NBC Sunday Showcase (1959)

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 22 episodes

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1959 to 1960 anthology series on NBC that aired hour-long specials in color. Its format changed each week from comedies to science fiction, musicals, and historical dramas. The use of videotape allowed some episodes to be repeated.

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What happens

NBC Sunday Showcase is a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959–60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas (Murder and the Android and What Makes Sammy Run?) had repeats in 1960. On the heels of his Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, Richard Adler composed the opening Sunday Showcase theme music, titled "Sunday Drive" (a.k.a. "Sunday Showcase Theme"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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