Life Is Worth Living
Material Prosperity
TV Flash files “Material Prosperity” as hour 8 of 42 in the TV Flash guide — Life Is Worth Living (1952–1957) on DuMont/ABC, season 1954, episode 2, aired 1954-01-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1954E02: listed hour 8 of 42 in the Life Is Worth Living guide, hour 2 of 8 in season 1954. It aired 1954-01-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Life of Abraham Lincoln” (S1954E01). Next is “Moment of Grace Blessing and Blindness” (S1954E03).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Material Prosperity sit in the Life Is Worth Living guide?
S1954E02 is listed hour 8 of 42 — hour 2 of 8 in season 1954, season 1954 episode 2.
When did Life Is Worth Living S1954E02 air?
Material Prosperity aired 1954-01-01 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…