Television Playhouse ran on NBC from November 1947 to April 1948. No episodes of the live dramatic anthology series are known to exist.
Category: TV’s Lost & Found
Tales of Lost TV: The Last War (1946)
“The Last War” is a lost TV program. Aired live on WNBT in November 1946, it depicted a world inhabited only by animals due to war. The cast included Eva Marie Saint.
Audio of Super Bowl I Post-Game Show Recovered
An audio recording of the Super Bowl I post-game show from January 1967 has been recovered and uploaded to YouTube.
Tales of Lost TV: Mr. Black (1949)
Mr. Black aired on ABC’s Eastern and Midwestern networks from September to November 1949. The anthology series originated live from Chicago. No episodes are known to exist.
Tales of Lost TV: Manhattan Safari (1941)
“Manhattan Safari” aired on WNBT in New York City in 1941. It featured cartoonists Harry Hershfield, Rube Goldberg, Russell Patterson, and Otto Soglow.
New Essay About Television and Pearl Harbor
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. I’ve written a new essay examining the role television played in reporting news of the attack.