About this season
Author and critic John Mason Brown, who once commented that "some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes," offered this intellectual alternative in 1948-1949. It consisted of an informal living-room discussion on the arts with two or three guests, of the caliber of author James Michener, producer Billy Rose, publishrer Bennet Cerf, and critic Bosley Crowther. The subjects ranged from modern art to new novels, films, the theater and fashions.
Episodes (35)
1. Episode 1
Aired 18 August 1948 • 30 min
2. Episode 2
Aired 25 August 1948 • 30 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 1 September 1948 • 30 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 8 September 1948 • 30 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 15 September 1948 • 30 min
6. Episode 6
Aired 22 September 1948 • 30 min
7. Episode 7
Aired 29 September 1948 • 30 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 6 October 1948 • 30 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 13 October 1948 • 30 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 20 October 1948 • 30 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 27 October 1948 • 30 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 3 November 1948 • 30 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 10 November 1948 • 30 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 17 November 1948 • 30 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 24 November 1948 • 30 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 1 December 1948 • 30 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 8 December 1948 • 30 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 23 December 1948 • 30 min
19. Episode 19
Aired 30 December 1948 • 30 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 6 January 1949 • 30 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 19 January 1949 • 30 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 26 January 1949 • 30 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 2 February 1949 • 30 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 9 February 1949 • 30 min
25. Episode 25
Aired 16 February 1949 • 30 min
The panel discusses "Are Detective Stories Getting Better of Worse?"
26. Episode 26
Aired 23 February 1949 • 30 min
27. Episode 27
Aired 2 March 1949 • 30 min
28. Episode 28
Aired 9 March 1949 • 30 min
29. Episode 29
Aired 16 March 1949 • 30 min
30. Episode 30
Aired 23 March 1949 • 30 min
31. Episode 31
Aired 30 March 1949 • 30 min
32. Episode 32
Aired 6 April 1949 • 30 min
33. Episode 33
Aired 13 April 1949 • 30 min
34. Episode 34
Aired 20 April 1949 • 30 min
35. Episode 35
Aired 27 April 1949 • 30 min