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unusual facts about Anthology series


Cynthia Asquith

"God Grante That She Lye Stille," collected in When Churchyards Yawn, was adapted in 1961 by Robert Hardy Andrews as an episode of the anthology TV series Thriller.


Burt Brinckerhoff

He acted in several television anthologies in the 1950s, including several performances on Kraft Television Theatre, as well as episodes of Armstrong Circle Theatre and others.

Colgate Theatre

Colgate Theatre is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC during 1949 and 1958 for a total of 50 episodes in two different formats.

Dragons et princesses

It is a fairy tale anthology series of ten further 13-minute episodes in the format established in Ciné si.

Elinor Donahue

Thereafter, she was cast with James Best, Ann Doran, and J. Carrol Naish in the 1956 episode "The White Carnation" of the religion anthology series, Crossroads.

Gershom Mendes Seixas

In 1956, the actor Vincent Price portrayed Seixas in the episode "The Rebel" of the religion anthology series, Crossroads.

Gloria Talbott

Talbott's multiple television credits include the syndicated Adventures of Superman, The Range Rider and The Cisco Kid, the NBC western anthology series Frontier, and the syndicated western-themed crime drama, Sheriff of Cochise with John Bromfield.

Henry Daniell

In 1957, Daniell appeared as King Charles II of England in the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show in the episode "The Trial of Colonel Blood", with Michael Wilding in the title role.

James Komack

In December 1960, Komack appeared as Dr. Franklin in the episode "Emergency" of the CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson; his co-stars were Robert F. Simon and Robert Vaughn.

Jonathan Hale

Among the relatively few television programs on which Hale appeared are the religion anthology series, Crossroads, The Loretta Young Show, Brave Eagle, Schlitz Playhouse, The Joey Bishop Show, and Walt Disney Presents: "A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris".

Leueen MacGrath

Having settled in the United States following her marriage to Kaufman, MacGrath appeared in a number of American anthology television series popular in the 1950s, including The Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, Lux Video Theatre, The United States Steel Hour, The Alcoa Hour, and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Me Phi Me

From Murfreesboro, Tennessee (southeast of Nashville), Me Phi Me saw many of the songs from ONE featured in international television synchronization, most notable being the opening and closing theme for Robert De Niro's 1993 TriBeCa television drama anthology series on Fox.

Men of Annapolis

Men of Annapolis is a 41-episode half-hour syndicated drama television series in anthology format which aired from 1957–1958 and was hosted by the voice of Art Gilmore.

Philip Carey

He portrayed four different characters on as many episodes of ABC's mystery series 77 Sunset Strip starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. He was among the guest stars in the CBS anthology series, GE True, hosted by Jack Webb.

Robert L. Crawford, Jr.

In 1959, Crawford's appearance on the CBS anthology series Playhouse 90 was nominated for Best Single Performance on the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Sue Randall

That same year she also guest starred as Ellen, with Adolphe Menjou as Fitch and Orson Bean as her husband John Monroe, in the episode "The Secret Life of James Thurber", based on the works of the American humorist James Thurber, in the CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson.

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957.

The Mail Story

The Mail Story, subtitled Handle with Care, is a half-hour dramatic television anthology series which aired on ABC for thirteen weeks from October 7 to December 30, 1954.

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola.

The Tale of Pigling Bland

In 1994, an animated film adaptation was featured on the BBC television anthology series, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends with the voice of Pam Ferris as Aunt Pettitoes.

William Brocius

Robert Yuro played Brocius in the episode "A Mule ... Like the Army's Mule" (October 5, 1968) of the television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor, and also starring Sam Melville as Army Lt. Jason Beal and Luke Halpin as Sandy King, the youngest member of the Brocius gang at the time.


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1947–48 United States network television schedule

Although television was still in its infancy, several notable series debuted during the series, particularly Mary Kay and Johnny (first sitcom to be broadcast on network television in the US, and likely the world's second television sitcom after British series Pinwright's Progress) and Kraft Television Theatre (which paved the way for the many live anthology series of the early 1950s).

Betsy von Furstenberg

On television in the mid-1950s, she memorably starred opposite Robert Horton played a double-crossing young widow in an episode entitled "The Disappearing Trick" directed by Arthur Hiller on the anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Bigalow's Last Smoke

"Bigalow's Last Smoke" is an episode of the American Television anthology series Tales from the Darkside.

Calvin and the Colonel

It was also adapted as a comic book by Dell Comics, and as such the first of two issues was the final installment in the company's extremely prolific (more than 1,300 issues published) Four Color anthology series.

Donald Gallaher

In 1949, using the name Don Gallagher, he served as narrator of the ABC Television Players, a short-lived dramatic anthology series broadcast from Chicago.

Forbidden Planets

Forbidden Planets (2006) is a science fiction anthology of all-new short stories edited by Peter Crowther, the fifth in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books.

Frank Lovece

Lovece went on to write stories for Epic's anthology series Clive Barker's Hellraiser, and wrote the nine-issue run of Hokum & Hex for Marvel's Razorline imprint, created by novelist Barker.

Franklin J. Schaffner

Schaffner earned two more Emmy awards for his work on the 1955 TV adaptation of the Broadway play, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, shown on the anthology series Ford Star Jubilee.

Her Pilgrim Soul

The James Tiptree Jr. story "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" was made into an episode of the short-lived SCI FI Channel anthology series Welcome to Paradox.

Ingenious Minds

Ingenious Minds is a documentary television anthology series that debuted in the United States in 2010 about savants.

John Farris

His short story I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream. was adapted for the Showtime anthology series Masters of Horror in 2007.

John Kessel

In 2007 his story "A Clean Escape" (previously adapted by Kessel as a one-act play in 1986) was adapted by Sam Egan for ABC's science fiction anthology series Masters of Science Fiction.

Maggie Alderson

The internationally bestselling Girls Night In "chick lit" anthology series she co-edited with author Jessica Adams and columnist Imogen Edwards-Jones made millions for the charity War Child.

Mars Probes

Mars Probes (2002) is a science fiction anthology of mostly all-new short stories edited by Peter Crowther, the third in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books.

Nancy Merki

In 1955, Merki's early life and struggle to defeat polio with the help of coach Cody was dramatized in an episode of the television anthology series Cavalcade of America entitled "A Time for Courage." The show starred Gloria Talbott as Merki and Hugh Beaumont as Jack Cody.

New Reliable Press

New Reliable Press is probably best known for publishing the anthology series You Ain't No Dancer, which has contained the work of well known indie artists like Jeffrey Brown, Lilli Carré, Nicholas Gurewitch, K. Thor Jensen, Jason Turner, Hope Larson, Mitch Clem, Liz Prince, Neil Babra, Jim Mahfood, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Dean Trippe, Kate Beaton, Lucy Knisley and Jen Wang.

No – That's Me Over Here!

He also did the same process in The Ronnie Barker Playhouse, which was the first sitcom anthology series to star the other Ronnie, Ronnie Barker.

Regional Best 2011

Regional Best 2011 is a volume in the Regional Best anthology series, edited by William Roetzheim, that honors the best plays to premiere at major regional and LORT theaters in the United States each year.

Richard Welch

A fictionalized version of Welch appears as a recurring character in the shared world anthology series Heroes in Hell, edited by Janet Morris.

Star Riders

An advertisement in the game book stated that a Star Riders comic book series would debut in May 1994, but the only Star Riders comic published was a three-part serial that appeared in the anthology series Dark Horse Presents.

Susan Littler

Between 1974 and 1981, Littler starred in four productions for the BBC's Play for Today anthology series, the best remembered being the Jack Rosenthal adaptation of the memoirs of pools winner Viv Nicholson, Spend, Spend, Spend (1977).

The Muppets on Puppets

It aired on New York’s WNET on January 5, 1970 as part of the station's Adventure in the Arts anthology series.

Time in Advance

The story "Time in Advance" was adapted by Paul Erickson as one of twelve episodes of the first series of BBC anthology series Out of the Unknown.

Warren Stevens

Stevens' appearances on Have Gun, Will Travel introduced him to Richard Boone, who hired him for a continuing television role in The Richard Boone Show, an award-winning NBC anthology series which lasted for the 1963-1964 season.

Western Gunfighters

Marvel Comics' first comic book titled Western Gunfighters was an anthology series published by the company's 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics.

White Mane

On March 19, 1967, it was paired with the 1959 US short "The Boy Who Owned a Melephant" as an episode of the television anthology series The CBS Children's Film Festival.

Year's Best SF

Year's Best SF is a science fiction anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.

Young Lust

Young Lust (comics), an underground comics anthology series co-founded by Bill Griffith

Zuvembie

When "Pigeons from Hell" was adapted into an episode of the television anthology series Thriller the "zuvembie" was adapted with it, played by Ottola Nesmith.