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Life Is Worth Living

Season 1954

8 listed hours · 1952–1957 · DuMont/ABC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report

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.

TV Flash files Season 1954 of Life Is Worth Living (1952–1957) on DuMont/ABC as a mid listed season (1954; 2 of 5) — 8 listed hours, 1954-01-01 from “Life of Abraham Lincoln” (S1954E01) to “War as a Judgement from God” (S1954E08). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S1954E01 Life of Abraham Lincoln

    Life of Abraham Lincoln — civic-saint hour, the cape still the costume, the lecture still beating costume-trunk variety on the right night.

  2. S1954E08 War as a Judgement from God

    War as a Judgement from God: titled sermon as ratings freak, Uncle Fultie still the only man who could outdraw Uncle Miltie with chalk.

  1. S1954E01

    Life of Abraham Lincoln

    Life of Abraham Lincoln — Season 1954, Episode 1 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S1954E02

    Material Prosperity

    Material Prosperity — Season 1954, Episode 2 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S1954E03

    Moment of Grace Blessing and Blindness

    Moment of Grace Blessing and Blindness — Season 1954, Episode 3 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S1954E04

    Of Course There Is Incompatibility

    Of Course There Is Incompatibility — Season 1954, Episode 4 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S1954E05

    Sawdust Brains

    Sawdust Brains — Season 1954, Episode 5 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S1954E06

    Signs of Our Time

    Signs of Our Time — Season 1954, Episode 6 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S1954E07

    Suffering

    Suffering — Season 1954, Episode 7 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S1954E08

    War as a Judgement from God

    War as a Judgement from God — Season 1954, Episode 8 of Life Is Worth Living. Aired 1954-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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