Fireside Theater

Fireside Theater

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1949

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.

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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.
Released
1949-04-05
Episode Runtime
60 min
Language
English
Status
Ended
Genre
Production
General Television Enterprises, Hal Roach Studios, NBC

Seasons

Season 1
Season 1
1949
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11 Episodes

Season 1 of Fireside Theater premiered on 1949-04-05.

Season 2
Season 2
1949
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40 Episodes

Season 2 of Fireside Theater premiered on 1949-09-06.

Season 3
Season 3
1950
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37 Episodes

Season 3 of Fireside Theater premiered on 1950-08-29.

Season 4
Season 4
1951
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5 Episodes

Season 4 of Fireside Theater premiered on 1951-06-26.

Season 5
Season 5
1952
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2 Episodes

Season 5 of Fireside Theater premiered on 1952-09-30.

Season 6
Season 6
1953
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18 Episodes

Season 6 of Fireside Theater premiered on 1953-09-01.

Season 7
Season 7
1954
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29 Episodes

Season 7 of Fireside Theater premiered on 1954-08-31.

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