Philco Television Playhouse
Television Story
TV Flash files “Television Story” as hour 136 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 3, episode 46, aired 1951-07-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E46: listed hour 136 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 46 of 56 in season 3. It aired 1951-07-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Pretend I Am a Stranger” (S03E45). Next is “The Return” (S03E47).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A covetous young actress' career means more to her than marriage to a middle-aged actor who turns to TV after a successful career in other facets of show business only to find that his wife influences his work there.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Television Story sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S03E46 is listed hour 136 of 256 — hour 46 of 56 in season 3, season 3 episode 46.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S03E46 air?
Television Story aired 1951-07-29 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…