List of Fireside Theatre episodes

Fireside Theatre, a.k.a. The Jane Wyman Show, is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Early seasons (1-7) featured low budget productions and were often based on public domain stories. Later seasons (8-10) included source material from well known writers including Eudora Welty, Patricia Highsmith and Cornell Woolrich as well as original scripts by freelance writers such as Rod Serling, Aaron Spelling and Quinn Martin.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	12		April 5, 1949 (1949-04-05)	June 28, 1949 (1949-06-28)
2	41		September 6, 1949 (1949-09-06)	June 27, 1950 (1950-06-27)
3	46		August 29, 1950 (1950-08-29)	August 21, 1951 (1951-08-21)
4	44		August 28, 1951 (1951-08-28)	June 24, 1952 (1952-06-24)
5	39		September 30, 1952 (1952-09-30)	June 30, 1953 (1953-06-30)
6	44		September 1, 1953 (1953-09-01)	June 29, 1954 (1954-06-29)
7	43		September 7, 1954 (1954-09-07)	June 28, 1955 (1955-06-28)
8	35		August 30, 1955 (1955-08-30)	April 24, 1956 (1956-04-24)
9	34		August 28, 1956 (1956-08-28)	June 11, 1957 (1957-06-11)
10	24		September 26, 1957 (1957-09-26)	May 22, 1958 (1958-05-22)

Episodes

Season 1 (1949)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Friend of the Family"	Unknown	Unknown	April 5, 1949 (1949-04-05)
2	2	"Ghost Story"	Unknown	Unknown	April 12, 1949 (1949-04-12)
3	3	"Leonard Silliman's New Faces"	Unknown	Unknown	April 19, 1949 (1949-04-19)
4	4	"What's New in the News"	Unknown	Unknown	April 26, 1949 (1949-04-26)
5	5	"Meet My Sister"	Unknown	Unknown	May 3, 1949 (1949-05-03)
6	6	"Time Bomb"	Unknown	Unknown	May 10, 1949 (1949-05-10)
7	7	"Brain Bobby"	Unknown	Unknown	May 17, 1949 (1949-05-17)
8	8	"Make a Wish"	Unknown	Unknown	May 24, 1949 (1949-05-24)
9	9	"Feature Story"	Unknown	Unknown	June 7, 1949 (1949-06-07)
10	10	"Dance Discoveries"	Unknown	Unknown	June 14, 1949 (1949-06-14)
11	11	"The Stronger" / "A Terribly Strange Bed"	William Cameron Menzies	Unknown	June 21, 1949 (1949-06-21)
12	12	"Father"	Unknown	Unknown	June 28, 1949 (1949-06-28)

Season 2 (1949–50)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
13	1	"Smooth Fingers" / "Germelshausen"	Unknown	Unknown	September 6, 1949 (1949-09-06)
14	2	"The Four Fifteen Express" / "Charlotte Corday"	Unknown	Unknown	September 13, 1949 (1949-09-13)
15	3	"Vain Glory" / "Out on the River"	Unknown	Unknown	September 20, 1949 (1949-09-20)
16	4	"The Spy" / "The Postmistress of Laurel Rim"	Unknown	Unknown	September 27, 1949 (1949-09-27)
17	5	"Like Money in the Bank" / "Magic Skin"	Unknown	Unknown	October 4, 1949 (1949-10-04)
18	6	"Scream in the Night" / "Troubled Harbor"	Unknown	Unknown	October 11, 1949 (1949-10-11)
19	7	"Bandit, Banker and Blonde" / "The Wall"	Unknown	Unknown	October 18, 1949 (1949-10-18)
20	8	"Heartbeat" / "Mardi Gras"	William Cameron Menzies	Unknown	October 25, 1949 (1949-10-25)
21	9	"Checkmate" / "Solange"	Unknown	Unknown	November 1, 1949 (1949-11-01)
22	10	"Night Owl" / "Another Road"	Unknown	Unknown	November 8, 1949 (1949-11-08)
23	11	"Stagecoach Driver McLean" / "Cowboy's Lament"	Unknown	Unknown	November 15, 1949 (1949-11-15)
24	12	"The Room" / "Epilogue"	John Reinhardt	Unknown	November 29, 1949 (1949-11-29)
25	13	"Sealed Orders" / "Battle Scene"	John Reinhardt	Unknown	December 6, 1949 (1949-12-06)
26	14	"The Pardoner's Tale" / "The Human Touch"	Unknown	Unknown	December 13, 1949 (1949-12-13)
27	15	"The Doll" / "The Bet"	Unknown	Unknown	December 20, 1949 (1949-12-20)
28	16	"The Gauntlet" / "Threshold"	Unknown	Unknown	December 27, 1949 (1949-12-27)
29	17	"Judas"	Unknown	Arnold Belgard	January 3, 1950 (1950-01-03)
30	18	"The Devil's Due" / "Rendezvous"	John Reinhardt	Unknown	January 10, 1950 (1950-01-10)
31	19	"The Golden Ball" / "Just Three Words"	John Reinhardt	Agatha Christie & John Reinhardt	January 17, 1950 (1950-01-17)
32	20	"Confession" / "Reprieve"	Unknown	Unknown	January 24, 1950 (1950-01-24)
33	21	"Of Thee I Love" / "Double Jeopardy"	Unknown	Unknown	January 31, 1950 (1950-01-31)
34	22	"The Imp in the Bottle" / "The Stronger"	Unknown	Unknown	February 7, 1950 (1950-02-07)
35	23	"The Shot" / "The Bed by the Window"	Unknown	Unknown	February 14, 1950 (1950-02-14)
36	24	"Anniversary" / "Jungle Terror"	John Reinhardt	Unknown	February 21, 1950 (1950-02-21)
37	25	"A Terribly Strange Bed" / "The Stronger"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 1950 (1950-02-28)
38	26	"Germelshausen" / "Sealed Orders"	Unknown	Unknown	March 7, 1950 (1950-03-07)
39	27	"The General's Coat" / "Vain Glory"	Unknown	Unknown	March 14, 1950 (1950-03-14)
40	28	"The Leather Heart"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	March 21, 1950 (1950-03-21)
41	29	"The Bunker"	Unknown	Unknown	March 28, 1950 (1950-03-28)
42	30	"Operation Mona Lisa"	Unknown	Unknown	April 4, 1950 (1950-04-04)
43	31	"The Tangled Web"	Unknown	Unknown	April 11, 1950 (1950-04-11)
44	32	"No Strings Attached"	Unknown	Unknown	April 18, 1950 (1950-04-18)
45	33	"Boys Will Be Men"	Unknown	Unknown	April 25, 1950 (1950-04-25)
46	34	"The Parasol"	Unknown	Unknown	May 9, 1950 (1950-05-09)
47	35	"Hired Girl"	Frank Wisbar	Arthur St. Claire	May 16, 1950 (1950-05-16)
48	36	"Big Ben"	Unknown	Arch Oboler	May 23, 1950 (1950-05-23)
49	37	"Man Without a Country"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	May 30, 1950 (1950-05-30)
50	38	"The Human Touch" / "The Assassin"	John Reinhardt	Unknown	June 6, 1950 (1950-06-06)
51	39	"Dinner For Three" / "The Devil's Due"	Unknown	Unknown	June 13, 1950 (1950-06-13)
52	40	"The Courting of Bell" / "Rendezvous"	Unknown	Unknown	June 20, 1950 (1950-06-20)
53	41	"The Ear"	Unknown	Unknown	June 27, 1950 (1950-06-27)

Season 3 (1950–51)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
54	1	"Polly"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	August 29, 1950 (1950-08-29)
55	2	"Stopover"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	September 5, 1950 (1950-09-05)
56	3	"The Canterville Ghost"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	September 12, 1950 (1950-09-12)
57	4	"Incident in the Rain"	Frank Wisbar	Arnold Phillips	September 19, 1950 (1950-09-19)
58	5	"Andy's Old Man"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	September 26, 1950 (1950-09-26)
59	6	"International Incident"	Unknown	Unknown	October 3, 1950 (1950-10-03)
60	7	"Lucy and the Stranger"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	October 10, 1950 (1950-10-10)
61	8	"Hope Chest"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	October 17, 1950 (1950-10-17)
62	9	"The Amber Gods"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Harriet Prescott Spofford Teleplay by : Adele Comandini & Edith Martin	October 24, 1950 (1950-10-24)
63	10	"Mother's Mutiny"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	October 31, 1950 (1950-10-31)
64	11	"The Kingdom Within"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	November 7, 1950 (1950-11-07)
65	12	"Party Line"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	November 14, 1950 (1950-11-14)
66	13	"Love of Mike"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	November 21, 1950 (1950-11-21)
67	14	"Three Strangers"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	November 28, 1950 (1950-11-28)
68	15	"The Green Convertible"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	December 5, 1950 (1950-12-05)
69	16	"The Case of Marina Goodwin"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	December 12, 1950 (1950-12-12)
70	17	"Miggles"	Unknown	Unknown	December 19, 1950 (1950-12-19)
71	18	"No Children, No Dogs"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	December 26, 1950 (1950-12-26)
72	19	"Flight Thirteen"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : David Boehm Teleplay by : Josef Mischel	January 2, 1951 (1951-01-02)
73	20	"Neutral Corner"	Frank Wisbar	William R. Cox & Leslie Urbach	January 9, 1951 (1951-01-09)
74	21	"Looking Through"	Frank Wisbar	Curt Siodmak	January 16, 1951 (1951-01-16)
75	22	"Drums in the Night"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Frank Wisbar Teleplay by : Josef Mischel	January 23, 1951 (1951-01-23)
76	23	"Child in the House"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Joe Pagano Teleplay by : D.A. Jowitt	January 30, 1951 (1951-01-30)
77	24	"Hottest Day of the Year"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Frank Wisbar Teleplay by : Alfred Lewis Levitt & Josef Mischel	February 6, 1951 (1951-02-06)
78	25	"The Substance of His House"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Brenda Weisberg Teleplay by : David V. Robison	February 13, 1951 (1951-02-13)
79	26	"Going Home"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Brewster Morgan Teleplay by : Samuel B. Harrison	February 20, 1951 (1951-02-20)
80	27	"Copy Boy"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Richard Harding Davis Teleplay by : Wells Root	February 27, 1951 (1951-02-27)
81	28	"The Acquittal" "Malachi's Cove"	Charles Frank	Charles Frank & Anthony Trollope	March 6, 1951 (1951-03-06)
82	29	"Shifting Sands"	Frank Wisbar	Margaret McDonell & Wells Root	March 13, 1951 (1951-03-13)
83	30	"The Eleventh Hour"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Perceval Gibbon Teleplay by : Arnold Phillips	March 20, 1951 (1951-03-20)
84	31	"Unwritten Column"	Unknown	Unknown	March 27, 1951 (1951-03-27)
85	32	"The Gentleman from LaPorte"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Bret Harte Teleplay by : Brenda Weisberg	April 3, 1951 (1951-04-03)
86	33	"Hot Spot"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Margaret McDonell Teleplay by : Wells Root	April 10, 1951 (1951-04-10)
87	34	"Close Shave"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : MacGowan Cooke Teleplay by : D.A. Jowitt & Brewster Morgan	April 17, 1951 (1951-04-17)
88	35	"The Celebrated Mrs. Rowland"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : George Zuckerman Teleplay by : James Gunn & Brewster Morgan	April 24, 1951 (1951-04-24)
89	36	"The Moment of Truth"	Robert Angus	Unknown	May 1, 1951 (1951-05-01)
90	37	"The Tunnel"	Frank Wisbar	Gabrielle Windsor	May 8, 1951 (1951-05-08)
91	38	"Back to Zero"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	May 15, 1951 (1951-05-15)
92	39	"Moment of Glory"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	July 3, 1951 (1951-07-03)
93	40	"The Vigil"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	July 10, 1951 (1951-07-10)
94	41	"A Little Night Music"	Frank Wisbar	Raphael Hayes	July 17, 1951 (1951-07-17)
95	42	"A Jury of Her Peers"	Frank Wisbar	Susan Glaspell	July 24, 1951 (1951-07-24)
96	43	"Deliver Us From Evil"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	July 31, 1951 (1951-07-31)
97	44	"Agnew Jones and the Giants"	Frank Wisbar	Unknown	August 7, 1951 (1951-08-07)
98	45	"Make Believe"	Frank Wisbar	Raphael Hayes	August 14, 1951 (1951-08-14)
99	46	"The Lottery"	Frank Wisbar	Story by : Shirley Jackson Teleplay by : Ernest Kinoy	August 21, 1951 (1951-08-21)

Season 4 (1951–52)

Episodes in this season included "Doctor Mac" on October 9, 1951.^[1]

Season 8 (1955-56)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
269	1	"Technical Charge of Murder"	Sidney Lanfield	story by: Zelda Popkin teleplay by: Cyril Hume	August 30, 1955 (1955-08-30)
270	2	"Gusher City"	Unknown	Unknown	September 6, 1955 (1955-09-06)
271	3	"The Director"	Herschel Daugherty	Rod Serling	September 13, 1955 (1955-09-13)
The director of a popular television show is the only person who has confidence in a "has-been" actor. The actor falls apart at rehearsal, and tension mounts as air time draws near.
272	4*	"Holiday in Autumn"	Unknown	Unknown	September 20, 1955 (1955-09-20)
A successful Hollywood social director refuses to give up her career for marriage. Cast: Jane Wyman
273	5	"Little Guy"	Don Weis	David P. Harmon	September 27, 1955 (1955-09-27)
274	6	"The Sport"	Sidney Lanfield	Madelyn Pugh & Quinn Martin	October 3, 1955 (1955-10-03)
275	7	"Stephen and Publius Cyrus"	Don Weis	Nathaniel Curtis	October 11, 1955 (1955-10-11)
276	8*	"One Last September"	Unknown	Kathleen Hite	October 18, 1955 (1955-10-18)
277	9	"The Smuggler"	Don Weis	story by: Victor Canning teleplay by: Blake Edwards	October 25, 1955 (1955-10-25)
278	10	"Nailed Down"	Don Weis	story by: Harry Sinclair Drago teleplay by: David P. Harmon	November 1, 1955 (1955-11-01)
279	11*	"Ride with the Executioner"	Unknown	Unknown	November 8, 1955 (1955-11-08)
280	12*	"The Key"	Unknown	story by: Eudora Welty	November 15, 1955 (1955-11-15)
281	13	"His Maiden Voyage"	Don Weis	Jameson Brewer	November 22, 1955 (1955-11-22)
282	14	"Women at Sea"	James Sheldon	Hagar Wilde	November 29, 1955 (1955-11-29)
283	15*	"Bamboo Cross"	John Ford	story by: Laurence Stallings teleplay by: Maria Del Rey & Theophane Lee	December 6, 1955 (1955-12-06)
284	16	"As Long as I Live"	Robert Stevenson	Leo Townsend	December 13, 1955 (1955-12-13)
285	17*	"Along Came a Bachelor"	Unknown	Unknown	December 20, 1955 (1955-12-20)
286	18	"Big Joe’s Comin’ Home"	Blake Edwards	David P. Harmon	December 27, 1955 (1955-12-27)
287	19*	"Once Upon a Nightmare"	Unknown	story by: Cornell Woolrich	January 3, 1956 (1956-01-03)
288	20	"The Liberator"	Jacques Tourneur	story by Indro Montanelli teleplay by: John Fante	January 10, 1956 (1956-01-10)
289	21*	"The House on Elm Street"	Sidney Lanfield	Unknown	January 17, 1956 (1956-01-17)
290	22*	"Excuse Me for Living"	Unknown	Unknown	January 24, 1956 (1956-01-24)
291	23	"The Velvet Trap"	William Asher	David P. Harmon	January 31, 1956 (1956-01-31)
292	24	"Not What She Pretended"	Unknown	Unknown	February 7, 1956 (1956-02-07)
293	25*	"Kristi"	Jacques Tourneur	story by: Gladys Hasty Carroll teleplay by: Jameson Brewer	February 14, 1956 (1956-02-14)
294	26*	"The Thread"	Unknown	Unknown	February 21, 1956 (1956-02-21)
295	27	"The Mirror"	Jacques Tourneur	story by: Alphonse Daudet & Jack Schaefer teleplay by: Jack Hanley	February 21, 1956 (1956-02-21)
296	28	"An Echo Out of the Past"	Sidney Lanfield	Unknown	March 6, 1956 (1956-03-06)
297	29	"Scent of Roses"	Unknown	story by: Mary Eleanor Freeman	March 13, 1956 (1956-03-13)
298	30	"Shoot the Moon"	Ozzie Nelson	story by: Pat Frank teleplay by: William Bowers	January 24, 1956 (1956-01-24)
299	31*	"Sound of Thunder"	Unknown	Unknown	March 27, 1956 (1956-03-27)
300	32*	"In a Different Life"	Unknown	Unknown	April 3, 1956 (1956-04-03)
301	33	"This Land Is Mine"	Unknown	Unknown	April 10, 1956 (1956-04-10)
302	34	"The Past Is Always Present"	Unknown	Unknown	April 17, 1956 (1956-04-17)
303	35*	"The Hidden People"	Unknown	Jameson Brewer	April 24, 1956 (1956-04-24)

Season 9 (1956-57)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
304	1	"Ten Percent"	Sidney Lanfield	teleplay by: Tony Barrett	August 28, 1956 (1956-08-28)
305	2*	"Dirty Face"	Unknown	Unknown	September 4, 1956 (1956-09-04)
306	3*	"Approved by Censor"	Unknown	Unknown	September 11, 1956 (1956-09-11)
307	4	"The Way to Heaven"	Don Weis	story by: Grace Sartwell Mason teleplay by: Jameson Brewer	September 18, 1956 (1956-09-18)
308	5*	"Let Yesterday Die"	Don Weis	Unknown	September 25, 1956 (1956-09-25)
309	6	"Assignment Champ"	Unknown	Unknown	October 2, 1956 (1956-10-02)
310	7*	"No More Tears"	Sidney Lanfield	story by: Alice Jones teleplay by: Kathleen Hite	October 16, 1956 (1956-10-16)
311	8	"Between Jobs"	Don Weis	David P. Harmon	October 30, 1956 (1956-10-30)
312	9*	"Father Forgets"	Unknown	Unknown	November 13, 1956 (1956-11-13)
313	10*	"The Marked Bullet"	Sidney Lanfield	Ray Bradbury	November 20, 1956 (1956-11-20)
314	11*	"A Time to Live"	Unknown	story by: Theodore W. Case teleplay by: Leo Townsend	November 27, 1956 (1956-11-27)
315	12	"Helpmate"	Unknown	story by: Anton Chekhov teleplay by: David P. Harmon	December 4, 1956 (1956-12-04)
316	13	"While There’s Life"	Unknown	Unknown	December 18, 1956 (1956-12-18)
317	14	"A Point of Law"	Unknown	Hewitt Leonard Balowe	November 13, 1956 (1956-11-13)
318	15	"A Place on the Bay"	Robert Florey	story by: James L. Henderson teleplay by: Leonard Freeman	December 26, 1956 (1956-12-26)
319	16	"The Little Black Lie"	Sidney Lanfield	story by: William Jerome Fay teleplay by: David P. Harmon	January 1, 1957 (1957-01-01)
320	17*	"Twenty Dollar Bride"	Unknown	Aaron Spelling	January 8, 1957 (1957-01-08)
321	18*	"Portrait in Fear"	Unknown	Unknown	January 15, 1957 (1957-01-15)
322	19*	"The Golden Door"	Unknown	Unknown	January 22, 1957 (1957-01-22)
323	20	"Killer’s Pride"	Robert Florey	story by: Leslie McFarlane teleplay by: Michael Fessier	January 29, 1957 (1957-01-29)
324	21*	"Birthright"	Unknown	Unknown	February 5, 1957 (1957-02-05)
325	22*	"Small Talk"	Sidney Lanfield	story by: George F. Slavin teleplay by: David P. Harmon	February 12, 1957 (1957-02-12)
326	23	"Farmer’s Wife"	Unknown	story by: Guy de Maupassant	February 19, 1957 (1957-02-19)
327	24	"A Dangerous Thing"	Unknown	Unknown	February 26, 1957 (1957-02-26)
328	25*	"Married to a Stranger"	Unknown	Kathleen Hite	March 5, 1957 (1957-03-05)
329	26	"The Pendulum"	Sidney Lanfield	story by: Colin MacKenzie teleplay by: David P. Harmon	March 12, 1957 (1957-03-12)
330	27	"The Wildcatter"	Jerry Hopper	Kathleen Hite	March 19, 1957 (1957-03-19)
331	28*	"Mama Bufano’s"	Unknown	Unknown	March 26, 1957 (1957-03-26)
332	29*	"Not for Publication"	Unknown	Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins	April 16, 1957 (1957-04-16)
333	30	"Harbor Patrol"	Richard Irving	John Robinson	April 23, 1957 (1957-04-23)
334	31	"The Man in the Car"	Unknown	story by: Nancy Titus teleplay by: David P. Harmon	April 30, 1957 (1957-04-30)
335	32*	"There Comes One Moment"	Sidney Lanfield	Peter Barry	May 7, 1957 (1957-05-07)
336	33*	"Night of Terror"	Unknown	Jean De Laney	May 14, 1957 (1957-05-14)
337	34*	"Two Sides to Everything"	Unknown	Unknown	June 11, 1957 (1957-06-11)

Season 10 (1957–58)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
338	1	"The Way Home"	Allen H. Miner	story by: Phyllis Duganne teleplay by: Steve Fisher	September 26, 1957 (1957-09-26)
339	2	"Contact"	Allen H. Miner	story by: Samuel Marx teleplay by: Jack Jacobs	October 3, 1957 (1957-10-03)
340	3	"The Man on the Thirty-fifth Floor"	Oscar Rudolph	Unknown	October 10, 1957 (1957-10-10)
341	4	"The Perfect Crime"	Unknown	Unknown	October 17, 1957 (1957-10-17)
342	5	"The Animal Instinct"	Allen H. Miner	story by: Bart Burns teleplay by: Bart Burns & Lois Jakoby	October 31, 1957 (1957-10-31)
343	6	"Roadblock Number Seven"	George Waggner	story by: Bruno Fischer teleplay by: George Waggner	November 7, 1957 (1957-11-07)

Directors

Sidney Lanfield,

Technical Charge of Murder

The Sport

The House on Elm Street

An Echo Out of the Past

Ten Percent

No More Tears

The Marked Bullet

The Little Black Lie

Small Talk

The Pendulum

There Comes One Moment

Robert Florey,

A Place on the Bay

Killer's Pride

John Ford,

Bamboo Cross (1955-Dec-06)

Jerry Hopper

The Wildcatter

Jacques Tourneur,

The Liberator (1956-Jan-10)

Kirsti (1956-Feb-14)

The Mirror (1956-Feb-28)

Don Weis,

Little Guy

Stephen and Publius Cyrus

The Smuggler

Nailed Down

His Maiden Voyage

The Way to Heaven

Let Yesterday Die

Between Jobs

References

1. "TV Drama". TV Digest. October 6, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

External links

• Fireside Theatre at IMDb