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Fireside Theater

1949–1955NBC
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.Read more
Seasons
7
Episodes
142
Runtime
1h

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Argument with Death

S07 · E44 · Aired Jun 28, 1955

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Status
Ended
First aired
Apr 5, 1949
Last aired
Jun 28, 1955
Networks
NBC
Country
United States
Original language
English
Seasons
7
Episodes
142

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