Life Is Worth Living
What Makes a Mother
TV Flash files “What Makes a Mother” as hour 4 of 42 in the TV Flash guide — Life Is Worth Living (1952–1957) on DuMont/ABC, season 1953, episode 4, aired 1953-01-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1953E04: listed hour 4 of 42 in the Life Is Worth Living guide, hour 4 of 6 in season 1953. It aired 1953-01-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Soul” (S1953E03). Next is “Woman at the Well” (S1953E05).
Viewer FAQ
Where does What Makes a Mother sit in the Life Is Worth Living guide?
S1953E04 is listed hour 4 of 42 — hour 4 of 6 in season 1953, season 1953 episode 4.
When did Life Is Worth Living S1953E04 air?
What Makes a Mother aired 1953-01-01 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Sheen, the cape, and the chalkboard. One half-hour of philosophy-and-faith talk teaches the whole unlikely hit.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Life Is Worth Living put Bishop Fulton Sheen and a chalkboard against Milton Berle some weeks — and won. Cape, ideas, faith talk as unexpected prime-time muscle. Watch it in 2026 as the ratings freak that proved a lecture could beat vaudeville: Uncle Fultie versus Uncle Miltie, still the decade's strangest head-to-head.
The chalkboard is the only prop and it is beating vaudeville some weeks. Life Is Worth Living (DuMont then ABC, 1952–1957) put Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen on a half-hour of philosophy, faith, and modern life — cape, charisma, ideas as unexpected prime-time muscle. Forty-two catalog hours, five seasons. Surprisingly large audiences. An Emmy. The informal ratings rivalry with Milton Berle's comedy hour became Uncle Fultie versus Uncle Miltie, the decade's strangest head-to-head. **They are not amicable**, the…
Filed against
- Fulton J. Sheen as Host
Fulton J. Sheen chalked prime time on Life Is Worth Living — a bishop and a blackboard against Milton Berle some weeks, and winning. Cape, ideas, faith talk as unexpected muscle. Uncle Fultie versus Uncle Miltie. TV Flash files him as…