Life Is Worth Living
Best City in the World in Which to Be Broke
TV Flash files “Best City in the World in Which to Be Broke” as the first listed hour of season 1957 — Life Is Worth Living (1952–1957) on DuMont/ABC, season 1957, episode 1, aired 1957-01-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1957E01: listed hour 37 of 42 in the Life Is Worth Living guide, first listed hour of season 1957. It aired 1957-01-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Character Building” (S1956E17). Next is “Communism in America” (S1957E02).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Best City in the World in Which to Be Broke sit in the Life Is Worth Living guide?
S1957E01 is listed hour 37 of 42 — first listed hour of season 1957, season 1957 episode 1.
When did Life Is Worth Living S1957E01 air?
Best City in the World in Which to Be Broke aired 1957-01-01 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…