The Millionaire
The Story of Rita Keeley
TV Flash files “The Story of Rita Keeley” as a desk essential hour — The Millionaire (1955–1960) on CBS, season 2, episode 1, aired 1955-09-28, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 24 of 206 in the The Millionaire guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1955-09-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Story of Mildred Milliken” (S01E23). Next is “The Robert Croft Story” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “The Story of Rita Keeley”. The Story of Rita Keeley: season-two surname hour, the ancestor of every what-would-you-do-with-a-windfall reality beat.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Story of Rita Keeley sit in the The Millionaire guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 24 of 206 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Millionaire S02E01 air?
The Story of Rita Keeley aired 1955-09-28 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.…