The United States Steel Hour
We Must Kill Toni
TV Flash files “We Must Kill Toni” as a desk essential hour — The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963) on ABC/CBS, season 4, episode 1, aired 1956-09-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 78 of 259 in the The United States Steel Hour guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 1956-09-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Five Fathers of Pepi” (S03E32). Next is “Bang the Drum Slowly” (S04E02).
Essential hour: “We Must Kill Toni”. We Must Kill Toni: season ignition on a thriller title, corporate-sponsored theater still daring a violent playbill.
Viewer FAQ
Where does We Must Kill Toni sit in the The United States Steel Hour guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 78 of 259 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did The United States Steel Hour S04E01 air?
We Must Kill Toni aired 1956-09-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with surviving prestige teleplays — Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout if you can get it. Live industrial-sponsor drama is the brief.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The United States Steel Hour was live Golden Age drama with an industrial giant's sheen: serious teleplays, launched stars, theatrical punch. Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout happened here. Watch it in 2026 as corporate-sponsored theater of the air — proof a steel company once bankrolled the kind of play networks now fear.
The silhouette is industrial sheen on a live play: a steel logo as a curtain, theatrical punch in a living room, hard-hat prestige. The United States Steel Hour (ABC then CBS, 1953–1963) was Golden Age drama with an industrial giant's polish — serious teleplays, launched stars, The Theatre Guild and U.S. Steel, 259 episodes, ten seasons. Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout happened on this stage of the air (1955). **This was not a commercial break; this was a hard launch in corporate light.** Proof a…
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