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 (37)
1. Polly
Aired 29 August 1950
2. Stopover
Aired 5 September 1950
3. The Leather Heart [restaged]
Aired 12 September 1950
4. Incident in the Rain
Aired 19 September 1950
5. Andy's Old Man
Aired 26 September 1950
6. International Incident
Aired 3 October 1950
7. Lucy and the Stranger
Aired 10 October 1950
8. Hope Chest
Aired 17 October 1950
9. The Amber Gods
Aired 24 October 1950
10. Mother's Mutiny
Aired 31 October 1950
11. Judas
Aired 7 November 1950
12. The Party Line
Aired 14 November 1950
13. The Love of Mike
Aired 21 November 1950
14. Three Strangers
Aired 28 November 1950
15. The Green Convertible
Aired 5 December 1950
16. The Case of Marina Goodwin
Aired 12 December 1950
17. Miggles
Aired 19 December 1950
18. No Children, No Dogs
Aired 26 December 1950
19. Flight 13
Aired 2 January 1951
20. Neutral Corner
Aired 9 January 1951
21. Looking Through
Aired 16 January 1951
22. Drums in the Night
Aired 23 January 1951
23. Child in the House
Aired 30 January 1951
24. The Hottest Day of the Year
Aired 6 February 1951
25. The Substance of His House
Aired 13 February 1951
26. Going Home
Aired 20 February 1951
27. Copy Boy
Aired 27 February 1951
28. The Acquittal
Aired 6 March 1951
29. Shifting Sands
Aired 13 March 1951
30. The Eleventh Hour
Aired 20 March 1951
31. The Unwritten Column
Aired 27 March 1951
32. The Gentleman from La Porte
Aired 3 April 1951
33. The Hot Spot
Aired 10 April 1951
34. Close Shave
Aired 17 April 1951
35. Mrs. Rowland
Aired 24 April 1951
36. The Moment of Truth
Aired 1 May 1951
37. The Tunnel
Aired 8 May 1951