: 20

The Imp in the Bottle/The Stronger (restaged)

Episode: 21

The Shot/The Red by the Window

Episode: 22

Anniversary/Jungle Terror

Episode: 23

A Terribly Strange Bed (restaged)/The Stronger (restaged)

Episode: 24

Germelshausen (restaged)/Sealed Orders (restaged)

Episode: 25

The General's Coat/Vain Glory (restaged)

Episode: 26

Leather Heart

Episode: 27

The Bunker

Episode: 28

The Tangled Web

Episode: 29

No Strings Attached

Episode: 30

Boys Will Be Men

Episode: 31

Operation Mona Lisa

Episode: 32

The Parasol

Episode: 33

The Hired Girl

Episode: 34

Big Ben

Episode: 35

The Man Without a Country

Episode: 36

The Human Touch/The Assassin

Episode: 37

Dinner for Three (restaged)/The Devil's Due (restaged)

Episode: 38

The Courting of Bell/Rendezvous (restaged)

Episode: 39

The Ear

Episode: 40

Season 3 ( 1950-08-29)

Polly

Episode: 1

Stopover

Episode: 2

The Leather Heart [restaged]

Episode: 3

Incident in the Rain

Episode: 4

Andy's Old Man

Episode: 5

International Incident

Episode: 6

Lucy and the Stranger

Episode: 7

Hope Chest

Episode: 8

The Amber Gods

Episode: 9

Mother's Mutiny

Episode: 10

Judas

Episode: 11

The Party Line

Episode: 12

The Love of Mike

Episode: 13

Three Strangers

Episode: 14

The Green Convertible

Episode: 15

The Case of Marina Goodwin

Episode: 16

Miggles

Episode: 17

No Children, No Dogs

Episode: 18

Flight 13

Episode: 19

Neutral Corner

Episode: 20

Looking Through

Episode: 21

Drums in the Night

Episode: 22

Child in the House

Episode: 23

The Hottest Day of the Year

Episode: 24

The Substance of His House

Episode: 25

Going Home

Episode: 26

Copy Boy

Episode: 27

The Acquittal

Episode: 28

Shifting Sands

Episode: 29

The Eleventh Hour

Episode: 30

The Unwritten Column

Episode: 31

The Gentleman from La Porte

Episode: 32

The Hot Spot

Episode: 33

Close Shave

Episode: 34

Mrs. Rowland

Episode: 35

The Moment of Truth

Episode: 36

The Tunnel

Episode: 37

Season 4 ( 1951-06-26)

Back to Zero

Episode: 1

Moment of Glory

Episode: 2

Big Night in Boonetown

Episode: 19

Land of Destiny

Episode: 24

The Secret

Episode: 29

Season 5 ( 1952-09-30)

The Next to Crash

Episode: 1

A Grand for Grandma

Episode: 2

Season 6 ( 1953-09-01)

The Traitor

Episode: 1

Bless the Man

Episode: 2

Man Enough for Millie

Episode: 3

His Name Is Jason

Episode: 4

Domestic Tranquility

Episode: 5

Full Portrait

Episode: 10

Appointment with Death

Episode: 13

The Boys Down the Road

Episode: 16

The Suitors

Episode: 17

The First Prize

Episode: 22

The Grass Is Greener

Episode: 28

The Relentless Weavers

Episode: 34

Invitation to Marriage

Episode: 35

Beyond the Cross

Episode: 36

Nine Quarts of Water

Episode: 37

Fight Night

Episode: 40

Bread Upon the Waters

Episode: 44

The Desert Answer

Episode: 48

Season 7 ( 1954-08-31)

Second Elopement

Episode: 1

Crusade Without Conscience

Episode: 2

Smoke and Fire

Episode: 3

Second Elopement

Episode: 4

Afraid to Live

Episode: 5

Member of the Jury

Episode: 6

The Last Hat

Episode: 13

His Father's Keeper

Episode: 15

The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis

Episode: 19

The Double Life of Barney Peters

Episode: 21

Brian

Episode: 23

Mr. Onion

Episode: 24

No Place to Live

Episode: 25

Marked for Death

Episode: 26

The Poachers

Episode: 28

The Failure

Episode: 31

Not the Marrying Kind

Episode: 32

The Blessing of the Pets

Episode: 33

Luxurious Ladies

Episode: 34

Bitter Grapes

Episode: 35

The Innocent and the Guilty

Episode: 36

Cheese Champion

Episode: 37

Night of Terror

Episode: 38

A Dream for Jimmy

Episode: 39

The 99th Day

Episode: 40

Murderer's Wife

Episode: 41

The Man Who Liked to Kill

Episode: 42

A Ring for Nell

Episode: 43

Argument with Death

Episode: 44
Apr 05, 1949 (en)
Drama
[138] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 05, 1949
  • Production
    General Television Enterprises, Hal Roach Studios, NBC
  • Rotten tomato 60%
Original Title Fireside Theater
en

Overview

Fireside Theater is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Stories were low budget and often based on public domain stories or written by freelance writers such as Rod Serling. While it was panned by critics, it remained in the top ten most popular shows for most of its run. It predated the other major pioneer of filmed TV in America, I Love Lucy, by two years.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. John Houseman

    Producer