1. PREMIERED 1961

    Westinghouse Playhouse

    NBC, 1961

1961

WESTINGHOUSE PLAYHOUSE

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    American television series
  2. PREMIERED
    January 6, 196165 years ago
  3. FINALE
    July 7, 1961
  4. NETWORK
    NBC
  5. COUNTRY
    United States
  6. LANGUAGE
    English
  7. SEASONS
    1
  8. EPISODES
    26
  9. GENRE
    Sitcom
  10. STARRING
    Nanette Fabray, Wendell Corey
  11. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 66 on January 6, 2027, in 65 days
  12. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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