Ford Theatre

Ford Theatre was a celebrated live dramatic anthology series sponsored by The Ford Motor Company and created by its agency Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. Ford Theatre was a one-hour spin-off of a successful radio anthology. It featured original and adapted one-hour dramas broadcast live for the East Coast from CBS studios in New York. The television series premiered with the episode "Years Ago" on Sunday, October 17, 1948 at 7:30. The series ran monthly for its first season. Episodes were produced by Garth Montgomery and were directed by Marc Daniels. In its second season, Ford Theatre moved to Fridays at 9:00 where it began running bi-monthly. Halfway through the season Garth Montgomery stepped down as producer of the show was replaced by Winston O'Keefe. O'Keefe left the show after the second season and Montgomery returned as executive producer. In its third season, Ford Theatre alternated with Magnavox Theatre, another dramatic anthology. The one-hour live version of Ford Theater ende

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 73097
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired October 17, 1948
  • Recent June 29, 1951
  • Network CBS
  • Average Runtime 25 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
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Season From To Episodes
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Specials 0
Season 1 October 1948 June 1949 9
Season 2 October 1949 June 1950 19
Season 3 September 1950 June 1951 22
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 50
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Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 50
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Franklin J. Schaffner 2 11/21/1948 - 09/08/1950
Marc Daniels 1 10/17/1948
Ruth Gordon 1 10/17/1948
Herman Wouk 1 09/08/1950
Name Number of Episodes Dates
George Haight 1 11/21/1948
Allan Scott 1 11/21/1948
Jack Kirkland 1 09/08/1950
Alvin Boretz 1 03/10/1950

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