Your Show Time

Your Show Time
Genre Anthology Drama
Directed by Sobey Martin
Presented by Arthur Shields
Narrated by Arthur Shields
Country of origin  United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 26
Production
Running time 30 mins. (approx)
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Picture format Black-and-White
Audio format Monaural
Original run January 21, 1949 – July 15, 1949

Your Show Time is an American anthology drama series that debuted as a midseason replacement on NBC in January 1949. Hosted and narrated by Arthur Shields, the series ran until July 1949. Made by Grant Productions at Hal Roach Studios, it was American television's first dramatic series to be shot on film instead of broadcast live.[1] The program is also notable for being the first series to win an Emmy award.[2]

Contents

Synopsis

The show featured half-hour dramatizations of stories by renowned authors such as Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frank Stockton and Mark Twain. Other episodes were adapted from chapters of novels, such as The Bishop's Experiment, an adaptation of the section featuring the bishop in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables with Leif Erickson as Jean Valjean.

The show featured appearances by such actors as Julie Adams, Robert Alda, Evelyn Ankers, Morris Carnovsky, Melville Cooper, William Frawley, Eva Gabor, Hurd Hatfield, Hugo Haas, Sterling Holloway, Alan Napier, Dan O'Herlihy and Selena Royle.

At least nine episodes survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Episodes

Episode # Episode title Original airdate
1-1 "The Necklace" January 21, 1949
1-2 "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" January 28, 1949
1-3 "Madamoiselle Fifi" February 4, 1949
1-4 "The Mummy's Foot" February 11, 1949
1-5 "The Substitute" February 18, 1949
1-6 "The Invisible Wound" February 25, 1949
1-7 "Capture" March 4, 1949
1-8 "The Real Thing" March 11, 1949
1-9 "The Treasure of Franchard" March 18, 1949
1-10 "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" March 25, 1949
1-11 "The Tenor" April 1, 1949
1-12 "The Manchester Marriage" April 8, 1949
1-13 "The Lady Or the Tiger" April 15, 1949
1-14 "A Confession on New Year's Eve" April 22, 1949
1-15 "The Mysterious Picture" April 29, 1949
1-16 "An Old, Old Story" May 6, 1949
1-17 "The Marquise" May 13, 1949
1-18 "The Million Pound Bank Note" May 20, 1949
1-19 "Birthday of the Infants" May 27, 1949
1-20 "Why Thomas Was Discharged" June 3, 1949
1-21 "The Bishop's Experiment" June 10, 1949
1-22 "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" June 17, 1949
1-23 "An Only Son" June 24, 1949
1-24 "Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff" July 1, 1949
1-25 "Cricket on the Hearth" July 8, 1949
1-26 "A Lodging for the Night" July 15, 1949

Awards

Year Award Result Category Notes
1950 Emmy Award Won Best Film Made for Television For episode "The Necklace"

References

  1. ^ Stanley Rubin, "A (Very) Personal History of the First Sponsored Film Series on National Television", E-Media Studies, vol. 1, issue 1 (2008). The filmed series Public Prosecutor was produced earlier, but broadcast later.
  2. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Netwrk and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. pp. 1345. ISBN 0-345-45542-8. 

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