Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Welcome to the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse guide at TV Tome. This site is currently under construction. The episode list currently only contains the shows released for syndication and the airdates are copyright dates, not the network premiere dates for each episode. Most noticeably missing are the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz hours, 8 original (1958-1960) and 5 replays(1957-58.) In mid 1958, Desi Arnaz proclaimed this new Desilu show as his "#1 baby", and promised Desilu Playhouse would include great hours of drama, comedy, and variety. His biggest selling point, however, was the creation of new hour long I Love Lucy episodes. Desilu had created 5 of the hour long specials for the 1957-58 season, and all were top rated. Westinghouse just lost their long running anthology show Studio One, and was anxious to continue in the prime Monday time slot AND with high ratings promised by previous Lucy-Desi efforts. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse was the result. The first show

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 76530
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired October 6, 1958
  • Recent June 10, 1960
  • Network CBS
  • Average Runtime 45 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
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  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified August 24, 2023 by
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 October 1958 November 1959 30
Season 2 September 1959 June 1960 16
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 46
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 46
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Jerry Thorpe 7 10/06/1958 - 04/13/1959
Claudio Guzman 4 10/13/1958 - 05/11/1959
Allen Reisner 3 11/10/1958 - 12/22/1958
Ralph Nelson 2 04/15/1960
Robert Sinclair 2 11/18/1958 - 12/23/1958
Robert Ellis Miller 1 01/19/1959
Arthur Hiller 1 11/03/1958
Ted Post 1 11/24/1958
Margaret Gray Blanton 1 10/13/1958
Dan Cahn 1 05/11/1959
Ralph Alswang 1 10/13/1958
Robert Florey 1 02/16/1959
Arthur Lubin 1 02/04/1959
Henry Sleasar 1 12/23/1958
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Bob Schiller 3 10/06/1958 - 04/13/1959
Bob Weiskopf 3 10/06/1958 - 04/13/1959
Joseph Landon 2 02/12/1959 - 05/11/1959
Adrian Spies 2 10/27/1958 - 12/22/1958
Madelyn Martin 2 12/01/1958 - 12/08/1958
Bob Carroll Jr. 2 12/01/1958 - 12/08/1958
Paul Monash 1 11/03/1958
Roy Erwin 1 03/30/1959
Calvin J. Clements 1 01/19/1959
Ludi Claire 1 10/13/1958
Ernest Kinoy 1 12/23/1958
Walter Newman 1 12/15/1958
Douglas Heyes 1 03/30/1959
Stanley Niss 1 02/04/1959
Sonya Roberts 1 03/17/1959
Barney Slater 1 11/18/1958
William Bruckner 1 12/15/1958
Everett Freeman 1 10/06/1958
Rod Serling 1 11/10/1958
James Comorthoon 1 02/16/1959
Aaron Spelling 1 11/17/1958
James Edwards 1 11/24/1958
John McGreevey 1 11/24/1958
Lowell Barrington 1 12/09/1958

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