Armstrong Circle Theatre

Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from June 6, 1950, to June 25, 1957, on NBC, and from October 2, 1957, to August 28, 1963, on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour. It finished in the Nielsen ratings at number 19 for the 1950–1951 season and number 24 for 1951–1952. The principal sponsor was Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong Circle Theatre
Armstrong Circle Theatre - Sound of Violence 1959.
GenreAnthology drama
Presented by
  • Nelson Case (19501951)
  • Joe Ripley
  • (19521953)
  • Bob Sherry
  • (19531954)
  • Sandy Becker (19541955)
  • John Cameron Swayze (19551957)
  • Douglas Edwards (19571961)
  • Ron Cochran (19611962)
  • Henry Hamilton (19621963)
Composers
  • Harold Levey
  • Will Schaefer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons14
No. of episodes370
Production
Executive producerDavid Susskind (19541960)
Producers
  • Selig Alkon
  • Jacqueline Babbin
  • Robert Costello
  • Hudson Faucett
  • George Lowther
  • Ralph Nelson
  • Henry Salomon
  • George Simpson
  • David Susskind
Running time30 mins. (19501955)
60 mins. (19551963)
Original release
NetworkNBC
(19501957)
CBS
(19571963)
ReleaseJune 6, 1950 (1950-06-06) 
June 5, 1963 (1963-06-05)

Between July 8 and September 16, 1959, CBS aired reruns of six documentary dramas originally broadcast during the 1958–1959 season as episodes of Armstrong Circle Theatre under the title Armstrong by Request. Armstrong by Request aired during Armstrong Circle Theatre′s time slot and also alternated with The United States Steel Hour.

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