What’s the status of Decision, an NBC summer replacement series that ran for 13 weeks from July to September 1958. Of those 13 episodes, six were rebroadcasts of previously aired dramas from earlier anthology TV shows. The others were unsold pilots.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive has in its collection the September 21st episode, an unsold pilot called “Man Against Crime” starring Darren McGavin. UCLA also has a copy of “High Air,” which first aired in September 1956 as an installment of Screen Directors Playhouse.
The Paley Center for Media has a copy of “Sudden Silence,” which originally aired on Ford Theatre in 1956.
Read more about Decision in my article Unsold Pilots on Television, 1956-1966.
| # | Title | Airdate | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “The Virginian” | 07/06/1958 | |
| With James Drury, Andrew Duggan and Robert Burton. | |||
| 2 | “Fifty Beautiful Girls” | 07/13/1958 | |
| With Barbara Bel Geddes. Originally aired on Schlitz Playhouse of Stars in June 1957. | |||
| 3 | “The Danger Game” | 07/20/1958 | |
| With Ray Danton. | |||
| 4 | “The Tall Man” | 07/27/1958 | |
| With Michael Rennie and William Phipps. | |||
| 5 | “Sudden Silence” | 08/03/1958 | Paley |
| With Barbara Stanwyck and Jeff Morrow. Originally aired on Ford Theatre in October 1956. | |||
| 6 | “Indemnity” | 08/10/1958 | |
| With Richard Kiley, Chuck Webster and George Chandler. | |||
| 7 | “Stand and Deliver” | 08/17/1958 | |
| With Louis Hayward and Richard O’Sullivan. | |||
| 8 | “Night of the Stranger” | 08/24/1958 | |
| With Valentina Cortessa and George Sanders. Originally aired on Schlitz Playhouse of Stars in March 1958. | |||
| 9 | “Fear Has Many Faces” | 08/31/1958 | |
| With James Whitmore and June Lockhart. Originally aired on Ford Theatre in January 1957. | |||
| 10 | “High Air” | 09/18/1956 | UCLA |
| With William Bendix and Dennis Hopper. Originally aired on Screen Directors Playhouse in September 1956. | |||
| 11 | “Markheim” | 09/14/1958 | |
| With Ray Millarrd and Rod Steiger. Originally aired on Screen Directors Playhouse in April 1956. | |||
| 12 | “Man Against Crime” | 09/21/1958 | UCLA |
| With Darren McGavin. | |||
| 13 | “Man on a Raft” | 09/28/1958 | |
| With Diane Brewster and Mark Stevens. | |||
Revised June 2nd, 2016
