Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre is an American anthology drama television series that began May 7, 1947 on NBC, airing at 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings until December of that year.^[1] It was a live hour-long series offered television plays with new stories and new characters each wee.^[2] The program was broadcast live from Studio 8-H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, currently the home of Saturday Night Live.

Kraft Television Theatre
Also known as	Kraft Mystery Theatre
Genre	Anthology drama
Narrated by	Ed Herlihy (1947-55) Charles Stark (1955)
Theme music composer	Norman Cloutier
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	525
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	48–52 minutes
Production companies	J. Walter Thompson Agency Talent Associates
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	May 7, 1947 (1947-05-07) – October 1, 1958 (1958-10-01)