The most ambitious and acclaimed of all the anthology series', Playhouse 90 was in a league of its own. "Requiem of a Heavyweight," written by Rod Serling, garnered numerous Emmys and remains one of the best live dramas. Each week the series aired a complete 90 minute live drama. The list of talents is amazing: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Hiller, John Brahm, Arthur Penn were a few of the directors. Every angle and every shot left an impact on the viewing public. It was a treasure of a show, that rare gem that lives on.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 4 | ||
| Season 1 | October 1956 | June 1957 | 39 |
| Season 2 | September 1957 | June 1958 | 40 |
| Season 3 | September 1958 | June 1959 | 38 |
| Season 4 | October 1959 | May 1960 | 16 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 137 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 137 |
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| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Frankenheimer | 25 | 10/04/1956 - 04/22/1960 | |
| Franklin J. Schaffner | 8 | 10/10/1957 - 05/28/1959 | |
| Arthur Penn | 5 | 02/07/1957 - 02/27/1958 | |
| Arthur Hiller | 5 | 12/27/1956 - 01/23/1958 | |
| Franklin Schaffner | 4 | 10/10/1957 - 12/11/1958 | |
| David Swift | 3 | 02/13/1958 - 04/10/1958 | |
| Kay Thompson | 3 | 11/22/1956 | |
| J.P. Marquand | 2 | 12/13/1956 - 02/20/1958 | |
| Ralph Nelson | 2 | 10/11/1956 | |
| William Faulkner | 2 | 11/20/1958 - 03/07/1960 | |
| Bernard Girard | 2 | 04/25/1957 | |
| Paul Wendkos | 2 | 12/05/1957 - 04/17/1958 | |
| Charles Einstein | 2 | 02/13/1958 | |
| George Roy Hill | 2 | 02/05/1959 - 04/16/1959 | |
| Barnaby Conrad | 2 | 09/12/1957 | |
| Vincent J. Donahue | 2 | 10/18/1956 - 09/26/1957 | |
| Robert Mulligan | 2 | 10/24/1957 - 03/07/1960 | |
| George Abbott | 2 | 04/18/1957 | |
| A.J. Russell | 2 | 04/18/1957 - 10/09/1958 | |
| Don Murray | 2 | 12/19/1957 | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | 2 | 03/14/1957 - 05/23/1957 | |
| Oscar Rudolph | 2 | 04/04/1957 - 06/20/1957 | |
| John Cecil Holm | 2 | 04/18/1957 | |
| James Neilson | 2 | 11/01/1956 - 02/28/1957 | |
| Anton M.Leader | 1 | 11/29/1956 | |
| Hal Goodman | 1 | 03/07/1957 | |
| Ron Winston | 1 | 11/26/1959 | |
| John Brahm | 1 | 01/17/1957 | |
| Robert Graves | 1 | 10/24/1957 | |
| Robert Lindner | 1 | 11/14/1957 | |
| John Cheever | 1 | 11/01/1956 | |
| James Clark | 1 | 11/14/1957 | |
| David Lowell Rich | 1 | 05/29/1958 | |
| Cornell Woolrich | 1 | 10/25/1956 | |
| Ruth Chatterton | 1 | 05/09/1957 | |
| Tom Donovan | 1 | 10/09/1958 | |
| Charles Marquis Warren | 1 | 06/06/1957 | |
| Stephen Longstreet | 1 | 04/04/1957 | |
| William E. Watters | 1 | 06/20/1957 | |
| Daniel B. Ullman | 1 | 01/23/1958 | |
| Buzz Kulik | 1 | 04/24/1958 | |
| Pat Frank | 1 | 10/04/1956 | |
| Ernest Lehman | 1 | 02/14/1957 | |
| Allen Reisner | 1 | 01/30/1958 | |
| Jeremy York | 1 | 01/17/1957 | |
| Gordon D. Shirreffs | 1 | 12/05/1957 | |
| Raymond Postgate | 1 | 04/24/1958 | |
| Pierre Boulle | 1 | 01/01/1959 | |
| Vincent Donahue | 1 | 12/13/1956 | |
| Burgess Meredith | 1 | 11/14/1957 | |
| Marcel Pagnol | 1 | 09/26/1957 | |
| Helen Howe | 1 | 05/30/1957 | |
| Byron Paul | 1 | 10/17/1957 | |
| E.A. Ellington | 1 | 05/29/1958 | |
| Larry Klein | 1 | 03/07/1957 | |
| Paul Nickell | 1 | 03/21/1957 | |
| Fielder Cook | 1 | 05/18/1960 | |
| Helen Doss | 1 | 12/20/1956 | |
| Josephine Tey | 1 | 11/07/1957 | |
| Fred Clasel | 1 | 12/19/1957 | |
| Lloyd C. Douglas | 1 | 02/28/1957 | |
| Delbert Mann | 1 | 09/25/1958 | |
| Clifford Odets | 1 | 06/13/1957 | |
| Irwin Shaw | 1 | 01/16/1958 | |
| William Durkee | 1 | 05/01/1958 | |
| Michel del Castillo | 1 | 02/05/1959 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Serling | 10 | 10/04/1956 - 05/18/1960 | |
| Leslie Stevens | 5 | 03/07/1957 - 05/01/1958 | |
| Elick Moll | 4 | 10/18/1956 - 01/30/1958 | |
| Abby Mann | 3 | 02/27/1958 - 04/30/1959 | |
| David Shaw (II) | 2 | 10/24/1957 - 01/16/1958 | |
| Tad Mosel | 2 | 04/11/1957 - 10/10/1957 | |
| William Sackheim | 2 | 12/27/1956 - 01/23/1958 | |
| Frank D. Gilroy | 2 | 12/13/1956 - 02/20/1958 | |
| J.P. Miller | 2 | 10/02/1958 | |
| James P. Cavanagh | 2 | 10/25/1956 - 04/24/1958 | |
| Paul Monash | 2 | 11/01/1956 - 09/12/1957 | |
| Horton Foote | 2 | 11/20/1958 - 03/07/1960 | |
| Berne Giler | 2 | 04/04/1957 - 01/23/1958 | |
| Hagar Wilde | 1 | 03/21/1957 | |
| Edna Anhalt | 1 | 05/30/1957 | |
| Dorothy Baker | 1 | 01/10/1957 | |
| Malvin Wald | 1 | 06/20/1957 | |
| Art Cohn | 1 | 10/17/1957 | |
| Loring Mandel | 1 | 06/11/1959 | |
| George Bellak | 1 | 11/21/1957 | |
| Mel Barr | 1 | 02/28/1957 | |
| Speed Lamkin | 1 | 03/21/1957 | |
| Howard Baker | 1 | 01/10/1957 | |
| Martin H. Goldsmith | 1 | 05/29/1958 | |
| Aaron Spelling | 1 | 01/09/1958 | |
| George Bruce | 1 | 12/20/1956 | |
| Halsted Welles | 1 | 05/09/1957 | |
| Robert Alan Aurthur | 1 | 12/12/1957 | |
| Ellis St. Joseph | 1 | 09/26/1957 | |
| John C. Clark | 1 | 05/15/1958 | |
| Martin M. Goldsmith | 1 | 05/29/1958 | |
| Stanley Roberts | 1 | 11/14/1957 | |
| Howard Browne | 1 | 12/11/1958 | |
| Marc Brandel | 1 | 01/17/1957 | |
| David Karp | 1 | 09/25/1958 | |
| Irving Gaynor Neiman | 1 | 02/05/1959 | |
| David Victor | 1 | 06/06/1957 | |
| Leonard Spigelgas | 1 | 11/22/1956 | |
| Joseph Landon | 1 | 04/17/1958 | |
| Sumner Lock Elliott | 1 | 11/26/1959 | |
| Alvin Boretz | 1 | 01/15/1959 | |
| William Gibson | 1 | 02/07/1957 | |
| James P. Cavanaugh | 1 | 11/07/1957 | |
| William Saroyan | 1 | 10/09/1958 | |
| Roger O. Hirson | 1 | 04/22/1960 | |
| Devery Freeman | 1 | 11/29/1956 | |
| Robert L. Joseph | 1 | 01/01/1959 | |
| Don M. Mankiewicz | 1 | 03/14/1957 | |
| Herbert Little Jr. | 1 | 06/06/1957 | |
| F.W. Durkee Jr. | 1 | 06/13/1957 | |
| John P. Cavanagh | 1 | 05/23/1957 | |
| Russell S. Hughes | 1 | 12/05/1957 | |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 06/20/1957 |
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Mike Wallace and a vampire slayer? Letterman and Oprah? Andy Griffith and the Sopranos? On one list? What were we thinking? Simply put, the best of the best, from Day 1 to last night: quality, innovation and the ability to stay in our lives year after year after year. A touch of sentiment? Sure, but nostalgia alone couldn’t make the cut (sorry, Beav). And TV-movies, miniseries and specials will have to wait. These are the series we watched regularly — and will watch again. And again.
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