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Fireside Theater

Fireside Theater(1949–1955)

April 5, 19497 Seasons · 142 Episodes

Ended

Drama

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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.

Network NBC

Seasons

Fireside Theater (1949) | Couchpile

Season 1

11 Episodes

1949

E01

Friend of the Family

4/5/1949

E02

Ghost Story

4/12/1949

E03

New Faces

4/19/1949

E04

Meet My Sister

5/3/1949

E05

Time Bomb

5/10/1949

E06

Brainy Bobby

5/17/1949

E07

Make a Wish

5/24/1949

E08

Feature Story

6/7/1949

E09

Dance Discoveries

6/14/1949

E10

The Stronger/A Terribly Strange Bed

6/21/1949

E11

Father

6/28/1949

Season 2

40 Episodes

1949

E01

Smooth Fingers/Germelshausen

9/6/1949

E02

Vain Glory/Out of the River

9/20/1949

E03

The Spy/The Postmistress of Laurel Rim

9/27/1949

E04

Like Money in the Bank/Magic Skin

10/4/1949

E05

Scream in the Night/Troubled Harbor

10/11/1949

E06

Bandit, Banker and Blonde/The Wall

10/18/1949

E07

Heartbeat/Mardi Gras

10/25/1949

E08

Checkmate/Solange

11/1/1949

E09

The Night Owl/Another Road

11/8/1949

E10

Stagecoach Driver McLean/Cowboy's Lament

11/15/1949

E11

The Room/Epilogue

11/29/1949

E12

Sealed Orders/Battle Scene

12/6/1949

E13

The Pardoner's Tale

12/13/1949

E14

The Doll/The Bet

12/20/1949

E15

The Gambler/Threshold

12/27/1949

E16

Dinner for Three/The Vampire

1/3/1950

E17

The Devil's Due/Rendezvous

1/10/1950

E18

The Golden Ball/Just Three Words

1/17/1950

E19

Confession/Reprieve

1/24/1950

E20

Of Thee I Love/Double Jeopary

1/31/1950

E21

The Imp in the Bottle/The Stronger (restaged)

2/7/1950

E22

The Shot/The Red by the Window

2/14/1950

E23

Anniversary/Jungle Terror

2/21/1950

E24

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

2/28/1950

E25

Germelshausen (restaged)/Sealed Orders (restaged)

3/7/1950

E26

The General's Coat/Vain Glory (restaged)

3/14/1950

E27

Leather Heart

3/21/1950

E28

The Bunker

3/28/1950

E29

The Tangled Web

4/11/1950

E30

No Strings Attached

4/18/1950

E31

Boys Will Be Men

4/25/1950

E32

Operation Mona Lisa

5/2/1950

E33

The Parasol

5/9/1950

E34

The Hired Girl

5/16/1950

E35

Big Ben

5/23/1950

E36

The Man Without a Country

5/30/1950

E37

The Human Touch/The Assassin

6/6/1950

E38

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

6/13/1950

E39

The Courting of Bell/Rendezvous (restaged)

6/20/1950

E40

The Ear

6/27/1950

Season 4

5 Episodes

1951

E01

Back to Zero

6/26/1951

E02

Moment of Glory

7/3/1951

E19

Big Night in Boonetown

11/6/1951

E24

Land of Destiny

2/5/1952

E29

The Secret

3/11/1952

Where to Watch

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Cast

Gene Raymond

Host

Frank Wisbar

Host

Season 6

18 Episodes

1953

E01

The Traitor

9/1/1953

E02

Bless the Man

9/8/1953

E03

Man Enough for Millie

9/15/1953

E04

His Name Is Jason

9/22/1953

E05

Domestic Tranquility

9/29/1953

E10

Full Portrait

10/27/1953

E13

Appointment with Death

11/17/1953

E16

The Boys Down the Road

12/8/1953

E17

The Suitors

12/15/1953

E22

The First Prize

1/12/1954

E28

The Grass Is Greener

2/23/1954

E34

The Relentless Weavers

3/30/1954

E35

Invitation to Marriage

4/6/1954

E36

Beyond the Cross

4/13/1954

E37

Nine Quarts of Water

4/20/1954

E40

Fight Night

5/11/1954

E44

Bread Upon the Waters

6/8/1954

E48

The Desert Answer

6/29/1954

Season 7

29 Episodes

1954

E01

Second Elopement

8/31/1954

E02

Crusade Without Conscience

9/7/1954

E03

Smoke and Fire

9/14/1954

E04

Second Elopement

9/21/1954

E05

Afraid to Live

9/28/1954

E06

Member of the Jury

10/5/1954

E13

The Last Hat

11/23/1954

E15

His Father's Keeper

12/7/1954

E19

The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis

1/4/1955

E21

The Double Life of Barney Peters

1/18/1955

E23

Brian

2/1/1955

E24

Mr. Onion

2/8/1955

E25

No Place to Live

2/15/1955

E26

Marked for Death

2/22/1955

E28

The Poachers

3/8/1955

E31

The Failure

3/29/1955

E32

Not the Marrying Kind

4/5/1955

E33

The Blessing of the Pets

4/12/1955

E34

Luxurious Ladies

4/19/1955

E35

Bitter Grapes

4/26/1955

E36

The Innocent and the Guilty

5/3/1955

E37

Cheese Champion

5/10/1955

E38

Night of Terror

5/17/1955

E39

A Dream for Jimmy

5/24/1955

E40

The 99th Day

5/31/1955

E41

Murderer's Wife

6/7/1955

E42

The Man Who Liked to Kill

6/14/1955

E43

A Ring for Nell

6/21/1955

E44

Argument with Death

6/28/1955

Season 3

37 Episodes

1950

E01

Polly

8/29/1950

E02

Stopover

9/5/1950

E03

The Leather Heart [restaged]

9/12/1950

E04

Incident in the Rain

9/19/1950

E05

Andy's Old Man

9/26/1950

E06

International Incident

10/3/1950

E07

Lucy and the Stranger

10/10/1950

E08

Hope Chest

10/17/1950

E09

The Amber Gods

10/24/1950

E10

Mother's Mutiny

10/31/1950

E11

Judas

11/7/1950

E12

The Party Line

11/14/1950

E13

The Love of Mike

11/21/1950

E14

Three Strangers

11/28/1950

E15

The Green Convertible

12/5/1950

E16

The Case of Marina Goodwin

12/12/1950

E17

Miggles

12/19/1950

E18

No Children, No Dogs

12/26/1950

E19

Flight 13

1/2/1951

E20

Neutral Corner

1/9/1951

E21

Looking Through

1/16/1951

E22

Drums in the Night

1/23/1951

E23

Child in the House

1/30/1951

E24

The Hottest Day of the Year

2/6/1951

E25

The Substance of His House

2/13/1951

E26

Going Home

2/20/1951

E27

Copy Boy

2/27/1951

E28

The Acquittal

3/6/1951

E29

Shifting Sands

3/13/1951

E30

The Eleventh Hour

3/20/1951

E31

The Unwritten Column

3/27/1951

E32

The Gentleman from La Porte

4/3/1951

E33

The Hot Spot

4/10/1951

E34

Close Shave

4/17/1951

E35

Mrs. Rowland

4/24/1951

E36

The Moment of Truth

5/1/1951

E37

The Tunnel

5/8/1951

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Season 5

2 Episodes

1952

E01

The Next to Crash

9/30/1952

E02

A Grand for Grandma

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