Philco Television Playhouse
Hometown
TV Flash files “Hometown” as hour 71 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 2, episode 26, aired 1950-02-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E26: listed hour 71 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 26 of 45 in season 2. It aired 1950-02-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Letter to Mr. Priest” (S02E25). Next is “The Life of Vincent Van Gogh” (S02E27).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mitchell Hickok, an author from the country, comes to New York for a publicity build-up for his book. He meets a glamorous woman, who introduces him to the nightlife of Manhattan. He soon tires of cafes, cocktail parties, and publicity gags, and returns to his simple way of living in the country and Eileen, his childhood sweetheart.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hometown sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S02E26 is listed hour 71 of 256 — hour 26 of 45 in season 2, season 2 episode 26.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S02E26 air?
Hometown aired 1950-02-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Marty (May 24, 1953, Rod Steiger) — the teleplay that became the anthology-to-Oscar dream — then sample other surviving Coe/Mann hours.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Philco Television Playhouse is Chayefsky's kitchen-sink live plays: ordinary lives, extraordinary telecasts, Marty with Rod Steiger before the Oscar film. Watch it now as the rise of intimate realist TV drama — Fred Coe's shop, Delbert Mann, and the anthology-to-Hollywood dream in one sponsor's title.
The close-up is a butcher's loneliness, not a gown — kitchen-sink light, live cameras, ordinary lives getting extraordinary writing. NBC's *Philco Television Playhouse* (1948–1955), 256 episodes across seven seasons, Fred Coe's shop, directors like Delbert Mann, Paddy Chayefsky's *Marty* telecast May 24, 1953 with Rod Steiger. A kitchen sink as an Oscar machine. The Philco/Goodyear tandem nights made anthology drama a dual-sponsor prestige ritual. The timeline can call domestic realism mid. The silhouette was a…