Fireside Theatre, a.k.a. The Jane Wyman Show, is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Early seasons (1-7) featured low budget productions and were often based on public domain stories. Later seasons (8-10) included source material from well known writers including Eudora Welty, Patricia Highsmith and Cornell Woolrich as well as original scripts by freelance writers such as Rod Serling, Aaron Spelling and Quinn Martin.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 12 | April 5, 1949 | June 28, 1949 | |
| 2 | 41 | September 6, 1949 | June 27, 1950 | |
| 3 | 46 | August 29, 1950 | August 21, 1951 | |
| 4 | 44 | August 28, 1951 | June 24, 1952 | |
| 5 | 39 | September 30, 1952 | June 30, 1953 | |
| 6 | 44 | September 1, 1953 | June 29, 1954 | |
| 7 | 43 | September 7, 1954 | June 28, 1955 | |
| 8 | 35 | August 30, 1955 | April 24, 1956 | |
| 9 | 34 | August 28, 1956 | June 11, 1957 | |
| 10 | 24 | September 26, 1957 | May 22, 1958 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1949)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Friend of the Family" | Unknown | Unknown | April 5, 1949 |
| 2 | 2 | "Ghost Story" | Unknown | Unknown | April 12, 1949 |
| 3 | 3 | "Leonard Silliman's New Faces" | Unknown | Unknown | April 19, 1949 |
| 4 | 4 | "What's New in the News" | Unknown | Unknown | April 26, 1949 |
| 5 | 5 | "Meet My Sister" | Unknown | Unknown | May 3, 1949 |
| 6 | 6 | "Time Bomb" | Unknown | Unknown | May 10, 1949 |
| 7 | 7 | "Brain Bobby" | Unknown | Unknown | May 17, 1949 |
| 8 | 8 | "Make a Wish" | Unknown | Unknown | May 24, 1949 |
| 9 | 9 | "Feature Story" | Unknown | Unknown | June 7, 1949 |
| 10 | 10 | "Dance Discoveries" | Unknown | Unknown | June 14, 1949 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Stronger" / "A Terribly Strange Bed" | William Cameron Menzies | Unknown | June 21, 1949 |
| 12 | 12 | "Father" | Unknown | Unknown | June 28, 1949 |
Season 2 (1949–50)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "Smooth Fingers" / "Germelshausen" | Unknown | Unknown | September 6, 1949 |
| 14 | 2 | "The Four Fifteen Express" / "Charlotte Corday" | Unknown | Unknown | September 13, 1949 |
| 15 | 3 | "Vain Glory" / "Out on the River" | Unknown | Unknown | September 20, 1949 |
| 16 | 4 | "The Spy" / "The Postmistress of Laurel Rim" | Unknown | Unknown | September 27, 1949 |
| 17 | 5 | "Like Money in the Bank" / "Magic Skin" | Unknown | Unknown | October 4, 1949 |
| 18 | 6 | "Scream in the Night" / "Troubled Harbor" | Unknown | Unknown | October 11, 1949 |
| 19 | 7 | "Bandit, Banker and Blonde" / "The Wall" | Unknown | Unknown | October 18, 1949 |
| 20 | 8 | "Heartbeat" / "Mardi Gras" | William Cameron Menzies | Unknown | October 25, 1949 |
| 21 | 9 | "Checkmate" / "Solange" | Unknown | Unknown | November 1, 1949 |
| 22 | 10 | "Night Owl" / "Another Road" | Unknown | Unknown | November 8, 1949 |
| 23 | 11 | "Stagecoach Driver McLean" / "Cowboy's Lament" | Unknown | Unknown | November 15, 1949 |
| 24 | 12 | "The Room" / "Epilogue" | John Reinhardt | Unknown | November 29, 1949 |
| 25 | 13 | "Sealed Orders" / "Battle Scene" | John Reinhardt | Unknown | December 6, 1949 |
| 26 | 14 | "The Pardoner's Tale" / "The Human Touch" | Unknown | Unknown | December 13, 1949 |
| 27 | 15 | "The Doll" / "The Bet" | Unknown | Unknown | December 20, 1949 |
| 28 | 16 | "The Gauntlet" / "Threshold" | Unknown | Unknown | December 27, 1949 |
| 29 | 17 | "Judas" | Unknown | Arnold Belgard | January 3, 1950 |
| 30 | 18 | "The Devil's Due" / "Rendezvous" | John Reinhardt | Unknown | January 10, 1950 |
| 31 | 19 | "The Golden Ball" / "Just Three Words" | John Reinhardt | Agatha Christie & John Reinhardt | January 17, 1950 |
| 32 | 20 | "Confession" / "Reprieve" | Unknown | Unknown | January 24, 1950 |
| 33 | 21 | "Of Thee I Love" / "Double Jeopardy" | Unknown | Unknown | January 31, 1950 |
| 34 | 22 | "The Imp in the Bottle" / "The Stronger" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 1950 |
| 35 | 23 | "The Shot" / "The Bed by the Window" | Unknown | Unknown | February 14, 1950 |
| 36 | 24 | "Anniversary" / "Jungle Terror" | John Reinhardt | Unknown | February 21, 1950 |
| 37 | 25 | "A Terribly Strange Bed" / "The Stronger" | Unknown | Unknown | February 28, 1950 |
| 38 | 26 | "Germelshausen" / "Sealed Orders" | Unknown | Unknown | March 7, 1950 |
| 39 | 27 | "The General's Coat" / "Vain Glory" | Unknown | Unknown | March 14, 1950 |
| 40 | 28 | "The Leather Heart" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | March 21, 1950 |
| 41 | 29 | "The Bunker" | Unknown | Unknown | March 28, 1950 |
| 42 | 30 | "Operation Mona Lisa" | Unknown | Unknown | April 4, 1950 |
| 43 | 31 | "The Tangled Web" | Unknown | Unknown | April 11, 1950 |
| 44 | 32 | "No Strings Attached" | Unknown | Unknown | April 18, 1950 |
| 45 | 33 | "Boys Will Be Men" | Unknown | Unknown | April 25, 1950 |
| 46 | 34 | "The Parasol" | Unknown | Unknown | May 9, 1950 |
| 47 | 35 | "Hired Girl" | Frank Wisbar | Arthur St. Claire | May 16, 1950 |
| 48 | 36 | "Big Ben" | Unknown | Arch Oboler | May 23, 1950 |
| 49 | 37 | "Man Without a Country" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | May 30, 1950 |
| 50 | 38 | "The Human Touch" / "The Assassin" | John Reinhardt | Unknown | June 6, 1950 |
| 51 | 39 | "Dinner For Three" / "The Devil's Due" | Unknown | Unknown | June 13, 1950 |
| 52 | 40 | "The Courting of Bell" / "Rendezvous" | Unknown | Unknown | June 20, 1950 |
| 53 | 41 | "The Ear" | Unknown | Unknown | June 27, 1950 |
Season 3 (1950–51)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 1 | "Polly" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | August 29, 1950 |
| 55 | 2 | "Stopover" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | September 5, 1950 |
| 56 | 3 | "The Canterville Ghost" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | September 12, 1950 |
| 57 | 4 | "Incident in the Rain" | Frank Wisbar | Arnold Phillips | September 19, 1950 |
| 58 | 5 | "Andy's Old Man" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | September 26, 1950 |
| 59 | 6 | "International Incident" | Unknown | Unknown | October 3, 1950 |
| 60 | 7 | "Lucy and the Stranger" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | October 10, 1950 |
| 61 | 8 | "Hope Chest" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | October 17, 1950 |
| 62 | 9 | "The Amber Gods" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Harriet Prescott Spofford Teleplay by : Adele Comandini & Edith Martin | October 24, 1950 |
| 63 | 10 | "Mother's Mutiny" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | October 31, 1950 |
| 64 | 11 | "The Kingdom Within" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | November 7, 1950 |
| 65 | 12 | "Party Line" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | November 14, 1950 |
| 66 | 13 | "Love of Mike" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | November 21, 1950 |
| 67 | 14 | "Three Strangers" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | November 28, 1950 |
| 68 | 15 | "The Green Convertible" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | December 5, 1950 |
| 69 | 16 | "The Case of Marina Goodwin" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | December 12, 1950 |
| 70 | 17 | "Miggles" | Unknown | Unknown | December 19, 1950 |
| 71 | 18 | "No Children, No Dogs" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | December 26, 1950 |
| 72 | 19 | "Flight Thirteen" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : David Boehm Teleplay by : Josef Mischel | January 2, 1951 |
| 73 | 20 | "Neutral Corner" | Frank Wisbar | William R. Cox & Leslie Urbach | January 9, 1951 |
| 74 | 21 | "Looking Through" | Frank Wisbar | Curt Siodmak | January 16, 1951 |
| 75 | 22 | "Drums in the Night" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Frank Wisbar Teleplay by : Josef Mischel | January 23, 1951 |
| 76 | 23 | "Child in the House" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Joe Pagano Teleplay by : D.A. Jowitt | January 30, 1951 |
| 77 | 24 | "Hottest Day of the Year" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Frank Wisbar Teleplay by : Alfred Lewis Levitt & Josef Mischel | February 6, 1951 |
| 78 | 25 | "The Substance of His House" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Brenda Weisberg Teleplay by : David V. Robison | February 13, 1951 |
| 79 | 26 | "Going Home" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Brewster Morgan Teleplay by : Samuel B. Harrison | February 20, 1951 |
| 80 | 27 | "Copy Boy" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Richard Harding Davis Teleplay by : Wells Root | February 27, 1951 |
| 81 | 28 | "The Acquittal" "Malachi's Cove" | Charles Frank | Charles Frank & Anthony Trollope | March 6, 1951 |
| 82 | 29 | "Shifting Sands" | Frank Wisbar | Margaret McDonell & Wells Root | March 13, 1951 |
| 83 | 30 | "The Eleventh Hour" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Perceval Gibbon Teleplay by : Arnold Phillips | March 20, 1951 |
| 84 | 31 | "Unwritten Column" | Unknown | Unknown | March 27, 1951 |
| 85 | 32 | "The Gentleman from LaPorte" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Bret Harte Teleplay by : Brenda Weisberg | April 3, 1951 |
| 86 | 33 | "Hot Spot" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Margaret McDonell Teleplay by : Wells Root | April 10, 1951 |
| 87 | 34 | "Close Shave" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : MacGowan Cooke Teleplay by : D.A. Jowitt & Brewster Morgan | April 17, 1951 |
| 88 | 35 | "The Celebrated Mrs. Rowland" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : George Zuckerman Teleplay by : James Gunn & Brewster Morgan | April 24, 1951 |
| 89 | 36 | "The Moment of Truth" | Robert Angus | Unknown | May 1, 1951 |
| 90 | 37 | "The Tunnel" | Frank Wisbar | Gabrielle Windsor | May 8, 1951 |
| 91 | 38 | "Back to Zero" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | May 15, 1951 |
| 92 | 39 | "Moment of Glory" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | July 3, 1951 |
| 93 | 40 | "The Vigil" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | July 10, 1951 |
| 94 | 41 | "A Little Night Music" | Frank Wisbar | Raphael Hayes | July 17, 1951 |
| 95 | 42 | "A Jury of Her Peers" | Frank Wisbar | Susan Glaspell | July 24, 1951 |
| 96 | 43 | "Deliver Us From Evil" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | July 31, 1951 |
| 97 | 44 | "Agnew Jones and the Giants" | Frank Wisbar | Unknown | August 7, 1951 |
| 98 | 45 | "Make Believe" | Frank Wisbar | Raphael Hayes | August 14, 1951 |
| 99 | 46 | "The Lottery" | Frank Wisbar | Story by : Shirley Jackson Teleplay by : Ernest Kinoy | August 21, 1951 |
Season 4 (1951–52)
Episodes in this season included "Doctor Mac" on October 9, 1951.[1]
Season 8 (1955-56)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | 1 | "Technical Charge of Murder" | Sidney Lanfield | story by: Zelda Popkin teleplay by: Cyril Hume | August 30, 1955 | |
| 270 | 2 | "Gusher City" | Unknown | Unknown | September 6, 1955 | |
| 271 | 3 | "The Director" | Herschel Daugherty | Rod Serling | September 13, 1955 | |
| The director of a popular television show is the only person who has confidence in a "has-been" actor. The actor falls apart at rehearsal, and tension mounts as air time draws near. | ||||||
| 272 | 4* | "Holiday in Autumn" | Unknown | Unknown | September 20, 1955 | |
| A successful Hollywood social director refuses to give up her career for marriage. Cast: Jane Wyman | ||||||
| 273 | 5 | "Little Guy" | Don Weis | David P. Harmon | September 27, 1955 | |
| 274 | 6 | "The Sport" | Sidney Lanfield | Madelyn Pugh & Quinn Martin | October 3, 1955 | |
| 275 | 7 | "Stephen and Publius Cyrus" | Don Weis | Nathaniel Curtis | October 11, 1955 | |
| 276 | 8* | "One Last September" | Unknown | Unknown | October 18, 1955 | |
| 277 | 9 | "The Smuggler" | Don Weis | story by: Victor Canning teleplay by: Blake Edwards | October 25, 1955 | |
| 278 | 10 | "Nailed Down" | Don Weis | story by: Harry Sinclair Drago teleplay by: David P. Harmon | November 1, 1955 | |
| 279 | 11* | "Ride with the Executioner" | Unknown | Unknown | November 8, 1955 | |
| 280 | 12* | "The Key" | Unknown | story by: Eudora Welty | November 15, 1955 | |
| 281 | 13 | "His Maiden Voyage" | Don Weis | Jameson Brewer | November 22, 1955 | |
| 282 | 14 | "Women at Sea" | James Sheldon | Hagar Wilde | November 29, 1955 | |
| 283 | 15* | "Bamboo Cross" | John Ford | story by: Laurence Stallings teleplay by: Maria Del Rey & Theophane Lee | December 6, 1955 | |
| 284 | 16 | "As Long as I Live" | Robert Stevenson | Leo Townsend | December 13, 1955 | |
| 285 | 17* | "Along Came a Bachelor" | Unknown | Unknown | December 20, 1955 | |
| 286 | 18 | "Big Joe’s Comin’ Home" | Blake Edwards | David P. Harmon | December 27, 1955 | |
| 287 | 19* | "Once Upon a Nightmare" | Unknown | story by: Cornell Woolrich | January 3, 1956 | |
| 288 | 20 | "The Liberator" | Jacques Tourneur | story by Indro Montanelli teleplay by: John Fante | January 10, 1956 | |
| 289 | 21* | "The House on Elm Street" | Sidney Lanfield | Unknown | January 17, 1956 | |
| 290 | 22* | "Excuse Me for Living" | Unknown | Unknown | January 24, 1956 | |
| 291 | 23 | "The Velvet Trap" | William Asher | David P. Harmon | January 31, 1956 | |
| 292 | 24 | "Not What She Pretended" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 1956 | |
| 293 | 25* | "Kristi" | Jacques Tourneur | story by: Gladys Hasty Carroll teleplay by: Jameson Brewer | February 14, 1956 | |
| 294 | 26* | "The Thread" | Unknown | Unknown | February 21, 1956 | |
| 295 | 27 | "The Mirror" | Jacques Tourneur | story by: Alphonse Daudet & Jack Schaefer teleplay by: Jack Hanley | February 21, 1956 | |
| 296 | 28 | "An Echo Out of the Past" | Sidney Lanfield | Unknown | March 6, 1956 | |
| 297 | 29 | "Scent of Roses" | Unknown | story by: Mary Eleanor Freeman | March 13, 1956 | |
| 298 | 30 | "Shoot the Moon" | Ozzie Nelson | story by: Pat Frank teleplay by: William Bowers | January 24, 1956 | |
| 299 | 31* | "Sound of Thunder" | Unknown | Unknown | March 27, 1956 | |
| 300 | 32* | "In a Different Life" | Unknown | Unknown | April 3, 1956 | |
| 301 | 33 | "This Land Is Mine" | Unknown | Unknown | April 10, 1956 | |
| 302 | 34 | "The Past Is Always Present" | Unknown | Unknown | April 17, 1956 | |
| 303 | 35* | "The Hidden People" | Unknown | Jameson Brewer | April 24, 1956 | |
Season 9 (1956-57)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304 | 1 | "Ten Percent" | Sidney Lanfield | teleplay by: Tony Barrett | August 28, 1956 |
| 305 | 2* | "Dirty Face" | Unknown | Unknown | September 4, 1956 |
| 306 | 3* | "Approved by Censor" | Unknown | Unknown | September 11, 1956 |
| 307 | 4 | "The Way to Heaven" | Don Weis | story by: Grace Sartwell Mason teleplay by: Jameson Brewer | September 18, 1956 |
| 308 | 5* | "Let Yesterday Die" | Don Weis | Unknown | September 25, 1956 |
| 309 | 6 | "Assignment Champ" | Unknown | Unknown | October 2, 1956 |
| 310 | 7* | "No More Tears" | Sidney Lanfield | story by: Alice Jones teleplay by: Kathleen Hite | October 16, 1956 |
| 311 | 8 | "Between Jobs" | Don Weis | David P. Harmon | October 30, 1956 |
| 312 | 9* | "Father Forgets" | Unknown | Unknown | November 13, 1956 |
| 313 | 10* | "The Marked Bullet" | Sidney Lanfield | Ray Bradbury | November 20, 1956 |
| 314 | 11* | "A Time to Live" | Unknown | story by: Theodore W. Case teleplay by: Leo Townsend | November 27, 1956 |
| 315 | 12 | "Helpmate" | Unknown | story by: Anton Chekhov teleplay by: David P. Harmon | December 4, 1956 |
| 316 | 13 | "While There’s Life" | Unknown | Unknown | December 18, 1956 |
| 317 | 14 | "A Point of Law" | Unknown | Hewitt Leonard Balowe | November 13, 1956 |
| 318 | 15 | "A Place on the Bay" | Robert Florey | story by: James L. Henderson teleplay by: Leonard Freeman | December 26, 1956 |
| 319 | 16 | "The Little Black Lie" | Sidney Lanfield | story by: William Jerome Fay teleplay by: David P. Harmon | January 1, 1957 |
| 320 | 17* | "Twenty Dollar Bride" | Unknown | Aaron Spelling | January 8, 1957 |
| 321 | 18* | "Portrait in Fear" | Unknown | Unknown | January 15, 1957 |
| 322 | 19* | "The Golden Door" | Unknown | Unknown | January 22, 1957 |
| 323 | 20 | "Killer’s Pride" | Robert Florey | story by: Leslie McFarlane teleplay by: Michael Fessier | January 29, 1957 |
| 324 | 21* | "Birthright" | Unknown | Unknown | February 5, 1957 |
| 325 | 22* | "Small Talk" | Sidney Lanfield | story by: George F. Slavin teleplay by: David P. Harmon | February 12, 1957 |
| 326 | 23 | "Farmer’s Wife" | Unknown | story by: Guy de Maupassant | February 19, 1957 |
| 327 | 24 | "A Dangerous Thing" | Unknown | Unknown | February 26, 1957 |
| 328 | 25* | "Married to a Stranger" | Unknown | Unknown | March 5, 1957 |
| 329 | 26 | "The Pendulum" | Sidney Lanfield | story by: Colin MacKenzie teleplay by: David P. Harmon | March 12, 1957 |
| 330 | 27 | "The Wildcatter" | Jerry Hopper | Kathleen Hite | March 19, 1957 |
| 331 | 28* | "Mama Bufano’s" | Unknown | Unknown | March 26, 1957 |
| 332 | 29* | "Not for Publication" | Unknown | Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins | April 16, 1957 |
| 333 | 30 | "Harbor Patrol" | Richard Irving | John Robinson | April 23, 1957 |
| 334 | 31 | "The Man in the Car" | Unknown | story by: Nancy Titus teleplay by: David P. Harmon | April 30, 1957 |
| 335 | 32* | "There Comes One Moment" | Sidney Lanfield | Peter Barry | May 7, 1957 |
| 336 | 33* | "Night of Terror" | Unknown | Jean De Laney | May 14, 1957 |
| 337 | 34* | "Two Sides to Everything" | Unknown | Unknown | June 11, 1957 |
Season 10 (1957–58)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338 | 1 | "The Way Home" | Allen H. Miner | story by: Phyllis Duganne teleplay by: Steve Fisher | September 26, 1957 |
| 339 | 2 | "Contact" | Allen H. Miner | story by: Samuel Marx teleplay by: Jack Jacobs | October 3, 1957 |
| 340 | 3 | "The Man on the Thirty-fifth Floor" | Oscar Rudolph | Unknown | October 10, 1957 |
| 341 | 4 | "The Perfect Crime" | Unknown | Unknown | October 17, 1957 |
| 342 | 5 | "The Animal Instinct" | Allen H. Miner | story by: Bart Burns teleplay by: Bart Burns & Lois Jakoby | October 31, 1957 |
| 343 | 6 | "Roadblock Number Seven" | George Waggner | story by: Bruno Fischer teleplay by: George Waggner | November 7, 1957 |
Directors
Technical Charge of Murder
The Sport
The House on Elm Street
An Echo Out of the Past
Ten Percent
No More Tears
The Marked Bullet
The Little Black Lie
Small Talk
The Pendulum
There Comes One Moment
A Place on the Bay
Killer's Pride
Bamboo Cross (1955-Dec-06)
The Wildcatter
The Liberator (1956-Jan-10)
Kirsti (1956-Feb-14)
The Mirror (1956-Feb-28)
Little Guy
Stephen and Publius Cyrus
The Smuggler
Nailed Down
His Maiden Voyage
The Way to Heaven
Let Yesterday Die
Between Jobs
References
- ↑ "TV Drama". TV Digest. October 6, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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