Fireside Theater

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The first successful filmed series on American television, Fireside Theater was an anthology drama show that ran from 1949-1958, featuring a different hour long drama every week. Stories were low budget, often based on public domain or written by freelance writers such as Rod Serling. While it was panned by critics, it remained in the top ten most popular shows for most of its run. It predated the other major pioneer of filmed TV in America, I Love Lucy, by two years.

The comedy troupe Firesign Theater based their name on this series.

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