Actors Studio

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Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly. The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman. In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing. The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.

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Season 1

35 episodes

S1 E1 · Portrait of a Madonna

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S1 E2 · Night Club

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S1 E3 · The Giant's Stair

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S1 E4 · The Thousand Dollar Bill

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S1 E5 · The Catbird Seat

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S1 E6 · The Inexperienced Ghost

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S1 E7 · Ropes

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S1 E8 · Esther

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S1 E9 · Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden

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S1 E10 · Ten Percent

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S1 E11 · The Night the Ghost Got In

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S1 E12 · The Widow of Wasdale Head

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S1 E13 · The Man Who Lost Christmas

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S1 E14 · To the Lovely Margaret

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S1 E15 · A Day in Town

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S1 E16 · I'm No Hero

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S1 E17 · The Little Wife

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S1 E18 · The Lady on 142

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S1 E19 · A Trip to Czardis

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S1 E20 · Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger

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S1 E21 · Zone of Quiet

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S1 E22 · The Tell-Tale Heart

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S1 E23 · Greasy Luck

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S1 E24 · Joe McSween's Atomic Machine

Joe McSween is a factory worker who builds a machine in his basement. The machine doesn't do anything—it just runs. Naturally, everyone thinks that it's an atomic machine, and the government gets involved.

S1 E25 · Dead Man

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S1 E26 · Concerning a Woman of Sin

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S1 E27 · Three O'Clock

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S1 E28 · A Reputation

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S1 E29 · I Can't Breathe

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S1 E30 · From Paradise to Butte

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S1 E31 · Here Comes Spring

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S1 E32 · Somebody Has to Be Nobody

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S1 E33 · Salt of the Earth

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S1 E34 · Spreading the News

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S1 E35 · You're Breaking My Heart

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Season 2

30 episodes

S2 E1 · The Canterville Ghost

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S2 E2 · Terror in the Streets

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S2 E3 · It's a Free Country

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S2 E4 · We'll Never Have a Nickel

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S2 E5 · Clarissa

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S2 E6 · The Return to Kansas City

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S2 E7 · O'Halloran's Luck

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S2 E8 · The Frame-Up

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S2 E9 · The Three Strangers

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S2 E10 · The Thousand Dollar Bill [restaged]

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S2 E11 · The Man with the Heart in the Highlands

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S2 E12 · The Midway

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S2 E13 · A Child Is Born

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S2 E14 · Counry Full of Sweden

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S2 E15 · Hannah

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S2 E16 · An Ingenue of the Sierras

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S2 E17 · The Little Wife [restaged]

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S2 E18 · The Timid Guy

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S2 E19 · Joe McSween's Atomic Machine [restaged]

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S2 E20 · Telas, the King

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S2 E21 · Mr. Mummery's Suspicion

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S2 E22 · The Apple Tree

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S2 E23 · The Pink Hussar

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S2 E24 · The Salt of the Earth

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S2 E25 · Sanctuary in Paris

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S2 E26 · Screwball

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S2 E27 · Alison's House

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S2 E28 · The Token

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S2 E29 · The Swan

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S2 E30 · The Good Companions

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