TV Reader's Digest
19552 Seasons30m episodes8.0
Drama
- Runtime
- 30m episodes
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- US
About
TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956. Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber. Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Jan 17, 1955
- Network
- ABC
Time to finish
33 hrs
65 episodes. About 5 weeks at an hour a night.
Cast
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