Fireside Theatre
Man of the Comstock
TV Flash files “Man of the Comstock” as a desk essential hour — Fireside Theatre (1949–1958) on NBC, season 6, episode 10, aired 1953-11-03, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E10: listed hour 7 of 8 in the Fireside Theatre guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 1953-11-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bread Upon the Waters” (S06E03). Next is “Bitter Grapes” (S07E01).
Essential hour: “Man of the Comstock”. Man of the Comstock: mid-run western-tinged title, Jane Wyman-era hostcraft still somewhere ahead of this filmed factory.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Man of the Comstock sit in the Fireside Theatre guide?
S06E10 is listed hour 7 of 8 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 10.
When did Fireside Theatre S06E10 air?
Man of the Comstock aired 1953-11-03 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with whatever surviving filmed half-hours you can find, Wyman-hosted if that is the door. The Nielsen-ghost story is the context.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Fireside Theatre is the ratings ghost of early television: a filmed half-hour anthology giant, later hosted by Jane Wyman, that once dominated Nielsen lists and now sits half-forgotten. Watch it now to see how filmed drama anthologies conquered the 1950s — and how a most-watched show can still vanish from the conversation.
The half-hour looks like a living room and behaved like a factory. Fireside Theatre (NBC, 1949–1958), Frank Wisbar's filmed anthology giant, later hosted by Jane Wyman, earlier by Gene Raymond, is the ratings ghost of early television: among the top-rated programs of the early 1950s seasons, now half-forgotten. Proved filmed drama anthologies could dominate Nielsen lists. One of early TV's most-watched shows. The work is industrial filmed drama, not a lost-masterpiece cult — which is exactly why the forgetting is…
Filed against
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- Jane Wyman as Host
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