Fireside Theater
7.2
5 votes
1949–1955
7 seasons
~1h 0m/ep
Drama
Overview
Fireside Theater is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Stories were low budget and often based on public domain stories or written by freelance writers such as Rod Serling. While it was panned by critics, it remained in the top ten most popular shows for most of its run. It predated the other major pioneer of filmed TV in America, I Love Lucy, by two years.
Top cast
Seasons
Season 1
11 episodes · 1949
Season 2
40 episodes · 1949
Season 3
37 episodes · 1950
Season 4
5 episodes · 1951
Season 5
2 episodes · 1952
Season 6
18 episodes · 1953
Season 7
29 episodes · 1954
Details
Status
Ended
First aired
April 5, 1949
Last aired
June 28, 1955
Seasons
7
Episodes
142
Networks
NBC
Language
English
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