Welcome to the Armstrong Circle Theatre guide at TV Tome. Armstrong Circle Theatre was one of the major dramatic anthology series of television's "Golden Age". ACT featured many original dramas and dealt with such sensitive subjects as mental illness and racial intolerance, occassionally alternating with spoofs and comedies. Many of these dramas were based on real life events, in 1957 ACT alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour. The most common dramas were related to the COLD WAR. (ie. The Vanished, Thunder Over Berlin, Security Risk, The Spy Next Door, Crime Without a Country, Window to the West, Tunnel to Freedom, The Assassin, The Meanest Crime in the World, Sound of Violence, The Juke Box Rackets, Full Disclosure, The Antique Swindle, Smash-Up, The Thief of Charity among others. A highly entertaining series and a must see for fans of this genre. BROADCAST HISTORY June 1950 - June 1955: NBC, Tuesday 9:30 - 10:00 PM September 1955 - June 1957: NBC, Tues
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | June 1950 | August 1950 | 8 |
| Season 2 | August 1950 | September 1951 | 54 |
| Season 3 | September 1951 | September 1952 | 51 |
| Season 4 | October 1952 | May 1953 | 32 |
| Season 5 | September 1953 | May 1954 | 38 |
| Season 6 | August 1954 | June 1955 | 41 |
| Season 7 | September 1955 | June 1956 | 19 |
| Season 8 | October 1956 | June 1957 | 19 |
| Season 9 | October 1957 | June 1958 | 18 |
| Season 10 | October 1958 | June 1959 | 15 |
| Season 11 | October 1959 | June 1960 | 17 |
| Season 12 | October 1960 | June 1961 | 17 |
| Season 13 | October 1961 | June 1962 | 18 |
| Season 14 | September 1962 | June 1963 | 19 |
| Season 15 | May 1967 | 1 | |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 367 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 367 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Corrigan | 16 | 10/11/1955 - 04/30/1957 | |
| Ted Post | 12 | 08/28/1951 - 06/03/1952 | |
| Paul Bogart | 3 | 11/16/1954 - 12/25/1956 | |
| Garry Simpson | 1 | 04/29/1952 | |
| Hal Keith | 1 | 10/10/1950 | |
| Rod Serling | 1 | 04/29/1952 | |
| Peggy Mann | 1 | 03/23/1956 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Boretz | 12 | 02/07/1956 - 12/20/1961 | |
| Jerome Coopersmith | 4 | 05/03/1955 - 04/27/1960 | |
| Irve Tunick | 3 | 10/11/1955 - 04/16/1957 | |
| Art Wallace | 3 | 05/29/1956 - 04/30/1957 | |
| Roger O. Hirson | 2 | 02/21/1956 - 02/05/1957 | |
| Kay Arthur | 1 | 10/23/1951 | |
| Philip H. Reisman, Jr. | 1 | 06/12/1956 | |
| Don M. Mankiewicz | 1 | 06/05/1963 | |
| Robert Howard Lindsey | 1 | 12/07/1954 | |
| Sheldon Start | 1 | 11/16/1954 | |
| Joe Maross | 1 | 03/19/1957 | |
| Robert Mason Pollock | 1 | 04/08/1952 | |
| Lawrence Dugan | 1 | 10/10/1950 | |
| Vance Bourjaily | 1 | 04/03/1956 | |
| Roger Garis | 1 | 04/29/1952 | |
| George Lowther | 1 | 11/17/1953 | |
| George Lefferts | 1 | 10/16/1956 | |
| Cullen Moore | 1 | 04/16/1957 | |
| Virginia Dugan | 1 | 10/10/1950 | |
| Bernard Wolfe | 1 | 03/23/1956 | |
| Dale Wasserman | 1 | 10/12/1960 | |
| Elizabeth Hume | 1 | 01/01/1952 | |
| Vance Bourjailly | 1 | 01/08/1957 | |
| Harold Gast | 1 | 11/13/1956 | |
| Phil Reisman, Jr. | 1 | 01/10/1956 | |
| David Padwa | 1 | 03/06/1956 | |
| Sheldon Stark | 1 | 11/16/1954 |
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