Studio One

Studio One

ENDED10 Seasons466 Episodes5.0
NetworkCBS
First AiredNov 7, 1948
Last AiredSep 29, 1958
GenreDrama
Runtime60 min
Created ByFletcher Markle

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

Seasons & Episodes10 seasons · 466 episodes

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E1
E1The Night America Trembled
Sep 9, 195760m
Exploration of the panic caused by the radio broadcast of H.G. Wells ""War of the Worlds.""
E2
E2First Prize for Murder
Sep 16, 195760m
At a Mystery Writers of America meeting, a government agent shows up, looking for a best selling author suspected of murder.
E3
E3Mutiny on the Shark (Part 1)
Sep 23, 195760m
Commander Matt Donovan, the skipper of the newly commissioned atomic submarine "Shark" whose ruthless obsession for perfection leads him to expect his men to perform with the same cold precision as the incredible nuclear machine. Donovan has no patience with human frailty and he relentlessly drives his crew to be like himself. Donovan's two young officers Lt. Bill Meade and Lt. Joe Crane are assigned to be the dedicated men working for Donovan. Meade stands in awe of the "Iron Skipper" and dreams of commanding his own sub. Crane, a brilliant engineering officer is ...
E4
E4Mutiny on the Shark (Part 2)
Sep 30, 195760m
Commander Matt Donovan, the skipper of the newly commissioned atomic submarine "Shark" whose ruthless obsession for perfection leads him to expect his men to perform with the same cold precision as the incredible nuclear machine. Donovan has no patience with human frailty and he relentlessly drives his crew to be like himself. Donovan's two young officers Lt. Bill Meade and Lt. Joe Crane are assigned to be the dedicated men working for Donovan. Meade stands in awe of the "Iron Skipper" and dreams of commanding his own sub. Crane, a brilliant engineering officer is ...
E5
E5The Morning After
Oct 7, 195760m
A teenage student traps his Latin teacher into a compromise on grades by implying that she has made "advances" at him. Appalled and frightened by the implication that she is an immoral teacher at a private school for boys, she enlists the help of another teacher.
E6
E6Act of Mercy
Oct 14, 195760m
A man lies in a coma for over a year as a result of a car accident. His brother, knowing the situation is hopeless, decides to end his existence.
E7
E7The Deaf Heart
Oct 21, 195760m
A girl has lost her hearing as a result of an emotional disturbance. Her subconscious is probed by a team of psychologists who decide to try a daring experiment.
E8
E8The Bend in the Road
Nov 4, 195760m
An elderly but energetic minister retires and lives with his overly attentive son and daughter-in-law.
E9
E9Twenty-Four Hours Til Dawn
Nov 11, 195760m
An important political prisoner is awaiting execution by the men who have overthrown his country's government. The night before he is to face the firing squad, he is given a choice: if he will give up fighting for his cause, he will be set free.
E10
E10Please Report Any Odd Characters
Nov 18, 195760m
An eccentric old man living at a boardinghouse begins concocting these stories and everyone becomes suspicious when young girls are found dead.
E11
E11Escape Route
Dec 2, 195760m
A snobbish college professor finds implicated in the killing of a Latin American scholar. He finds himself hunted by a sinister ring of assassins.
E12
E12No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)
Dec 9, 195760m
A conflict develops between Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant, who attempts to introduce new methods in their pathology lab.
E13
E13No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)
Dec 16, 195760m
Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant clash over the circumstances of a premature birth and a cancer diagnosis.
E14
E14The Brotherhood of the Bell
Jan 6, 195860m
A college fraternity will always help its members in later life - as long as they repay the fraternity by performing certain not-quite-legal tasks for other members.
E15
E15The Other Place
Jan 13, 195860m
A Canadian engineer working in England rescues a rich elderly gentleman who changes his life.
E16
E16Trial by Slander
Jan 20, 195860m
A schoolteacher gets in trouble. He is accused of having a romance in his educational dealings with his pupil. He gets trapped in a mess of circumstantial evidence.
E17
E17Balance of Terror
Jan 27, 195860m
Harry Radcliff, a young British officer, sets out alone on a dangerous secret mission. He is to travel to Berlin and gain the confidence of Soviet agents by pretending to be traitor to England. But Radcliff finds himself in serious trouble when he misses an appointment with an important enemy contact. In desperation, he seeks aid from his friend Mike Fenby of the British Diplomatic Office in Berlin.
E18
E18The Laughing Willow
Feb 3, 195860m
Belinda is one of the popular bachelor girls called on when guest lists are made up for Washington, D.C. parties. But beneath her gaiety, Belinda fears a life of loneliness, for she has frightened away suitors by her eagerness to marry. Then her friend Bunny introduces Belinda to handsome Jack Marshall.
E19
E19Presence of the Enemy
Feb 10, 195860m
A religious widow fears that her beautiful and talented daughter may cause unrest and distrust in the small conservative Ohio community when she puts her love of art and career as a singer above the what the townspeople will think.
E20
E20Tide of Corruption
Feb 17, 195860m
A young Senate investigator, Edward Roberts, begins digging into the racket empire of Mr. Antony. Then Mr. Antony investigates Roberts' background and discovers that at one time Roberts' mother accepted help from a crooked politician. In an attempt to deter the investigation, Antony approaches Roberts with blackmail in mind.
E21
E21The Lonely Stage
Feb 24, 195860m
One of the greatest ladies of theater, Harriet Brand, decides to make a comeback but is hindered by her past indiscretions.
E22
E22The Fair-Haired Boy
Mar 3, 195860m
A murder takes place in the public relations department of a motion picture company.
E23
E23A Dead Ringer
Mar 10, 195860m
A businessman fed up with his invalid wife's tyrannical behavior finds a solution during a business trip. A man that looks exactly like him might be able to provide the alibi he needs to eliminate his wife.
E24
E24Tongues of Angels
Mar 17, 195860m
A young man looking for work on a family farm indicates that he is not deaf and dumb but in fact suffers from a severe stuttering problem.
E25
E25The Award Winner
Mar 24, 195860m
After years of hard work, Professor Theodore Koering, nuclear scientist has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Reporters sent to interview him are surprised at his apparent lack of interest in the honor accorded him, and baffled by his refusal to cooperate for pictures and stories. Their first lead develops when Kering forbids them to interview the widow of his former assistant.
E26
E26The Shadow of a Genius
Mar 31, 195860m
After years of hard work, Professor Theodore Koering, nuclear scientist has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Reporters sent to interview him are surprised at his apparant lack of interest in the honor accorded him, and baffled by his refusal to cooperate for pictures and stories. Their first lead develops when Kering forbids them to interview the widow of his former assistant.
E27
E27Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Apr 14, 195860m
Ada Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to own one. First, she scrimps and saves her money, but when she has enough, and takes a trip to Paris, she learns that buying an original couture creation is a little harder than simply plunking down cash. Along the way to her goal, she manages to befriend a count, unite young lovers, and dodge customs.
E28
E28The Desperate Age
Apr 21, 195860m
It is puzzling to the family and office friends of Letty Greene that she has little interest in men and apparently no concern over the prospect that she may never marry. But Letty has been seeing a co-worker, Will Robbins, who is unhappily married. She tries not to face the future of this romance.
E29
E29The Edge of Truth
Apr 28, 195860m
A policeman apprehends the reckless driver of a vehicle when a little girl almost gets hit and finds himself being bribed by the driver, a wealthy playboy.
E30
E30The McTaggert Succession
May 5, 195860m
When their elder spinster sister Rosie becomes bedridden, the three McTaggart brothers, all bachelors, hire their 19-year-old niece Kathleen to help out with the household chores. All goes well until she falls in love and, much to the alarm of her uncles, contemplates marriage.
E31
E31Kurishiki Incident
May 12, 195860m
A GI kills a boy that he thought was stealing government property and is court martialed and acquitted of the crime. The boy's sister and uncle confront him and he seeks to make amends.
E32
E32A Funny-Looking Kid
May 19, 195860m
In an attempt to help his shy son Frank to become more popular at school, Harry Breen suggest to Frank that he do some writing. The plot backfires when the boy embarks on a crusade to remedy juvenile delinquency. His article, naming parents as the real delinquents, appears in the local newspaper and overnight Frank becomes a national celebrity.
E33
E33The Enemy Within
May 26, 195860m
An Air Force crew prepares for a rugged 2-week survival course and everyone is worried.
E34
E34Ticket to Tahiti
Jun 2, 195860m
A widower's dreams of escaping his job and family with a trip to the South Seas fall through when his spoiled irresponsible son asks him for a large sum of money.
E35
E35The Strong Man
Jun 9, 195860m
Ben Royce prides himself on being a self-made man who has become the most powerful cattle baron in the West. He rules his family and his ranch with an iron hand, and there are many clashes between him and his foreman Jace Farrow. After a particularly bitter quarrel, Jace tells Royce that he is quitting to go into the cattle business on his own. Believing that Jace will fail on his own, Royce makes no attempt to stop him. As Jace prepares to leave, he asks Marcy Royce, Ben's daughter to go with him.
E36
E36The Left-Handed Welcome
Jun 16, 195860m
Buck Slater, youthful singing sensation, makes a return visit to his small home town in he south, accompanied by a woman magazine writer named Shirley. Shirley wants to write the real Story of Buck as he was before he left for the big-time. Buck has a score to settle with the town and when a youngster is accused of a series of thefts, Buck offers to take the boy under his wing.
E37
E37The Man Who Asked for a Funeral
Jun 23, 195860m
Leo is a hard-working young man who owns and operates a wholesale produce firm, and is very much in love with his pretty young wife Annabelle. He doesn't know that Annabelle has been seeing a clerk who works for him. The clerk, Frankie, plans to murder Leo and implicate Annabelle.
E38
E38The Undiscovered
Jun 30, 195860m
A medical researcher feels that he has made an important discovery.
E39
E39Man Under Glass
Jul 14, 195860m
Tension inside the television director's control booth mounts to a breaking point when the television drama spills over into life and death reality.
E40
E40A Delicate Affair
Jul 28, 195860m
An insurance company tries to marry off a girl within a week. Failure means the girl gets one million dollars.
E41
E41The Last Summer
Aug 4, 195860m
A country boy is taken in by a scheming rich girl who is spending her vacation in the country.
E42
E42Tag-Along
Aug 11, 195860m
Little Juan and his parents have moved to a new town to escape the prejudice they encountered as Mexicans. But things go badly in the new town too, reaching a climax when Juan and two teenage friends of his disappear while visiting a canyon outside town.
E43
E43Birthday Present
Aug 18, 195860m
A young British businessman, attempting to smuggle a watch he purchased as a gift for his wife into the country, is arrested by customs officials and sent to prison.
E44
E44Bellingham
Aug 25, 195860m
You wouldn't suspect that Bellingham is anything but what he appears to be, a conscientious and sensitive master in an English boys' school. Actually he also leads another life entirely. He hates evil political leaders, and belongs to a group determined to eliminate them by assassination.
E45
E45The Lady Died at Midnight
Sep 1, 195860m
A convicted murderer vows that he will break out of prison and revenge himself on the people responsible for his capture. When he does escape, the police post a cordon around the home of his former girlfriend, who has married. But, despite their precautions, the girl is killed. A reporter learns that the dead girl's husband and the police chief have also been threatened.
E46
E46No Place to Run
Sep 15, 195860m
The son of a prominent businessman is arrested for stealing a car. His father goes to great lengths to keep the matter private and out of the headlines. A reporter snaps their photo as they're leaving the courthouse, resulting in unwanted publicity. This is when the father starts getting blackmail threats.
E47
E47Image of Fear
Sep 29, 195860m
After 20 years in exile in the United States, a royal family has hope that the monarchy will be able to return to power. But intrigue arises as someone tries to kill the queen. The prime suspect is her son, Prince Anthony, who was told that he must give up his wife if he returns to the throne.

About Studio One

Studio One is a drama series on CBS. The show first aired on Nov 7, 1948 and currently has 10 seasons and 466 episodes. Studio One has ended after 10 seasons. It has a rating of 5.0/10 based on 12 votes. Created by Fletcher Markle.

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