Episode guide

Kraft Television Theatre

526 episodes · 11 seasons · 1947–1958 · NBC

← Show package · 1950s

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality

Kraft Television Theatre is live drama with a cheese sponsor: hundreds of teleplays, young stars cutting teeth between product acts, prestige as a grocery brand. Watch it now as a Golden Age cornerstone — industrial-scale living-room theater, incomplete kinescope survival, and proof early TV thought of itself as Broadway first.

TV Flash files Kraft Television Theatre (1947–1958) on NBC as a season-first catalog of 526 listed hours across 11 seasons, 1947-05-07–1958-10-01 from “Double Door” (S01E01) to “Presumption of Innocence” (S11E51).

Season-first catalog. 526 listed hours across 11 seasons. Soaps, talk, variety, and other long-run logs live on season hubs — titles and dates, not invented daily recaps.

Season

Season 1

11 episodes · 1947-05-07 – 1948-05-19

Kraft Television Theatre Season 1: 11 listed episodes from 1947-05-07 to 1948-05-19. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S01E01 · S01E11

Season

Season 2

53 episodes · 1948-09-22 – 1949-09-14

Kraft Television Theatre Season 2: 53 listed episodes from 1948-09-22 to 1949-09-14. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S02E01 · S02E53

Season

Season 3

53 episodes · 1949-09-21 – 1950-09-20

Kraft Television Theatre Season 3: 53 listed episodes from 1949-09-21 to 1950-09-20. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S03E01 · S03E53

Season

Season 4

50 episodes · 1950-09-27 – 1951-09-05

Kraft Television Theatre Season 4: 50 listed episodes from 1950-09-27 to 1951-09-05. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S04E01 · S04E50

Season

Season 5

53 episodes · 1951-09-12 – 1952-09-24

Kraft Television Theatre Season 5: 53 listed episodes from 1951-09-12 to 1952-09-24. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S05E01 · S05E53

Season

Season 6

47 episodes · 1952-10-01 – 1953-08-26

Kraft Television Theatre Season 6: 47 listed episodes from 1952-10-01 to 1953-08-26. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S06E01 · S06E47

Season

Season 7

56 episodes · 1953-09-02 – 1954-09-22

Kraft Television Theatre Season 7: 56 listed episodes from 1953-09-02 to 1954-09-22. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S07E01 · S07E56

Season

Season 8

52 episodes · 1954-09-29 – 1955-09-21

Kraft Television Theatre Season 8: 52 listed episodes from 1954-09-29 to 1955-09-21. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S08E01 · S08E52

Season

Season 9

48 episodes · 1955-09-28 – 1956-09-12

Kraft Television Theatre Season 9: 48 listed episodes from 1955-09-28 to 1956-09-12. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S09E01 · S09E48

Season

Season 10

52 episodes · 1956-09-19 – 1957-09-18

Kraft Television Theatre Season 10: 52 listed episodes from 1956-09-19 to 1957-09-18. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S10E01 · S10E52

Season

Season 11

51 episodes · 1957-09-25 – 1958-10-01

Kraft Television Theatre Season 11: 51 listed episodes from 1957-09-25 to 1958-10-01. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S11E01 · S11E51