''Meet Corliss Archer '' is an American
television
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sitcom
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that aired on
CBS
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(July 13, 1951 – August 10, 1951)
[McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television''. Penguin Books USA, Inc. . P. 539.] and in
syndication
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via the
Ziv Company
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from April to December 1954. The program was an adaptation of
the radio series of the same name, which was based on a series of short stories by
F. Hugh Herbert.
Synopsis
Corliss Archer is a lovable blonde teenager who is delicately balancing her high-school life and relationship with goofy boyfriend Dexter Franklin, and her homelife with parents Harry and Janet Archer.
CBS version
Cast
Source: ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''
[Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 677.]
Syndicated version
Cast
Production notes
The syndicated version of ''Meet Corliss Archer'' was executive produced by Frederick W. Ziv, and produced by ZIV Television Programs.
[Erickson, Hal (1989). ''Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947–1987''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 60.]
Syndication and DVD release
The series, which is
public domain
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, is occasionally still repeated in the United States today, usually on small over-the-air networks and cable channels.
The series has also appeared on DVDs by companies such as
Alpha Video, Echo Bridge, and Mill Creek.
See also
* ''
Meet Corliss Archer
''Meet Corliss Archer'' is an American radio program from radio's Golden Age that ran from January 7, 1943, to September 30, 1956. Although it was CBS's answer to NBC's ''A Date with Judy'', it was also broadcast by NBC in 1948 as a summer repla ...
'', the radio version of the series which ran from 1943 to 1956.
References
External links
*
Episodes of ''Meet Corliss Archer''at the
Internet Archive
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1954 American television series debuts
1954 American television series endings
1950s American sitcoms
American teen sitcoms
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Television series about teenagers
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