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Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950)

Armstrong Circle Theatre poster
Genre
anthology series
Country
United States
Length
15 seasons, 367 episodes
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An anthology drama series where each episode tells a separate story. It aired on NBC and CBS from 1950 to 1963, sponsored by Armstrong World Industries.

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What happens

Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from June 6, 1950, to June 25, 1957, on NBC, and from October 2, 1957, to August 28, 1963, on CBS. It alternated weekly with The United States Steel Hour. It finished in the Nielsen ratings at number 19 for the 1950–51 season and number 24 for 1951–52. The principal sponsor was Armstrong World Industries. Between July 8 and September 16, 1959, CBS aired reruns of six documentary dramas originally broadcast during the 1958–1959 season as episodes of Armstrong Circle Theatre under the title Armstrong by Request. Armstrong by Request aired during Armstrong Circle Theatre′s time slot and also alternated with The United States Steel Hour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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