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The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8

September. 04,1955
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The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

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The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Full Episode Guide

Episode 12 - Kyria Katina
First Aired: February. 12,1956

The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?

Episode 9 - Rise Up and Walk
Episode 8 - Christmas 'Til Closing
Episode 7 - The Trees
First Aired: December. 04,1955

A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.

Episode 6 - One Mummy Too Many
First Aired: November. 20,1955

Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.

Episode 5 - The Mechanical Heart
Episode 3 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall
First Aired: October. 02,1955

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

Episode 2 - The Outsiders
Episode 1 - The Miss America Story
First Aired: September. 04,1955

The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.

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