Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is an American television anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color (using the massive TK-40A color cameras pioneered and manufactured by RCA, and used primarily by CBS' arch-rival network, NBC). Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live, and although the series was transmitted in color, only black-and-white kinescope copies of some episodes survive to the present day.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | October 1954 | August 1955 | 38 |
| Season 2 | September 1955 | August 1956 | 45 |
| Season 3 | September 1956 | August 1957 | 46 |
| Season 4 | September 1957 | June 1958 | 37 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 166 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 166 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Frankenheimer | 26 | 03/03/1955 - 06/14/1956 | |
| Allen Reisner | 19 | 10/14/1954 - 03/29/1956 | |
| Buzz Kulik | 5 | 03/28/1957 - 06/05/1958 | |
| Bernard Girard | 3 | 01/13/1955 - 08/04/1955 | |
| Paul Nickell | 2 | 10/24/1957 - 05/29/1958 | |
| Herbert Swope Jr. | 2 | 07/07/1955 - 09/01/1955 | |
| David Swift | 2 | 04/10/1958 | |
| James Joseph | 1 | 07/19/1956 | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | 1 | 07/28/1955 | |
| Mark Twain | 1 | 09/01/1955 | |
| Fielder Cook | 1 | 04/19/1956 | |
| William Irish | 1 | 04/26/1956 | |
| Bing Crosby | 1 | 08/04/1955 | |
| John Galsworthy | 1 | 04/28/1955 | |
| Seymour Burns | 1 | 09/08/1955 | |
| Arnold Shaw | 1 | 05/29/1958 | |
| Oscar Wilde | 1 | 11/17/1955 | |
| Ida Lupino | 1 | 07/19/1956 | |
| Leo Gallen | 1 | 02/09/1956 | |
| Don Medford | 1 | 06/27/1957 | |
| Robert Stevens | 1 | 11/21/1957 | |
| William H. Brown | 1 | 10/21/1954 | |
| Jack Smight | 1 | 10/11/1956 | |
| Gil Rodin | 1 | 08/04/1955 | |
| Faith Baldwin | 1 | 09/22/1955 | |
| William P. McGivern | 1 | 03/24/1955 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield Cook | 5 | 05/19/1955 - 03/08/1956 | |
| James P. Cavanagh | 5 | 06/30/1955 - 10/11/1956 | |
| Rod Serling | 3 | 03/31/1955 - 11/24/1955 | |
| David Friedkin | 2 | 12/09/1954 - 02/03/1955 | |
| William Kozlenko | 2 | 03/10/1955 - 04/28/1955 | |
| DeWitt Bodeen | 2 | 07/07/1955 - 09/01/1955 | |
| Morton Fine | 2 | 12/09/1954 - 02/03/1955 | |
| John McGreevey | 2 | 06/14/1956 - 07/19/1956 | |
| Gore Vidal | 2 | 05/26/1955 - 07/28/1955 | |
| Paul Monash | 2 | 09/29/1955 - 12/29/1955 | |
| Adrian Spies | 2 | 03/24/1955 - 09/15/1955 | |
| Devery Freeman | 2 | 09/08/1955 - 10/20/1955 | |
| Gwen Bagni | 1 | 12/19/1957 | |
| F.W. Durkee Jr. | 1 | 03/22/1956 | |
| Robert Dozier | 1 | 08/25/1955 | |
| Leonard Spigelgas | 1 | 12/01/1955 | |
| Rowland Brown | 1 | 10/03/1957 | |
| John Kneubuhl | 1 | 11/17/1955 | |
| Eleanore Griffin | 1 | 03/29/1956 | |
| Charles Hoffman | 1 | 06/05/1958 | |
| Charles Bennett | 1 | 10/21/1954 | |
| Wade Miller | 1 | 03/03/1955 | |
| Mel Goldberg | 1 | 04/19/1956 | |
| Rumer Godden | 1 | 03/29/1956 | |
| Donald S. Sanford | 1 | 12/09/1954 | |
| Lucille Fletcher | 1 | 11/04/1954 | |
| George Bruce | 1 | 03/01/1956 | |
| Irwin Gielgud | 1 | 12/19/1957 | |
| Milton Geiger | 1 | 04/21/1955 | |
| Irving Elman | 1 | 08/11/1955 | |
| Saul Levitt | 1 | 06/27/1957 | |
| Dale Eunson | 1 | 12/22/1955 | |
| George Lowther | 1 | 05/17/1956 | |
| Eric Ambler | 1 | 10/11/1956 | |
| Arthur Geller | 1 | 05/22/1958 | |
| Marie Baumer | 1 | 06/02/1955 | |
| Marc Brandel | 1 | 11/10/1955 | |
| Anthony Ellis | 1 | 10/21/1954 | |
| Ian Fleming | 1 | 10/21/1954 | |
| Mel Dinelli | 1 | 04/07/1955 | |
| Katherine Funson | 1 | 12/22/1955 | |
| Hagar Wilde | 1 | 04/05/1956 | |
| Irving Wallace | 1 | 05/29/1958 | |
| Harry Julian Fink | 1 | 05/22/1958 | |
| John Cavanaugh | 1 | 06/02/1955 | |
| E. Jack Neuman | 1 | 03/03/1955 | |
| Gerald Douglass | 1 | 10/24/1957 | |
| Ellis Kadison | 1 | 03/28/1957 | |
| Walter Newman | 1 | 10/14/1954 |
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