Hollywood Premiere Theatre

Hollywood Premiere Theatre was the original title of an American television program that was broadcast more often as Hollywood Theatre Time on the ABC Television Network from September 20, 1950 to October 5, 1951.[1]

Hollywood Premiere Theatre
GenreAnthology
Written byBob Carroll, Jr.
Madelyn Davis
StarringGil Lamb (host)
Don DeFore
Gale Storm
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersThomas Sarnoff
George Cahan
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 20, 1950 (1950-09-20) –
October 5, 1951 (1951-10-05)

Content varied from week to week, including situation comedies, dramatic presentations, and scenes from well-known plays. Some early episodes were a variety program, The Gil Lamb Show.[1]

The series was one of the first anthology shows aired from the West Coast, with viewers in the East seeing kinescopes of episodes.[2] George M. Cahan and Thomas W. Sarnoff were the producers.[2]

The program's competition included The Victor Borge Show on NBC and The Sam Levinson Show on CBS.[3]

Gale Storm co-starred with Don DeFore in "Mr. and Mrs. Detective" (alternately titled "Mystery and Mrs." on the show's September 27, 1950, episode. It was a pilot for a prospective series, but the series was not developed.[4]

Broadcast history
  • September 20, 1950 - November 29, 1950 (Wednesdays 7:00-7:30pm ET) as Hollywood Premiere Theatre
  • December 6, 1950 - June 6, 1951 (Wednesdays 7:00-7:30pm ET) as Hollywood Theatre Time
  • June 15, 1951 - October 5, 1951 (Fridays 10:00-10:30pm ET) as Hollywood Theatre Time

See also

References
  1. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 625. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 384. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  3. Hyatt, Wesley (2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  4. Tucker, David C. (2018). Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-1-4766-7177-2. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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