All episodes Season 1 S01E38 1957-06-20 90 min 1950s CBS

Playhouse 90

Ain't No Time for Glory

TV Flash files “Ain't No Time for Glory” as hour 38 of 133 in the TV Flash guide — Playhouse 90 (1956–1960) on CBS, season 1, episode 38, aired 1957-06-20, 90 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S01E38: listed hour 38 of 133 in the Playhouse 90 guide, hour 38 of 39 in season 1. It aired 1957-06-20 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Clash by Night” (S01E37). Next is “The Fabulous Irishman” (S01E39).

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No original recap on file. TV Flash does not invent plots for missing hours. Title, airdate, and the hour filing above are the magazine record for this leaf.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Ain't No Time for Glory sit in the Playhouse 90 guide?

S01E38 is listed hour 38 of 133 — hour 38 of 39 in season 1, season 1 episode 38.

When did Playhouse 90 S01E38 air?

Ain't No Time for Glory aired 1957-06-20 and is listed at 90 minutes.

Where should I start?

Start with the most cited nights named in the record: Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight and the TV Judgment at Nuremberg, then branch into other surviving Manulis-era teleplays.

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Why this series still plays

Playhouse 90 treated living rooms like Broadway with a stopwatch: ninety-minute teleplays, often live, from Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight to a TV Judgment at Nuremberg. A 2026 viewer watches the gold standard of Golden Age drama — sponsor meddling, high-wire nights, and prestige Variety still ranked among television's greatest.

Flash: a living room pretending it has orchestra seats, a stopwatch instead of a curtain, and a sponsor already in the wings with a pencil. CBS's *Playhouse 90* ran October 4, 1956 through May 18, 1960 — 133 episodes of original teleplays and adaptations, often live, prestige as a dare. Martin Manulis steered the machine. Rod Serling's *Requiem for a Heavyweight* and a television *Judgment at Nuremberg* were not museum labels. They were high-wire nights with last-minute rewrites and the kind of technical panic…

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