Goodyear Television Playhouse

(10/14/1951–09/29/1957)

Drama

NBC (US)60 min

For six years from the fall of 1951 through the fall of 1957, Goodyear Television Playhouse presented full hour live dramas, originating from New York, on Sunday evenings. The series ran on alternate weeks with Philco Television Playhouse. In the fall of 1955 the title was shortened to Goodyear Playhouse and a new sponsor took the alternate Sundays with The Alcoa Hour. A young playwright by the name of Paddy Chayefsky wrote several original dramas for this series. Two of them were made into award winning motion pictures, they are "The Catered Affair" and "Marty". In 1957 the overall title for the changed to "A Turn of Fate" a designation that swas soon dropped. Initially there was to be a rotating roster of regular stars (David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon, and Charles Boyer) but that concept petered out by the end of the first season.

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Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

October Story

October 14, 1951 at 05:00 PM

S01E02

The Copper

October 28, 1951 at 05:00 PM

S01E03

Flight to Freedom

November 11, 1951 at 05:00 PM

S01E04

The Eleventh Ward

November 25, 1951 at 05:00 PM

S01E05

Money to Burn

December 09, 1951 at 05:00 PM

S01E06

I Was Stalin's Prisoner

December 23, 1951 at 05:00 PM

S01E07

A Softness in the Wind

January 06, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E08

Raymond Schindler, Case One

January 20, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E09

Tour of Duty

February 03, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E10

Crown of Shadows

February 17, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E11

Treasure Chest

March 02, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E12

Three Letters

March 16, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E13

Tigers Don't Sing

March 30, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E14

The Medea Cup

April 13, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S01E15

The Travelers

April 27, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E16

The Twenty-Third Mission

May 11, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E17

The Lantern Copy

May 25, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E18

Four Meetings

June 08, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E19

It's a Small World

June 22, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E20

Leaf Out of a Book

July 06, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E21

The Trial of Steven Kent

July 20, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E22

The Dusty Drawer

August 03, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E23

The Witness

August 17, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S01E24

Roman Fever

August 31, 1952 at 04:00 PM

Season 2

S02E01

Holiday Song

September 14, 1952 at 04:00 PM

S02E02

The Room

September 28, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S02E03

O Romany

October 12, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S02E04

Better Than Walking

October 26, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S02E05

The Darkness Below

November 09, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S02E06

The Old Beginning

November 23, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S02E07

The Search

December 07, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S02E08

Mr. Quimby's Christmas Hats

December 21, 1952 at 05:00 PM

S02E09

A Medal in the Family

February 01, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S02E10

Wings on My Feet

February 22, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S02E11

The Rumor

March 08, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S02E12

The Gesture

March 15, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S02E13

Wish on the Moon

March 29, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S02E14

The Long Way Home

April 12, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S02E15

Printer's Measure

April 26, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E16

The Accident

May 03, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E17

The Oil Well

May 17, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E18

Marty

May 24, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E19

Before I Wake

May 31, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E20

Her Prince Charming

June 14, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E21

Catch a Falling Star

June 28, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E22

Nothing to Sneeze At

July 12, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E23

The Young and Fair

July 26, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E24

Ernie Barger is Fifty

August 09, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S02E25

Hollywood Tandem a. Fade Out and b. The New Process

August 23, 1953 at 04:00 PM

Season 3

S03E01

The Happy Rest

October 04, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S03E02

Other People's Houses

August 30, 1953 at 04:00 PM

S03E03

The Haven

November 01, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S03E04

John Turner

November 15, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S03E05

Madame Aphrodite

December 06, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S03E06

Wings Over Barriers

December 20, 1953 at 05:00 PM

S03E07

Moment of Panic

January 03, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E08

Here's Father

January 17, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E09

The Brownstone

January 31, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E10

The Huntress

February 14, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E11

Buy Me Blue Ribbons

February 28, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E12

The Inward Eye

March 14, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E13

Native Dancer

March 28, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E14

Spring Reunion

April 11, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S03E15

Old Tasselfoot

April 25, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E16

Miss Look-Alike

May 09, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E17

The Lawn Party

May 23, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E18

Somebody Special

June 06, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E19

Write Me Out Forever

June 20, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E20

Suitable for Framing

July 04, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E21

Dear Harriet Heart -Throb

July 18, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E22

The Arena

August 01, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E23

Recoil

August 15, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E24

The Power of Suggestion

August 29, 1954 at 04:00 PM

S03E25

The Big Man on Campus

September 12, 1954 at 04:00 PM

Season 4

S04E01

Guilty is the Stranger

September 26, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S04E02

The Personal Touch

October 10, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S04E03

Flight Report

November 07, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S04E04

Thunder of Silence

November 21, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S04E05

Last Boat from Messina

December 05, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S04E06

Class of '58

December 19, 1954 at 05:00 PM

S04E07

A Case of Pure Fiction

January 02, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E08

Doing Her Bit

January 16, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E09

The Way Things Happen

January 30, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E10

The Rabbit Trap

February 13, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E11

Backfire

February 27, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E12

My Lost Saints

March 13, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E13

The Chivington Raid

March 27, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E14

Beloved Stranger

April 10, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S04E15

Do It Yourself

April 24, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E16

Visit to a Small Planet

May 08, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E17

The Catered Affair

May 22, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E18

Mr. Dorothy Allen

June 05, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E19

End of the Mission

June 19, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E20

The Prizewinner

July 03, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E21

Man on Spikes

July 17, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E22

Tangled Web

July 31, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S04E23

The Takers

August 14, 1955 at 04:00 PM

Season 5

S05E01

Suit Yourself

September 11, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S05E02

The Merry-Go-Round

September 25, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S05E03

The Expendable House

October 09, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S05E04

A Business Proposition

October 23, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S05E05

The Mechanical Heart

November 06, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S05E06

One Mummy Too Many

November 20, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S05E07

The Trees

December 04, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S05E08

Christmas 'til Closing

December 18, 1955 at 05:00 PM

S05E09

Rise Up and Walk

January 01, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E10

This Land is Mine

January 15, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E11

Starlet

January 29, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E12

Kyria Katina

February 12, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E13

The Terrorists

February 26, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E14

Conspiracy of Hearts

March 11, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E15

Joey

March 25, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E16

Footlight Frenzy

April 08, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E17

Career Girl

April 22, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S05E18

The Sentry

May 06, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E19

In the Days of Our Youth

May 20, 1955 at 04:00 PM

S05E20

The Primary Colors

June 03, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E21

Sound the Pipes of Pan

June 17, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E22

The Film Maker

July 01, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E23

County Fair Time

July 15, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E24

Pencil Sketch

July 29, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E25

Proud Passage

August 12, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E26

Grow Up

August 26, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S05E27

Ark of Safety

September 09, 1956 at 04:00 PM

Season 6

S06E01

Maestro

September 23, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S06E02

Missouri Legend

October 07, 1956 at 04:00 PM

S06E03

All Summer Long

October 28, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S06E04

Stardust II

November 11, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S06E05

A Murder is Announced

December 30, 1956 at 05:00 PM

S06E06

Nobody's Town

January 27, 1957 at 05:00 PM

S06E07

The Princess Back Home

February 24, 1957 at 05:00 PM

S06E08

First Love

March 24, 1957 at 05:00 PM

S06E09

The Money Killer

April 07, 1957 at 05:00 PM

S06E10

The Gene Austin Story

April 21, 1957 at 05:00 PM

S06E11

A Will to Live

May 12, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E12

The Treasure Hunters

May 26, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E13

Your Every Wish

June 16, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E14

The Legacy

June 30, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E15

Backwoods Cinderella

July 14, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E16

Rumblin' Galleries

July 28, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E17

Weekend in Vermont

August 11, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E18

The Dark Side of the Moon

August 18, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E19

The House

September 08, 1957 at 04:00 PM

S06E20

The Best Wine

September 29, 1957 at 04:00 PM