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    Meet McGraw

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    Meet McGraw

    Meet McGraw is an American dramatic television series starring Frank Lovejoy in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program. Forty-one half-hour episodes aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced by the Desilu Studios, most of whose productions were broadcast by CBS. The theme song for the series is “One For My Baby” by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer.

    Meet McGraw preceded The Bob Cummings Show on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00pm ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s Western series, Broken Arrow on ABC and Bud Collyer’s To Tell the Truth quiz show on CBS.

    After its cancellation, Meet McGraw was repeated as The Adventures of McGraw on ABC in 1958-1959, but not in prime time. A number of episodes of the series, including “Mohave” and “Lady in Limbo,” are available on DVD.

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    The Silent Service

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    The Silent Service

    The Silent Service was a 1957–1958 syndicated anthology television series based on actual events in the submarine section of the United States Navy. The Silent Service was narrated by Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers, who retired from the Navy in 1949 after twenty-two years of service. He began each episode with this refrain: “Tonight, we bring you another thrilling episode of Silent Service stories, of warfare under the sea.”

    Many of the episodes focused on the history of specific submarines, including:

    ⁕USS Sculpin

    ⁕USS Nautilus, the first atomic submarine

    ⁕USS Perch

    ⁕USS Tang

    ⁕USS S-38

    ⁕USS Tirante

    ⁕USS Bergall

    ⁕USS Spearfish

    ⁕USS Triton

    ⁕USS Wahoo, and

    ⁕USS Gato, subject of the series finale.

    Actors appearing on The Silent Service included Russell Johnson, cast three times in the role of the character “Beach”. DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy appeared in two episodes each as Lieutenant Commander James Dempsey and as Sonarman, respectively. Jerry Paris and Liam Sullivan each guest starred twice. Eric Morris appeared in nineteen episodes identified only as “Soldier”.

    Other guest stars included Joe Conley, Mike Connors, Lawrence Dobkin, Ron Hagerthy, Adam Kennedy, Robert Knapp, Paul Richards, Bing Russell, Craig Stevens, Dennis Weaver and Stuart Whitman.

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    Mr. Adams and Eve

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    Mr. Adams and Eve

    Mr. Adams and Eve is a CBS sitcom starring Howard Duff and his then wife, Ida Lupino, as a fictitious acting couple, Howard and Eve Adams, residing in Beverly Hills, California. In the television series, Lupino is known professionally as Eve Drake. The program aired sixty-six episodes from January 4, 1957, to July 8, 1958, with rebroadcasts continuing until September 23, 1958. Lupino was nominated for an Emmy Award for “Best Actress in a Continuing Role” for both seasons of Mr. Adams and Eve.

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    26 Men

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    26 Men

    26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.

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    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

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    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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    Annette

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    Annette

    Annette is a television serial that ran on The Mickey Mouse Club during the show’s third season. It starred Annette Funicello as Annette McCloud, a poor, orphaned country girl who moves into town with her upper-class aunt and uncle. The serial also starred Richard Deacon as Uncle Archie McCleod, Sylvia Field as Aunt Lila McCleod, Mary Wickes as Katie the housekeeper and prolific Disney child stars Tim Considine, David Stollery and Roberta Shore as Annette’s friends. The story was adapted by Lillie Hayward from the book Margaret by Janette Sebring Lowrey.

    Annette was released to DVD in 2008 as part of the Walt Disney Treasures series.

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    Boots and Saddles

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    Boots and Saddles

    Boots and Saddles is an American Western television series created by Robert A. Cinader which aired in syndication from 1957 to 1958.

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    Code 3

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    Code 3

    Code 3 is an American crime drama that aired in syndication in 1957. The stories were all based on actual files of the Los Angeles sheriff’s office.

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    The Adventures Of Long John Silver

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    The Adventures Of Long John Silver

    A TV series about the Long John Silver character from Treasure Island. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television.

    Long John Silver is the proud captain of his own ship and his own crew. He and his buccaneer cruise around the Caribbean and often stay on the side of the English and fight the French and Spanish.

    After the long and dangerous adventures, he and his crew rest in the tavern of Miss Purity.

    This series aired in the United States first on Syndicated basis in 1956, but not on a regular basis and completely random as part of another show. Several episodes were edited together and shown as movies in the cinemas under the titles: Under The Black Flag and South Sea Pirates.

    After that it was sold to the ITV Network in the UK, and aired in 1957. In 1958 Australian ABC screened the series as part of Children’s TV Club show.

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    Colt .45

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    Colt .45

    Colt .45 is an American Western series which aired on ABC between October 1957 and September 1960.

    The half-hour program is loosely based on the 1950 Warner Bros. film of the same name, starring Randolph Scott. Colt .45 was part of the William T. Orr-produced array of westerns which Warner produced for ABC in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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    Alcoa Theatre

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    Alcoa Theatre

    Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre.

    In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.

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    Blondie

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    Blondie

    Blondie is the first of two TV series based on the comic strip of the same name. It first aired on January 4, 1957, on NBC. Although Penny Singleton had starred in most of the Blondie movies, producers chose Pamela Britton for the title role, with Arthur Lake playing the role of Dagwood Bumstead as he had in the Blondie movie series.

    A pilot episode was filmed in 1954 with Hal Le Roy as Dagwood opposite Britton’s Blondie. The DVD for the 1957 version of Blondie was later released but only includes the first three episodes.

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