CBS Children's Film Festival(TBA)
Overview
CBS Children's Film Festival is a television series of live action films from several countries that were made for children. Originally a sporadic series airing on Saturday mornings, Sunday afternoons, or weekday afternoons during the summer from 1967, it became a regularly scheduled program in 1971 on the CBS Saturday morning lineup, running one hour with some films apparently edited down to fit the time slot. The program was hosted by 1950s television act Kukla, Fran and Ollie, aka puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and actress Fran Allison. Kukla, Fran and Ollie were dropped from the series in 1977 and the program was renamed CBS Saturday Film Festival. In 1978 CBS canceled the show in favor of the youth targeted magazine 30 Minutes which was modeled after its adult sister show 60 Minutes. CBS canceled 30 Minutes in 1982 and brought back Saturday Film Festival which ran for two seasons until CBS cancelled it for good in 1984. Perhaps the most famous "episode" of the series was the 1960 British film Hand in Hand, the story of a deep friendship between two elementary school students, one a Roman Catholic boy and the other a Jewish girl. In addition to many American and British films, the series also featured motion pictures from Russia, France, Bulgaria, Japan, Sweden, Italy, China, Australia, South Africa, and Czechoslovakia as well as several other countries.
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No imageSeason 1967
1 episodes • 1967
Season 1967
1 episodes • 1967
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Feb 5, 1967 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 1973
8 episodes • 1973
Season 1973
8 episodes • 1973
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumping Over Puddles | Sep 8, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Lucy and the Miracles | Sep 15, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Lone Wolf | Sep 22, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Gosha the Bear | Sep 29, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Birds Come Flying to Us | Oct 6, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Countdown to Danger | Nov 3, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Black Mountain | Nov 10, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Magnificent Six and a Half | Dec 1, 1973 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 1974
13 episodes • 1974Avg: 8.0Golden Era
Season 1974
13 episodes • 1974Avg: 8.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six Bears and a Clown | Jan 19, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Friends for Life | Feb 2, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Giant Eel | Mar 9, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Three Nuts for Cinderella | Sep 7, 1974 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Paganini Strikes Again | Sep 14, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Shok and Sher | Sep 21, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bunnie | Sep 28, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Anoop and the Elephant | Oct 5, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Orange Watering Cart | Oct 12, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Circus Adventure | Oct 26, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Boy Who Wore Spectacles | Nov 2, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mauro the Gypsy | Nov 16, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 13 | A Member of the Family | Nov 30, 1974 | 0.0 |
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3 episodes • 1978
Season 1978
3 episodes • 1978
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | That's My Name, Don't Wear It Out | Feb 4, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Soapbox Derby | Mar 4, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Joey | Apr 22, 1978 | 0.0 |
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