About this season
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.
Episodes (40)
1. Smooth Fingers/Germelshausen
Aired 6 September 1949
2. Vain Glory/Out of the River
Aired 20 September 1949
3. The Spy/The Postmistress of Laurel Rim
Aired 27 September 1949
4. Like Money in the Bank/Magic Skin
Aired 4 October 1949
5. Scream in the Night/Troubled Harbor
Aired 11 October 1949
6. Bandit, Banker and Blonde/The Wall
Aired 18 October 1949
7. Heartbeat/Mardi Gras
Aired 25 October 1949
8. Checkmate/Solange
Aired 1 November 1949
9. The Night Owl/Another Road
Aired 8 November 1949
10. Stagecoach Driver McLean/Cowboy's Lament
Aired 15 November 1949
11. The Room/Epilogue
Aired 29 November 1949
12. Sealed Orders/Battle Scene
Aired 6 December 1949
13. The Pardoner's Tale
Aired 13 December 1949
14. The Doll/The Bet
Aired 20 December 1949
15. The Gambler/Threshold
Aired 27 December 1949
16. Dinner for Three/The Vampire
Aired 3 January 1950
17. The Devil's Due/Rendezvous
Aired 10 January 1950
18. The Golden Ball/Just Three Words
Aired 17 January 1950
19. Confession/Reprieve
Aired 24 January 1950
20. Of Thee I Love/Double Jeopary
Aired 31 January 1950
21. The Imp in the Bottle/The Stronger (restaged)
Aired 7 February 1950
22. The Shot/The Red by the Window
Aired 14 February 1950
23. Anniversary/Jungle Terror
Aired 21 February 1950
24. A Terribly Strange Bed (restaged)/The Stronger (restaged)
Aired 28 February 1950
25. Germelshausen (restaged)/Sealed Orders (restaged)
Aired 7 March 1950
26. The General's Coat/Vain Glory (restaged)
Aired 14 March 1950
27. Leather Heart
Aired 21 March 1950
28. The Bunker
Aired 28 March 1950
29. The Tangled Web
Aired 11 April 1950
30. No Strings Attached
Aired 18 April 1950
31. Boys Will Be Men
Aired 25 April 1950
32. Operation Mona Lisa
Aired 2 May 1950
33. The Parasol
Aired 9 May 1950
34. The Hired Girl
Aired 16 May 1950
35. Big Ben
Aired 23 May 1950
36. The Man Without a Country
Aired 30 May 1950
37. The Human Touch/The Assassin
Aired 6 June 1950
38. Dinner for Three (restaged)/The Devil's Due (restaged)
Aired 13 June 1950
39. The Courting of Bell/Rendezvous (restaged)
Aired 20 June 1950
40. The Ear
Aired 27 June 1950