Kraft Television Theatre
television series
Kraft Television Theatre is an American anthology drama television series that began May 7, 1947 on NBC, airing at 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings until December of that year.[1] It was a live hour-long series offered television plays with new stories and new characters each wee.[2] The program was broadcast live from Studio 8-H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, currently the home of Saturday Night Live.
| Kraft Television Theatre | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Anthology drama |
| Narrated by | Ed Herlihy (1947-55) Charles Stark (1955) |
| Theme music composer | Norman Cloutier |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 525 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 48–52 minutes |
| Production company(s) | J. Walter Thompson Agency Talent Associates |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | May 7, 1947 – October 1, 1958 |
References change
- ↑ Kraft Foods profile, from AdAge.com
- ↑ Griffith, Benjamin (2002). "Kraft Television Theatre". St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture. Thomas Gale. Archived from the original on 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
