Playhouse 90 Intro

CBS Thursday 9:30 PM (90 min.)
Premiered: October 4, 1956




Last Aired: May 18, 1960
Show Category: Drama

The most ambitious and acclaimed of all the anthology series', Playhouse 90 was in a league of its own. "Requiem of a Heavyweight," written by Rod Serling, garnered numerous Emmys and remains one of the best live dramas. Each week the series aired a complete 90 minute live drama. The list of talents is amazing: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Hiller, John Brahm, Arthur Penn were a few of the directors. Every angle and every shot left an impact on the viewing public. It was a treasure of a show, that rare gem that lives on.

Ain't No Time for Glory 1957
Bitter Heritage 1959 Franchot Tone, James Drury
Bomber's Moon 5-22-58
Charlie's Aunt 3-28-57 Art Carney, Jeanette McDonald, Orson Bean, Jackie Coogan
Comedian 2-14-57 Mickey Rooney, Edmond O'Brien, Mel Torme
Days of Wine and Roses 10-2-58
Death of Manolete 9-12-57
Dungeon 4-10-58 Dennis Weaver, Agnes Moorehead, Julie Adams, Patty McCormack
Heart of Darkness 11-6-58 Roddy McDowall, Boris Karloff
Hostess with the Mostess 3-21-57 Shirley Booth
Killers of Mussolini 6-4-59
Marriage of Strangers w/ Red Buttons
Massacre at Sand Creek
No Time at All 2-13-58 Charles Bronson, Keenan Wynn, Buster Keaton, Chico Marx
Plot to Kill Stalin 1958 w/o/c
Requiem for a Heavyweight 10-1-56
So Soon to Die 1-17-57
Velvet Alley 1-22-59 Jack Klugman, Art Carney
Homeward Borne 5-9-57 Richard Kiley

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[Classictvcollector]

I have many of the Playhouse 90 on DVD. Thanks for your interest.

[Juliaflo]

Before Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks, there was Suzy Parker.

[noahf67]

I think the world started ending when Bill Paley stepped down at CBS.

[swarze]

@Juliaflo Ain't it the truth!?

[Blassieboy]

This was really the Golden Age of Television,soo much better than the junk that is on today witha bunch of untalented no bodies!

[asimov13647]

If you have many of the Playhouse 90, how about posting Alas Babylon? I can't find it anywhere.

[JubalCalif]

@Juliaflo

How true! One of the first (if not THE first) super models. And a pretty good actress too! She later had a very long & happy marriage to actor Bradford Dillman. She has since passed away but will always be missed!

[mwells219]

remember when tv used to not fucking bombard you with commercials every 15 minutes?

[fromthesidelines]

Actually, 'priest', CBS Television City was about four years old when "PLAYHOUSE 90" began originating from there. It was scheduled on Thursday nights at 9:30pm(et). Rod Serling didn't write any "science fiction" or "fantasy" scripts during his tenure with the series, 'onn', but when he produced six episodes of "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" on videotape at Television City during the 1960-'61 season, they tended to LOOK like half-hour versions of "PLAYHOUSE 90"...

[catholicpriest1]

Broadcast from the brand new CBS Television City in Hollywood.

[giles422]

I hope to God you will would post the entire program, and other Playhouse 90's...

[yogafan6500]

Now thats what i call classic television Long before the days of made for TV movies & Mini-Series. At least it's a lot more better than today's excrement like The Cleveland show, & Keeping up with the Kardashians. I wish i was in the days When good old Classic TV was so memorable.

[Teflon65]

The rotating star animation, shown here, may have been the inspiration for a type of giant neon ornament, called a Roto-Sphere. These neon fabrications were also sometimes called Sputniks.