NBC Sunday Showcase
NBC Sunday Showcase was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959-60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas had repeats in 1960. On the heels of his Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, Richard Adler composed the opening Sunday Showcase theme music, titled "Sunday Drive".
Seasons
1. People Kill People Sometimes
Air Date: 1959-09-20
2. What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1
Air Date: 1959-09-29
3. What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2
Air Date: 1959-10-04
4. A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee
Air Date: 1959-10-11
5. Murder and the Android
Air Date: 1959-10-18
6. Milton Berle Show
Air Date: 1959-10-25
7. The Milton Berle Special
Air Date: 1959-11-01
In this "lost" episode of 'I Love Lucy,' Milton Berle extends his engagement at a Las Vegas night club for an extra two weeks along with his bandleader Ricky Ricardo. When Milton's wife gets upset at him missing their anniversary, Ricky's wife, Lucy, assists Milton in a crazy scheme to help Milton's wife forgive him. In the process, they get mixed up with two mobsters as hilarity ensues.
8. The Light in the Dark
Air Date: 1959-11-15
9. The Practical Dreamer
Air Date: 1959-11-22
10. The Jimmy Durante Show
Air Date: 1959-12-06
11. The Indestructible Mr. Gore
Air Date: 1959-12-13
12. The Margaret Bourke White Story
Air Date: 1960-01-03
13. One Loud Clear Voice
Air Date: 1960-01-17
14. After Hours
Air Date: 1960-02-07
A romantic comedy by Tony Webster starring Sally Ann Howes and Christopher Plummer. Also starring Paul McGrath and Natalie Schaefer. A young man poses as a psychiatrist to win the hand of a young girl who seeks counsel for her premarital jitters.
15. The Devil and Daniel Webster
Air Date: 1960-02-14
New Englander Jabez Stone is about to lose the farm, in a fit he tells his wife that he'd sell his soul to the devil for just about two cents! And of course the devil takes him up on it. Contract in hand, he offers Jabez the customary irresistible terms, seven years of good fortune.
16. Our American Heritage: Shadow of a Soldier
Air Date: 1960-02-21
17. Turn the Key Deftly
Air Date: 1960-03-06
18. The American
Air Date: 1960-03-27
19. Hollywood Sings
Air Date: 1960-04-03
22. The Millionaire's Mite
Air Date: 1960-04-10
23. The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 1
Air Date: 1960-06-03
24. The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 2
Air Date: 1960-06-12
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Rating
4.5/10
Release Date
1959-09-20
Episodes
22 (1 seasons)
Status
Ended