Playhouse 90
Misalliance
TV Flash files “Misalliance” as hour 120 of 133 in the TV Flash guide — Playhouse 90 (1956–1960) on CBS, season 4, episode 3, aired 1959-10-29, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E03: listed hour 120 of 133 in the Playhouse 90 guide, hour 3 of 16 in season 4. It aired 1959-10-29 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “The Sounds of Eden” (S04E02). Next is “The Hidden Image” (S04E04).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Misalliance sit in the Playhouse 90 guide?
S04E03 is listed hour 120 of 133 — hour 3 of 16 in season 4, season 4 episode 3.
When did Playhouse 90 S04E03 air?
Misalliance aired 1959-10-29 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.
In the series
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…