Here’s a black-and-white promotional spot for portions of NBC’s prime time programming airing Saturday, July 20th, 1957.
The spot mentions the following shows: The Julius La Rosa Show, which aired in color from 8-9PM ET; The George Sanders Mystery Theatre, which aired from 9-9:30PM ET; and Encore Theatre, which aired from 10-10:30PM ET. All three were summer replacements for other NBC shows. Encore Theatre featured repeats of episodes from existing dramatic anthology series.
On this particular night, The George Sanders Mystery Theatre presented “The Last Will and Testament” starring Robert Horton, Herb Butterfield, and Dolores Donlon. Encore Theatre rebroadcast “The Connoisseur,” starring Paul Henreid, Virginia Bruce, and Kathryn Grant. The episode originally aired Wednesday, February 6th, 1957 as an installment of ABC’s Ford Theatre.
