Philco Television Playhouse
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
TV Flash files “Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal” as hour 131 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 3, episode 41, aired 1951-06-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E41: listed hour 131 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 41 of 56 in season 3. It aired 1951-06-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Operation: Airlift” (S03E40). Next is “The Plot” (S03E42).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Widower Dr. Hudson lives with his daughter and housekeeper and keeps his medical practice success by using the Good book as guidance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S03E41 is listed hour 131 of 256 — hour 41 of 56 in season 3, season 3 episode 41.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S03E41 air?
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal aired 1951-06-24 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…