The Millionaire
The Amy Moore Story
TV Flash files “The Amy Moore Story” as a desk essential hour — The Millionaire (1955–1960) on CBS, season 1, episode 1, aired 1955-01-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 206 in the The Millionaire guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1955-01-19 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Millionaire Carl Nelson” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “The Amy Moore Story”. The Amy Moore Story: first windfall, Michael Anthony delivering a tax-free million from unseen Tipton — sudden wealth as moral lab.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Amy Moore Story sit in the The Millionaire guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 206 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The Millionaire S01E01 air?
The Amy Moore Story aired 1955-01-19 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Michael Anthony delivering the check. The unseen Tipton and the stranger's windfall are the entire machine from week one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab: Michael Anthony delivers a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology. Watch it now as the ancestor of every what-would-you-do-with-a-windfall reality premise, played as drama.
So about the check. (I said spoiler-free. The premise is the spoiler, and it is the whole fandom.) Every week on CBS, 1955–1960, executive secretary Michael Anthony — Marvin Miller — delivers a $1 million check from unseen tycoon John Beresford Tipton to an ordinary person, and the episode tracks the consequences. The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral laboratory, high concept before the term was common, Don Fedderson's 206-episode, six-season windfall machine. Tipton is heard but never shown. Peak…
Filed against
- Marvin Miller as Michael Anthony
Marvin Miller delivered the envelope as Michael Anthony on The Millionaire — sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab, a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology.…