Fireside Theater

1949

7.3

7 Seasons

Drama

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.

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

Friend of the Family

Ep 2

Ghost Story

Ep 3

New Faces

Ep 4

Meet My Sister

Ep 5

Time Bomb

Ep 6

Brainy Bobby

Ep 7

Make a Wish

Ep 8

Feature Story

Ep 9

Dance Discoveries

Ep 10

The Stronger/A Terribly Strange Bed

Ep 11

Father

Cast

Gene Raymond

Host

Frank Wisbar

Host