1. PREMIERED 1951

    Gruen Playhouse

    ABC, 1951–1952

1951

GRUEN PLAYHOUSE

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    American TV dramatic anthology series
  2. PREMIERED
    September 27, 195175 years ago
  3. FINALE
    September 23, 1952
  4. NETWORK
    ABC
  5. COUNTRY
    United States
  6. SEASONS
    2
  7. GENRE
    Drama television series, Anthology series
  8. STARRING
    Raymond Burr
  9. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 76 on September 27, 2027, in 329 days
  10. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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