TV Reader's Digest

TV Reader's Digest
Genre Drama, Anthology
Country of origin  United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 39
Production
Executive producer(s) Harry Joe Brown
Location(s) Los Angeles, California, USA
Running time 30 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Picture format 1.33:1 monochrome
Audio format monaural
Original run January 17, 1955 – July 9, 1956

TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956.

Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber.

Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.

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