''Colgate Theatre'' is a 30-minute dramatic television
anthology series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a differ ...
telecast on
NBC during
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
and
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
for a total of 50 episodes in two different formats.
The first edition, a
live television
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anthology, was telecast on Monday nights from January 1949 to October 1949 at 9 p.m. ET and on Sunday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET from October 1949 to June 1950.
The second series airing on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET consisted of filmed
television pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distri ...
s of unsold series,
[Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 199.] and was a last-minute replacement for the quiz show ''Dotto'', which ended August 12, 1958 due to 1950s quiz show scandals, accusations that it was rigged. ''Colgate Theatre'' served as a filler for the sponsor until ''The George Burns Show'' premiered on October 14, 1958. Bill Goodwin was host for the 1958 series.
Selected Episodes
*''Mr. and Mrs. North'' (July 4, 1949)
*''Vic and Sade: Part 1'' (July 11, 1949)
*''Vic and Sade: Part 2'' (July 18, 1949)
*''Vic and Sade: Part 3'' (July 25, 1949)
*''O'Brien'' (November 13, 1949)
*''Adventures of a Model'' (August 19, 1958)
*''The Last Marshal'', starring James Craig (actor), James Craig (August 26, 1958)
*''Tonight in Havana'' (September 2, 1958)
*''Strange Counsel'' [''Mr. Tutt''] (September 9, 1958)
*''The Fountain of Youth (film), The Fountain of Youth'' (September 16, 1958) directed by Orson Welles
*''MacGreedy's Woman'' (September 23, 1958)
*''Welcome to Washington''/''The Claudette Colbert Show'' (September 30, 1958) written by Inez Asher
*''If You Knew Tomorrow'' (October 7, 1958)
Notable guest stars
*Walter Brennan
*Claudette Colbert
*Joanne Dru
*Vera Miles
*Ricardo Montalban
*Jane Russell
*Mary Wickes
See also
*1949-50 United States network television schedule
*1957–58 United States network television schedule, 1957-58 United States network television schedule
*1958-59 United States network television schedule
*''Colgate Comedy Hour'' (1950–55) aka ''Colgate Variety Hour''
References
External links
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1949 American television series debuts
1958 American television series endings
1940s American anthology television series
1950s American anthology television series
Black-and-white American television shows
NBC original programming
American live television series
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