Lights Out — Season 1

194948 episodes6.0/10 (5 votes)

About this season

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.

Episodes (48)

1. Edna Warren

Aired 19 July 1949 • 30 min

2. Promise

Aired 26 July 1949 • 30 min

3. Long Distance

Aired 2 August 1949 • 30 min

4. Crater

Aired 9 August 1949 • 30 min

5. SOUVENIERS OF HIS DEAD WIFE

Aired 16 August 1949 • 30 min

6. The Housekeeper

Aired 23 August 1949 • 30 min

7. Dressing Gown

Aired 30 August 1949 • 30 min

8. The Whisper

Aired 23 September 1949 • 30 min

After defeating Morales, Lights hires trainer Ed Romeo (Eamonn Walker), who once trained Death Row Reynolds. Romeo is part boxing guru and part psychologist, and his approach is very different from Pops'. Meanwhile, Theresa worries about Ava's attitude about life.

9. Conqueror's Isle

Aired 7 November 1949 • 30 min

The training regimen Ed Romeo (Eamonn Walker) is imposing on Lights splits the Leary family: Theresa and the girls don't like its late-night hours, but they do like Ed. Johnny doesn't, and he's upset that Ed won't let Lights promote the Reynolds fight. For his part, Ed thinks that Lights' brother is "bleeding him dry."

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