Anthology series
An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short.[1] These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as Four Star Playhouse, employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week.[2] Some anthology series, such as Studio One, began on radio and then expanded to television.[3]
Etymology[edit]
The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, "flower-gathering"), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologéō, "I gather flowers"), from ἄνθος (ánthos, "flower") + λέγω (légō, "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stéphanos, "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express.
Academy Award Theater
Arch Oboler's Plays
The Campbell Playhouse
Cavalcade of America
CBS Radio Workshop
Earplay
Family Hour of Stars
Four Star Playhouse
Lux Radio Theater
Hollywood Star Time
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Screen Guild Theater
Stars over Hollywood
(1955–57)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1969–75)
ABC Movie of the Week
(1966–67)
ABC Stage 67
(1949)
Academy Theatre
(1948–50)
Actors Studio
(1957–58)
Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre
(1955–57)
The Alcoa Hour
(1961–63)
Alcoa Premiere
(2015–17)
American Crime
(2016–present)
American Crime Story
(2011–present)
American Horror Story
(1973–75)
American Film Theatre
(1981–94)
American Playhouse
(1989–90)
The American Playwrights Theater: The One Acts
(1974–80)
The American Short Story
(1955–56)
Appointment with Adventure
(1950–57)
Armstrong Circle Theatre
(1960–61)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
(1958–59)
Behind Closed Doors
(1954–55)
The Best of Broadway
(1960–61)
The Best of the Post
(1951–52)
Betty Crocker Star Matinee
(1950–51)
The Bigelow Theatre
, also known as Billy Rose's Playbill (1950–51)
The Billy Rose Show
(1963–67)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1969–73)
The Bold Ones
(1952–54)
Broadway Television Theatre
(1959–60)
Buick-Electra Playhouse
(1950–55)
Cameo Theatre
(1955–79)
Camera Three
, also known as Campbell Soundstage and Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952–54)
The Campbell Playhouse
(1952–57)
Cavalcade of America
(1967–70)
CBS Playhouse
(1987–89)
CBS Summer Playhouse
(1952)
CBS Television Workshop
, also known as CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960)
CBS Workshop
(1951–52)
Celanese Theatre
(1955–56)
Celebrity Playhouse
(1954)
Center Stage
(1954)
Cheer Television Theatre
also known as Chevrolet on Broadway (1948–50)
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
(1956)
Chevron Hall of Stars
(1952–53)
Chevron Theatre
(1954–58)
Climax!
(1949–50)
Colgate Theatre
(1958)
Colgate Theatre
(1956–57)
Conflict
(1955)
Conrad Nagel Theater
(1951)
Cosmopolitan Theatre
(1952–55)
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson
(1952)
Curtain Call
(1955–56)
Damon Runyon Theater
(1950-1955)
Danger
(1967–68)
The Danny Thomas Hour
(1959)
The David Niven Show
(1959–61)
Deadline
(1952–70)
Death Valley Days
(1958)
Decision
Demi-Tasse Tales (1953)
(1961–63)
The Dick Powell Show
(2020)
Dispatches from Elsewhere
, also known as Rheingold Theatre (1953–57)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
(1953)
Drama at Eight
(1951–52)
DuMont Royal Theater
(1957–61)
The DuPont Show of the Month
(1961–64)
The DuPont Show of the Week
(1959–61)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(1954–55)
The Elgin Hour
(1956–57)
The Errol Flynn Theatre
(1956)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(1951)
Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre
(2014–present)
Fargo
(2017–present)
Feud
(1949–58)
Fireside Theater
(2022)
The First Lady
(1952–53)
Footlights Theater
(1955–56)
Ford Star Jubilee
(1952–57)
Ford Television Theatre
(1948–51)
Ford Theatre
(1952–56)
Four Star Playhouse
(1962–63)
GE True
(1956)
G.E. Summer Originals
(1953–62)
General Electric Theater
(2017–present)
Genius
(1951–57)
Goodyear Television Playhouse
(1957–60)
Goodyear Theatre
(1971–present)
Great Performances
, also known as Gruen Guild Theatre (1951–53)
Gruen Playhouse
(1952–53)
The Gulf Playhouse
(1951–present)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(2018–present)
The Haunting
, also known as Hollywood Theatre Time (1950–51)
Hollywood Premiere Theatre
(1951)
International Playhouse
(2006)
John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You
The Joseph Cotten Show, also known as On Trial (1956–59)
(1953–54)
Joseph Schildkraut Presents
(1956–57)
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
(1947–58)
Kraft Television Theatre
(2017–present)
Law & Order True Crime
(1962–63)
The Lloyd Bridges Show
(1953–61)
The Loretta Young Show
(1983–84)
Lottery!
(1954)
Love Story
(1973–74)
Love Story
(1958–59)
Lux Playhouse
(1950–59)
Lux Video Theater
(1950)
The Magnavox Theatre
The Mail Story (1954)
(2008–11)
Masterpiece Contemporary
(1950)
Masterpiece Playhouse
(1971–present)
Masterpiece Theatre
(1955–58)
Matinee Theatre
, also known as Max Liebman Presents (1954–56)
Max Liebman Spectaculars
, also known as Chrysler Medallion Theatre (1953–54)
Medallion Theatre
(1955–56)
MGM Parade
(1955–60)
The Millionaire
(1953)
Monodrama Theater
(1953–54)
The Motorola Television Hour
(1955)
Mr. Citizen
(1950–51)
The Nash Airflyte Theater
(1949–50)
NBC Presents
(1950–64)
NBC Television Opera Theatre
(1964–72)
NET Playhouse
(1965–70)
New York Television Theatre
(1954)
Night Editor
(1953–54)
Nine Thirty Curtain
(1957)
The O. Henry Playhouse
(1952–53)
One Man's Experience
(1952–53)
One Woman's Experience
(1953)
Orient Express
(1951–56)
The Passerby
(1953–55)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
(1951–52)
Personal Appearance Theater
(1948–56)
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
(1948–55)
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1953–54)
The Philip Morris Playhouse
(1959–61)
The Play of the Week
(1956–60)
Playhouse 90
(1956)
Playwrights '56
also known as ABC Album (1953–54)
Plymouth Playhouse
(1968)
Premiere
(1966)
Preview Tonight
(1954–57)
Producers' Showcase
(1949)
Program Playhouse
(1950–51)
Prudential Family Playhouse
(1950–52)
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
(1953–54)
Pulse of the City
(1958–59)
Pursuit
(1953)
The Revlon Mirror Theater
(1963–64)
The Richard Boone Show
(1960–61)
The Robert Herridge Theatre
(1950–57)
Robert Montgomery Presents
, also known as Theatre of Romance (1949–50)
Romance
(1982–83)
Romance Theatre
(2017–20)
Room 104
(1952)
The Schaefer Century Theatre
(1959–60)
Schilling Playhouse
(1951–59)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(2015–19)
Scream
(1952–53)
Screen Associates Films
(1955–56)
Screen Director's Playhouse
(1957–58)
The Seven Lively Arts
(1952–53)
Short Short Dramas
(1949–50)
The Silver Theatre
(1956)
Sneak Preview
(1950–51)
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre
(1955–56)
Stage 7
(1955–56)
The Star and the Story
(1955–56)
Star Stage
(1955–56)
Star Tonight
(1950–51)
Starlight Theatre
(1950–51)
Stars Over Hollywood
(1959–60)
Startime
(1948–58)
Studio One
(1954–58)
Studio 57
(1964–67)
Summer Playhouse
(1959–60)
Sunday Showcase
(1979)
Sweepstakes
(1956–58)
Telephone Time
(1947–48)
Television Playhouse
(1950)
Television Theatre
(1949–50)
Theatre Hour
(1949)
Theatre of the Mind
(1961–62)
Theatre '62
(1948–49)
Tonight on Broadway
(1950)
The Trap
(1993)
TriBeCa
(2014–present)
True Detective
(1955–56)
TV Reader's Digest
(1953–63)
The United States Steel Hour
(2021-present)
The White Lotus
(2018–present)
Unsolved
(1963–67)
Vacation Playhouse
(1976–80)
Visions
(1955–56)
Warner Bros. Presents
(1995)
The Watcher
(1958–60)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1953)
Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City
(1955)
Windows
(1953–55)
Your Favorite Story
(1952–53)
Your Jeweler's Showcase
(1949)
Your Show Time
(also known as Story Theatre and Durkee Story Theatre) (1950–51)
Your Story Theatre
Anthology
Anthology film
Limited-run series
(archived 12 January 2009)