Actors Studio
Actors Studio
1. Portrait of a Madonna
2. Night Club
3. The Giant's Stair
4. The Thousand Dollar Bill
5. The Catbird Seat
6. The Inexperienced Ghost
7. Ropes
8. Esther
9. Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden
10. Ten Percent
11. The Night the Ghost Got In
12. The Widow of Wasdale Head
13. The Man Who Lost Christmas
14. To the Lovely Margaret
15. A Day in Town
16. I'm No Hero
17. The Little Wife
18. The Lady on 142
19. A Trip to Czardis
20. Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger
21. Zone of Quiet
22. The Tell-Tale Heart
23. Greasy Luck
24. Joe McSween's Atomic Machine
25. Dead Man
26. Concerning a Woman of Sin
27. Three O'Clock
28. A Reputation
29. I Can't Breathe
30. From Paradise to Butte
31. Here Comes Spring
32. Somebody Has to Be Nobody
33. Salt of the Earth
34. Spreading the News
35. You're Breaking My Heart
Overview
Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly. The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman. In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing. The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.
