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Overview
Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 p.m. ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957. Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series.
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No imageSeason 1
13 episodes • 1954
Season 1
13 episodes • 1954
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonight at 8:30 | Oct 18, 1954 | 0.0 |
| 2 | State of the Union | Nov 15, 1954 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dateline | Dec 13, 1954 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Call to Freedom | Jan 7, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Yellow Jack | Jan 10, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Women | Feb 7, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Peter Pan | Mar 7, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Reunion in Vienna | Apr 4, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The King and Mrs. Candle | Apr 22, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Darkness at Noon | May 2, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Petrified Forest | May 30, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Wide Wide World | Jun 27, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Fourposter | Jul 25, 1955 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 2
13 episodes • 1955Avg: 7.0Golden Era
Season 2
13 episodes • 1955Avg: 7.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Sep 19, 1955 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Our Town | Sep 19, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Oct 17, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Dateline II | Nov 14, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauty | Dec 14, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Peter Pan | Jan 9, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Festival of Music | Jan 30, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Mar 5, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Apr 2, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Dodsworth | Apr 30, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Bloomer Girl | May 28, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Happy Birthday | Jun 25, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Rosalinda | Jul 23, 1956 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 3
12 episodes • 1956Avg: 4.0
Season 3
12 episodes • 1956Avg: 4.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord Don't Play Favorites | Sep 17, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Letter | Oct 15, 1956 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Nov 12, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Festival of Music II | Dec 10, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Wide Wide World II | Jan 6, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Feb 3, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Mayerling | Feb 24, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Romeo and Juliet | Mar 4, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Great Sebastians | Apr 1, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Cinderella | Apr 29, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mr. Broadway | May 11, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Festival of Magic | May 27, 1957 | 0.0 |
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