General Electric Theater

(1953)•

6.4

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Seasons

303

Episodes

Ended

Status

February 1, 1953

First Aired

Season Ratings

9.0→9.0

IMDb

Networks: CBS

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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Season 1

6 episodes • 1953

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Wedding Day	Feb 1, 1953
2	Ride the River	Feb 8, 1953
3	Hired Mother	Mar 22, 1953
4	Best Seller	Mar 1, 1953
5	Winners Never Lose	Mar 15, 1953
6	Trapped	Mar 22, 1953

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Season 2

24 episodes • 1953

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Bilshan and the Thief	Jul 5, 1953
2	Thirteen O'Clock	Jul 19, 1953
3	The Wine of St. Albans	Aug 2, 1953
4	Test of Love	Aug 16, 1953
5	The Cat with the Crimson Eyes	Aug 30, 1953
6	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star	Sep 6, 1953
7	My Wife, Poor Wretch	Sep 20, 1953
8	Confession	Oct 18, 1953
9	Woman's World	Oct 25, 1953
10	The Hunted	Nov 15, 1953
11	Atomic Love	Nov 22, 1953
12	The Marriage Fix	Nov 29, 1953
13	The Eye of the Beholder	Dec 6, 1953
14	Walking John Stopped Here	Jan 24, 1954
15	Foggy Night	Feb 14, 1954
16	Here Comes Calvin	Feb 21, 1954
17	That Other Sunlight	Mar 14, 1954
18	Pardon My Aunt	Apr 4, 1954
19	To Lift a Feather	May 2, 1954
20	Wild Luke's Boy	May 16, 1954
21	Exit for Margo	May 23, 1954
22	You Are Young Only Once	Jun 6, 1954
23	The Crime of Daphne Rutledge	Jun 13, 1954
24	Desert Crossing	Jun 20, 1954

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Season 3

37 episodes • 1954

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Pretending Makes It Do	Sep 12, 1954
2	Too Old for the Girl	Sep 19, 1954
3	Nora #1	Sep 26, 1954
4	The High Green Wall	Oct 3, 1954
5	The Long Way 'Round	Oct 10, 1954
6	Edison the Man	Oct 17, 1954
7	The Road to Edinburgh	Oct 31, 1954
8	I'm a Fool	Nov 14, 1954
9	The Face Is Familiar	Nov 21, 1954
10	The Rider on the Pale Horse	Nov 28, 1954
11	Committed	Dec 5, 1954
12	The Dark, Dark Hours	Dec 12, 1954
13	Music for Christmas	Dec 19, 1954
14	The White Steed	Dec 26, 1954
15	Amelia	Jan 2, 1955
16	D.P.	Jan 9, 1955
17	Yankee Pedler	Jan 16, 1955
18	The Martyr	Jan 23, 1955
19	The Big Shot	Jan 30, 1955
20	The Return of Gentleman Jim	Feb 6, 1955
21	Love Is Eternal	Feb 13, 1955
22	The Bachelor's Bride	Feb 20, 1955
23	Episode 3.23	Feb 27, 1955
24	The Blond Dog	Mar 6, 1955
25	War and Peace on the Range	Mar 13, 1955
26	The Bitter Choice	Mar 20, 1955
27	Clown	Mar 27, 1955
28	It Gives Me Great Pleasure	Apr 3, 1955
29	O, Lonely Moon	Apr 17, 1955
30	The Windmill	Apr 24, 1955
31	Mr. Blue Ocean	May 1, 1955
32	Into the Night	May 8, 1955
33	A Man with a Vengeance	May 15, 1955
34	When in France	May 22, 1955
35	The Half-Promised Land	May 29, 1955
36	Star in the House	Jun 5, 1955
37	The Day He Got Fired	Jun 19, 1955

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Season 4

39 episodes • 1955

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Tryout	Oct 2, 1955
2	The Bounty Court Martial	Oct 9, 1955
3	Lash of Fear	Oct 16, 1955
4	Outpost at Home	Oct 23, 1955
5	Shadow on the Heart	Oct 30, 1955
6	Winner by Decision	Nov 6, 1955
7	Farewell to Kennedy	Nov 13, 1955
8	Prosper's Old Mother	Nov 20, 1955
9	From the Top	Nov 27, 1955
10	Feathertop	Dec 4, 1955
11	The Seeds of Hate	Dec 11, 1955
12	Let It Rain	Dec 18, 1955
13	A Child is Born	Dec 25, 1955
14	Portrait of a Ballerina	Jan 1, 1956
15	Esteban's Legacy	Jan 8, 1956
16	The Ballad of Mender McClure	Jan 15, 1956
17	The Muse and Mr. Parkinson	Jan 22, 1956
18	In Summer Promise	Jan 29, 1956
19	The Song Caruso Sang	Feb 5, 1956
20	Prologue to Glory	Feb 12, 1956
21	The Honest Man	Feb 19, 1956
22	Try to Remember	Feb 26, 1956
23	A Letter from the Queen	Mar 4, 1956
24	Steinmetz	Mar 11, 1956
25	The Night Goes On	Mar 18, 1956
26	Reflected Glory	Mar 25, 1956
27	The Easter Gift	Apr 1, 1956
28	Judy Garland Musical Special	Apr 8, 1956
29	That's the Man!	Apr 15, 1956
30	The Lord's Dollar	Apr 22, 1956
31	H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Port	Apr 29, 1956
32	The Shunning	May 6, 1956
33	The Hat with the Roses	May 20, 1956
34	The Golden Key	May 27, 1956
35	O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun	Jun 3, 1956
36	Exits and Entrances	Jun 10, 1956
37	Alien Angel	Jun 17, 1956
38	Emergency Call	Jun 24, 1956
39	A Man with a Vengeance	Jul 1, 1956

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Season 5

35 episodes • 1956

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Great Lady	Sep 16, 1956
2	The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy	Sep 23, 1956
3	The Professor's Punch	Sep 30, 1956
4	The Pot of Gold	Oct 7, 1956
5	The Enemies	Oct 14, 1956
6	The Invitation	Oct 21, 1956
7	The Second Stranger	Oct 28, 1956
8	The Rider on the Pale Horse	Nov 4, 1956
9	The Charlatan	Nov 11, 1956
10	The Road That Led Afar	Nov 25, 1956
11	Orphans	Dec 2, 1956
12	The Breach	Dec 9, 1956
13	The Chess Game	Dec 16, 1956
14	A Child is Born	Dec 23, 1956
15	The Shadow Outside	Dec 30, 1956
16	Never Turn Back	Jan 6, 1957
17	The Earring	Jan 13, 1957
18	Lady of the House	Jan 20, 1957
19	The Doctors of Pawnee Kill	Jan 27, 1957
20	No Skin Off Me	Feb 3, 1957
21	The Town with a Past	Feb 10, 1957
22	The Big Shooter	Feb 17, 1957
23	Flight from Tormendero	Feb 24, 1957
24	The Fenton Touch	Mar 3, 1957
25	With Malice Toward None	Mar 10, 1957
26	The Victorian Chaise Lounge	Mar 17, 1957
27	Too Good with a Gun	Mar 24, 1957
28	Bargain Bride	Apr 7, 1957
29	Cab Driver	Apr 14, 1957
30	Bitter Choice	Apr 21, 1957
31	I Will Not Die	Apr 28, 1957
32	Angel of Wrath	May 5, 1957
33	A Question of Survival	May 12, 1957
34	The Man Who Inherited Everything	May 19, 1957
35	A New Girl in His Life	May 26, 1957

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Season 6

32 episodes • 1957

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Questioning Note	Oct 6, 1957
2	Father and Son Night	Oct 13, 1957
3	Thousand Dollar Gun	Oct 20, 1957
4	Mr. Kensington's Finest Hour	Oct 27, 1957
5	Mischief at Bandy Leg	Nov 3, 1957
6	Cornada	Nov 10, 1957
7	Love Came Late	Nov 17, 1957
8	The Iron Horse	Nov 24, 1957
9	Imp on a Cobweb Leash	Dec 1, 1957
10	Eyes of a Stranger	Dec 8, 1957
11	The Trail to Christmas	Dec 15, 1957
12	The Young Years	Dec 22, 1957
13	Kid at the Stick	Jan 5, 1958
14	Letters From Cairo	Jan 12, 1958
15	Time to Go Now	Jan 19, 1958
16	Silent Ambush	Jan 26, 1958
17	All I Survey	Feb 2, 1958
18	Incident	Feb 9, 1958
19	The Last Town Car - 1	Feb 16, 1958
20	The Last Town Car - 2	Feb 23, 1958
21	New York Knight	Mar 2, 1958
22	Angel in the Air	Mar 9, 1958
23	The Coward of Fort Bennett	Mar 16, 1958
24	Strange Witness	Mar 23, 1958
25	The Unfamiliar	Mar 30, 1958
26	No Hiding Place	Apr 6, 1958
27	The Cold Touch	Apr 13, 1958
28	God is My Judge	Apr 20, 1958
29	Stopover	Apr 27, 1958
30	Ah There, Beau Brummel	May 4, 1958
31	Bold Loser	May 11, 1958
32	The Young and Scared	May 18, 1958

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Season 7

32 episodes • 1958

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Blaze of Glory	Sep 21, 1958
2	One is a Wanderer	Sep 28, 1958
3	Auf Wiedersehen	Oct 5, 1958
4	The Castaway	Oct 12, 1958
5	The World's Greatest Quarterback	Oct 19, 1958
6	At Miss Minner's	Oct 26, 1958
7	Battle for a Soul	Nov 2, 1958
8	A Question of Romance	Nov 9, 1958
9	The Falling Angel	Nov 16, 1958
10	A Turkey for the President	Nov 23, 1958
11	The Last Rodeo	Dec 7, 1958
12	The Girl with the Flaxen Hair	Dec 14, 1958
13	The Odd Ball	Dec 28, 1958
14	And One Was Loyal	Jan 4, 1959
15	Man on a Bicycle	Jan 11, 1959
16	The Stone	Jan 18, 1959
17	Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?	Jan 25, 1959
18	No Man Can Tame Me	Feb 1, 1959
19	The Last Lesson	Feb 8, 1959
20	I Was a Bloodhound	Feb 15, 1959
21	The Family Man	Feb 22, 1959
22	Deed of Mercy	Mar 1, 1959
23	The Incredible Jewel Robbery	Mar 8, 1959
24	Train for Tecumseh	Mar 15, 1959
25	The Lady's Choice	Mar 22, 1959
26	Beyond the Mountains	Mar 29, 1959
27	The Flying Wife	Apr 5, 1959
28	Caesar and Cleopatra	Apr 12, 1959
29	Robbie and His Mary	Apr 19, 1959
30	Nora	May 3, 1959
31	Nobody's Child	May 10, 1959
32	The Indian Giver	May 17, 1959

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Season 8

33 episodes • 1959

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Miracle at the Opera	Sep 20, 1959
2	The Last Reunion	Sep 27, 1959
3	Hitler's Secret	Oct 4, 1959
4	Night Club	Oct 11, 1959
5	The Tallest Marine	Oct 18, 1959
6	The Day of the Hanging	Oct 25, 1959
7	Disaster	Nov 1, 1959
8	Signs of Love	Nov 8, 1959
9	Survival	Nov 15, 1959
10	The Last Dance	Nov 22, 1959
11	Platinum on the Rocks	Nov 29, 1959
12	Absalom, My Son	Dec 6, 1959
13	The House of Truth	Dec 13, 1959
14	Mr. O'Malley	Dec 20, 1959
15	Silhouette	Dec 27, 1959
16	Sarah's Laughter	Jan 3, 1960
17	R.S.V.P.	Jan 10, 1960
18	Lear vs. the Committeeman	Jan 17, 1960
19	They Like Me Fine	Jan 24, 1960
20	Early to Die	Feb 7, 1960
21	The Patsy	Feb 21, 1960
22	The Story of Judith	Feb 28, 1960
23	The Book of Silence	Mar 6, 1960
24	So Deadly, So Evil	Mar 13, 1960
25	Do Not Disturb	Mar 20, 1960
26	The Web of Guilt	Mar 27, 1960
27	Mystery at Malibu	Apr 10, 1960
28	Aftermath	Apr 17, 1960
29	Adam's Apples	Apr 24, 1960
30	The Ugly Ducking	May 1, 1960
31	Don't You Remember?	May 8, 1960
32	At Your Service	May 22, 1960
33	Hot Footage	May 29, 1960

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Season 9

31 episodes • 1960Avg: 9.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Man Who Thought for Himself	Sep 18, 1960	0.0
2	Journal of Hope	Sep 25, 1960	0.0
3	Hooray for Love	Oct 2, 1960	0.0
4	Swinging Singing Years	Oct 9, 1960	0.0
5	Goodbye, My Love	Oct 16, 1960	0.0
6	The Camel`s Foot	Oct 23, 1960	0.0
7	The Graduation Dress	Oct 30, 1960	0.0
8	The Influential Americans	Nov 13, 1960	0.0
9	The Playoff	Nov 20, 1960	0.0
10	Journey to a Wedding	Nov 27, 1960	0.0
11	Learn to Say Goodbye	Dec 4, 1960	0.0
12	Strictly Solo	Dec 11, 1960	0.0
13	The Money Driver	Dec 18, 1960	0.0
14	The Other Wise Man	Dec 25, 1960	0.0
15	Don't Let It Throw You	Jan 1, 1961	0.0
16	Memory in White	Jan 8, 1961	9.0
17	The Devil You Say	Jan 22, 1961	0.0
18	The Drop-Out	Jan 29, 1961	0.0
19	A Little White Lye	Feb 5, 1961	0.0
20	The Legend That Walks Like a Man	Feb 12, 1961	0.0
21	A Possibility of Oil	Feb 19, 1961	0.0
22	Image of a Doctor	Feb 26, 1961	0.0
23	Open House	Mar 5, 1961	0.0
24	The Small Elephants	Mar 12, 1961	0.0
25	Love is a Lion's Roar	Mar 19, 1961	0.0
26	Labor of Love	Mar 26, 1961	0.0
27	The Red Balloon	Apr 2, 1961	0.0
28	Sis Bowls 'Em Over	Apr 9, 1961	0.0
29	The Joke's on Me	Apr 16, 1961	0.0
30	My Darling Judge	Apr 23, 1961	0.0
31	Louie and the Horseless Buggy	Apr 30, 1961	0.0

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Season 10

34 episodes • 1961

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Golden Years	Sep 10, 1961
2	The Iron Silence	Sep 24, 1961
3	Cat in the Cradle	Oct 1, 1961
4	A Musket for Jessica	Oct 8, 1961
5	The $200 Parlay	Oct 15, 1961
6	The Wish Book	Oct 22, 1961
7	The Great Alberti	Nov 5, 1961
8	Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story	Nov 12, 1961
9	A Voice on the Phone	Nov 19, 1961
10	Money and the Minister	Nov 26, 1961
11	We're Holding Your Son	Dec 3, 1961
12	Call to Danger	Dec 10, 1961
13	Tippy-Top	Dec 17, 1961
14	A Friendly Tribe	Dec 31, 1961
15	The Wall Between	Jan 7, 1962
16	The Hold-Out	Jan 14, 1962
17	The Little Hours	Jan 21, 1962
18	Go Fight City Hall	Jan 28, 1962
19	Shadow of a Hero	Feb 4, 1962
20	Badge of Honor	Feb 11, 1962
21	The Free Wheelers	Feb 18, 1962
22	Ten Days in the Sun	Mar 4, 1962
23	A Very Special Girl	Mar 11, 1962
24	My Dark Days (1)	Mar 18, 1962
25	My Dark Days (2)	Mar 25, 1962
26	Hercule Poirot	Apr 1, 1962
27	The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky	Apr 15, 1962
28	The Troubled Heart	Apr 22, 1962
29	Mister Doc	Apr 29, 1962
30	The Unstoppable Gray Fox	May 6, 1962
31	Acres and Pains	May 13, 1962
32	Somebody Please Help Me!	May 20, 1962
33	The First Hundred Years	May 27, 1962
34	The Roman Kind	Jun 3, 1962

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