The Marriage

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This article concerns the television series by this name. If you are looking for the play by Gogol, please go to The Marriage (play)

The Marriage was the first prime-time network television series to be broadcast regularly in color. It was a situation comedy broadcast live by NBC in the summer of 1954, and starred real-life couple Hume Cronyn (who also produced the show) and Jessica Tandy as a New York lawyer and his wife with two children, played by Susan Strasberg and Malcolm Broderick.

The half-hour show debuted on July 8, 1954, originating from the Colonial Theatre in New York City. The television series was adapted from an NBC radio series of the same title, also starring Cronyn and Tandy.

The New York Times television critic called the show "new and different and delightful," and wrote, "'The Marriage' is a sparkling, crisp portrayal of some charming people."

The series was suspended when Cronyn and Tandy left to tour on stage. There was talk in late 1954 of resuming the series, but it did not happen.