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Watching: Fireside Theater
7.2•1949-04-05•7 Seasons
Season 6
Episode 1
Episodes
EP 1
The Traitor
EP 2
Bless the Man
EP 3
Man Enough for Millie
EP 4
His Name Is Jason
EP 5
Domestic Tranquility
EP 10
Full Portrait
EP 13
Appointment with Death
EP 16
The Boys Down the Road
EP 17
The Suitors
EP 22
The First Prize
EP 28
The Grass Is Greener
EP 34
The Relentless Weavers
EP 35
Invitation to Marriage
EP 36
Beyond the Cross
EP 37
Nine Quarts of Water
EP 40
Fight Night
EP 44
Bread Upon the Waters
EP 48
The Desert Answer
Overview
Fireside Theater is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Stories were low budget and often based on public domain stories or written by freelance writers such as Rod Serling. While it was panned by critics, it remained in the top ten most popular shows for most of its run. It predated the other major pioneer of filmed TV in America, I Love Lucy, by two years.