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Actors Studio

📅 1948 ⭐ 7.6 🕐 30m US US

Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly. The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman. In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing. The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 35 episodes
E1
Portrait of a Madonna 1948-09-26
E2
Night Club 1948-10-03
E3
The Giant's Stair 1948-10-10
E4
The Thousand Dollar Bill 1948-10-17
E5
The Catbird Seat 1948-10-24
E6
The Inexperienced Ghost 1948-10-31
E7
Ropes 1948-11-07
E8
Esther 1948-11-14
E9
Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden 1948-11-21
E10
Ten Percent 1948-11-28
E11
The Night the Ghost Got In 1948-12-05
E12
The Widow of Wasdale Head 1948-12-12
E13
The Man Who Lost Christmas 1948-12-19
E14
To the Lovely Margaret 1948-12-26
E15
A Day in Town 1949-01-02
E16
I'm No Hero 1949-01-09
E17
The Little Wife 1949-01-16
E18
The Lady on 142 1949-01-23
E19
A Trip to Czardis 1949-01-30
E20
Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger 1949-02-06
E21
Zone of Quiet 1949-02-13
E22
The Tell-Tale Heart 1949-02-20
E23
Greasy Luck 1949-02-27
E24
Joe McSween's Atomic Machine 1949-03-06
E25
Dead Man 1949-03-13
E26
Concerning a Woman of Sin 1949-03-24
E27
Three O'Clock 1949-03-31
E28
A Reputation 1949-04-07
E29
I Can't Breathe 1949-04-14
E30
From Paradise to Butte 1949-04-21
E31
Here Comes Spring 1949-04-28
E32
Somebody Has to Be Nobody 1949-05-05
E33
Salt of the Earth 1949-05-12
E34
Spreading the News 1949-05-19
E35
You're Breaking My Heart 1949-05-26
Season 2 30 episodes
E1
The Canterville Ghost 1949-09-28
E2
Terror in the Streets 1949-10-05
E3
It's a Free Country 1949-10-12
E4
We'll Never Have a Nickel 1949-10-19
E5
Clarissa 1949-10-26
E6
The Return to Kansas City 1949-11-01
E7
O'Halloran's Luck 1949-11-08
E8
The Frame-Up 1949-11-15
E9
The Three Strangers 1949-11-22
E10
The Thousand Dollar Bill [restaged] 1949-11-29
E11
The Man with the Heart in the Highlands 1949-12-06
E12
The Midway 1949-12-13
E13
A Child Is Born 1949-12-20
E14
Counry Full of Sweden 1949-12-27
E15
Hannah 1950-01-03
E16
An Ingenue of the Sierras 1950-01-10
E17
The Little Wife [restaged] 1950-01-17
E18
The Timid Guy 1950-01-24
E19
Joe McSween's Atomic Machine [restaged] 1950-01-31
E20
Telas, the King 1950-02-03
E21
Mr. Mummery's Suspicion 1950-02-17
E22
The Apple Tree 1950-03-03
E23
The Pink Hussar 1950-03-17
E24
The Salt of the Earth 1950-03-31
E25
Sanctuary in Paris 1950-04-14
E26
Screwball 1950-04-28
E27
Alison's House 1950-05-12
E28
The Token 1950-05-26
E29
The Swan 1950-06-09
E30
The Good Companions 1950-06-23
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