Hollywood Premiere Theatre

Hollywood Premiere Theatre was the original title of an American television program that was broadcast more often as Hollywood Theatre Time on the ABC Television Network from September 20, 1950 to October 5, 1951.^[1]

Hollywood Premiere Theatre
Genre	Anthology
Written by	Bob Carroll, Jr. Madelyn Davis
Starring	Gil Lamb (host) Don DeFore Gale Storm
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Thomas Sarnoff George Cahan
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 20, 1950 (1950-09-20) – October 5, 1951 (1951-10-05)

Content varied from week to week, including situation comedies, dramatic presentations, and scenes from well-known plays. Some early episodes were a variety program, The Gil Lamb Show.^[1]

The series was one of the first anthology shows aired from the West Coast, with viewers in the East seeing kinescopes of episodes.^[2] George M. Cahan and Thomas W. Sarnoff were the producers.^[2] Robert S. Finkel was the director.^[3]

The program's competition included The Victor Borge Show on NBC and The Sam Levinson Show on CBS.^[4]

Gale Storm co-starred with Don DeFore in "Mr. and Mrs. Detective" (alternately titled "Mystery and Mrs." on the show's September 27, 1950, episode. It was a pilot for a prospective series, but the series was not developed.^[5]

Broadcast history

• September 20, 1950 - November 29, 1950 (Wednesdays 7:00-7:30pm ET) as Hollywood Premiere Theatre
• December 6, 1950 - June 6, 1951 (Wednesdays 7:00-7:30pm ET) as Hollywood Theatre Time
• June 15, 1951 - October 5, 1951 (Fridays 10:00-10:30pm ET) as Hollywood Theatre Time

See also

• 1950-51 United States network television schedule
• 1951-52 United States network television schedule