Playhouse 90

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.

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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
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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
John Cecil Holm 2 04/18/1957
James Neilson 2 11/01/1956 - 02/28/1957
J.P. Marquand 2 12/13/1956 - 02/20/1958
Ralph Nelson 2 10/11/1956
Bernard Girard 2 04/25/1957
William Faulkner 2 11/20/1958 - 03/07/1960
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
A.J. Russell 2 04/18/1957 - 10/09/1958
George Abbott 2 04/18/1957
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
Fielder Cook 1 05/18/1960
Helen Doss 1 12/20/1956
Josephine Tey 1 11/07/1957
Fred Clasel 1 12/19/1957
Delbert Mann 1 09/25/1958
Lloyd C. Douglas 1 02/28/1957
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
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
David Lowell Rich 1 05/29/1958
Cornell Woolrich 1 10/25/1956
James Clark 1 11/14/1957
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
Daniel B. Ullman 1 01/23/1958
William E. Watters 1 06/20/1957
Buzz Kulik 1 04/24/1958
Pat Frank 1 10/04/1956
Allen Reisner 1 01/30/1958
Ernest Lehman 1 02/14/1957
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
Byron Paul 1 10/17/1957
Marcel Pagnol 1 09/26/1957
Helen Howe 1 05/30/1957
E.A. Ellington 1 05/29/1958
Larry Klein 1 03/07/1957
Paul Nickell 1 03/21/1957
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
Berne Giler 2 04/04/1957 - 01/23/1958
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
Paul Monash 2 11/01/1956 - 09/12/1957
James P. Cavanagh 2 10/25/1956 - 04/24/1958
Horton Foote 2 11/20/1958 - 03/07/1960
William Saroyan 1 10/09/1958
William Gibson 1 02/07/1957
James P. Cavanaugh 1 11/07/1957
Roger O. Hirson 1 04/22/1960
Devery Freeman 1 11/29/1956
Robert L. Joseph 1 01/01/1959
Herbert Little Jr. 1 06/06/1957
Don M. Mankiewicz 1 03/14/1957
F.W. Durkee Jr. 1 06/13/1957
Russell S. Hughes 1 12/05/1957
John P. Cavanagh 1 05/23/1957
Jack Jacobs 1 06/20/1957
Edna Anhalt 1 05/30/1957
Hagar Wilde 1 03/21/1957
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
Howard Baker 1 01/10/1957
Speed Lamkin 1 03/21/1957
Aaron Spelling 1 01/09/1958
Martin H. Goldsmith 1 05/29/1958
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
Stanley Roberts 1 11/14/1957
Martin M. Goldsmith 1 05/29/1958
Howard Browne 1 12/11/1958
David Karp 1 09/25/1958
Marc Brandel 1 01/17/1957
David Victor 1 06/06/1957
Irving Gaynor Neiman 1 02/05/1959
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

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