TV Reader's Digest
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Genre | Drama, Anthology |
Directed by | William Beaudine John Brahm Peter Godfrey (director) Phil Karlson Arnold Laven Ted Post |
Country of origin | ![]() |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
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Executive producer | Harry Joe Brown |
Production locations | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Running time | 25 mins. |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | January 17, 1955 – July 9, 1956 |
TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30-minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956. Its theme music was "Polonaise" from Act III of Eugene Onegin, an Opera by Tchaikovsky.
Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber.
Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Francis McDonald, Martin Milner, Jerry Paris, Gene Raymond, Max Showalter, and Michael Winkelman.
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- American drama television series
- 1950s American television series
- 1955 American television series debuts
- 1956 American television series endings
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- Black-and-white television programs
- American anthology television series
- Reader's Digest
- Television programs based on magazines
- United States television show stubs