About this season
The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television". Sponsored by Goodyear, Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and the Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks. In 1955, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour. The three series were essentially the same, with the only real difference being the name of the sponsor. Producer Fred Coe nurtured and encouraged a group of young, mostly unknown writers that included Robert Alan Aurthur, George Baxt, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Howard Richardson, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal. Notable productions included Chayefsky's Marty starring Rod Steiger, Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet, Richardson's Ark of Safety and Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30pm.
Episodes (24)
1. October Story
Aired 14 October 1951 • 60 min
A young girl from Brooklyn causes a stir with television executives when she announces she has invented a portable TV that can be built for $2.14.
2. The Copper
Aired 28 October 1951 • 60 min
A backwards young man who wants to be a policeman goes to a psychologist for help when strange things happen to him during his daily duties.
3. Flight To Freedom
Aired 11 November 1951 • 60 min
4. The Eleventh Ward
Aired 25 November 1951 • 60 min
5. Money To Burn
Aired 9 December 1951 • 60 min
6. I Was Stalin's Prisoner
Aired 23 December 1951 • 60 min
7. A Softness In The Wind
Aired 6 January 1952 • 60 min
8. Raymond Schindler, Case One
Aired 20 January 1952 • 60 min
9. Tour Of Duty
Aired 3 February 1952 • 60 min
10. Crown Of Shadows
Aired 17 February 1952 • 60 min
11. Treasure Chest
Aired 2 March 1952 • 60 min
12. Three Letters
Aired 16 March 1952 • 60 min
13. Tigers Don't Sing
Aired 30 March 1952 • 60 min
14. The Medea Cup
Aired 13 April 1952 • 60 min
15. The Travelers
Aired 27 April 1952 • 60 min
16. The Twenty-Third Mission
Aired 11 May 1952 • 60 min
17. The Lantern Copy
Aired 25 May 1952 • 60 min
18. Four Meetings
Aired 8 June 1952 • 60 min
19. It's A Small World
Aired 22 June 1952 • 60 min
20. Leaf Out Of A Book
Aired 6 July 1952 • 60 min
21. The Trial Of Steven Kent
Aired 20 July 1952 • 60 min
22. The Dusty Drawer
Aired 3 August 1952 • 60 min
23. The Witness
Aired 17 August 1952 • 60 min
24. Roman Fever
Aired 31 August 1952 • 60 min