Anthology TV

The show featured two-act plays. Two-thirds were live, and the rest on film.

This syndicated show presented adaptations of Broadway shows.

Produced by the ABC as its television network was just getting off the ground, this program was one of the first dramatic series television to attract top-name actors and actresses. Performing plays by such authors as Poe and Thurber, cast members included current well-known performers like Julie Harris and Cloris Leachman, as well as up-and-coming talents like Marlon Brando. The series was renamed "The Play's the Thing" midway through its final season.

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Live dramatic plays presented in the round with minimal props, scenery and costumes.

A weekly half-hour anthology series, similar to "Four Star Playhouse".

Summer replacement show featuring pilot programs that had not been sold.

Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.

A successor to Kraft Television Theater with a change of focus away from straight drama. The high productions remained along with the ability to attract well known talent.

Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.

A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.

Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.

Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise

An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week.

In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.

Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.

Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.

Hosted by Boris Karloff, this anthology series initially focused on ordinary crime and mystery tales but later delved into gothic horror stories adapted from works by Cornell Woolrich, Robert Bloch, Charlotte Armstrong, and others.

Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.

Summer replacement show with live and filmed plays on the melodramatic side with foreign settings.

A short-lasting (but expensive) series derived from the writings of Ernest Hemingway.

In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.