Road to Reality

Country

United States

How it feels

A half-hour show from the early 1960s that dramatized real group therapy sessions. Professional actors played patients who talked through personal problems like shyness under the guidance of a doctor.

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What happens

Road to Reality was a half-hour American daytime television show that aired on ABC from October 17, 1960 to March 31, 1961, at 2:30pm EST. The daily program dramatized group therapy sessions that were apparently written from transcripts of actual sessions. The show was ABC's first daytime drama, and the first to bring psychoanalysis to daytime television. The show starred John Beal as the moderator of the group, Dr. Lewis, and was announced by Joel Crager. The five (later six) patients were played by professional actors. Issues that the patients discussed included fear of intimacy, and shyness. The UCLA Film and Television Archive holds two episodes in its collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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