Life Is Worth Living
Gloom
TV Flash files “Gloom” as hour 24 of 42 in the TV Flash guide — Life Is Worth Living (1952–1957) on DuMont/ABC, season 1956, episode 5, aired 1956-01-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1956E05: listed hour 24 of 42 in the Life Is Worth Living guide, hour 5 of 17 in season 1956. It aired 1956-01-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Endustrial and Respectability” (S1956E04). Next is “Glories of Science” (S1956E06).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gloom sit in the Life Is Worth Living guide?
S1956E05 is listed hour 24 of 42 — hour 5 of 17 in season 1956, season 1956 episode 5.
When did Life Is Worth Living S1956E05 air?
Gloom aired 1956-01-01 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…