Goodyear Television Playhouse Season 2

Sep 14, 1952 1h 0m US

4.7

3 votes

Drama

Seasons and episodes

2 - 8 : Mr. Quimby's Christmas Hats

Dec 21, 1952

2 - 24 : Ernie Barger is Fifty

Aug 09, 1953

2 - 25 : Hollywood Tandem a. Fade Out and b. The New Process

Aug 23, 1953

Synopsis

The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television". Sponsored by Goodyear, Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and the Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks. In 1955, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour. The three series were essentially the same, with the only real difference being the name of the sponsor. Producer Fred Coe nurtured and encouraged a group of young, mostly unknown writers that included Robert Alan Aurthur, George Baxt, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Howard Richardson, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal. Notable productions included Chayefsky's Marty starring Rod Steiger, Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet, Richardson's Ark of Safety and Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30pm.

Title	Goodyear Television Playhouse
First Air Date	Oct 14, 1951
Last Air Date	Sep 29, 1957
Episodes	144
Seasons	6
Companies	Showcase Productions
Keywords	anthology, playhouse