Footlights Theater

Footlights Theater is a 30-minute American television anthology series that aired on CBS on Fridays in the summers of 1952 and 1953 as a replacement for Our Miss Brooks.

The program was broadcast on Friday nights from July 4, 1952, to September 26, 1952, and from July 3, 1953, to September 25, 1953. A total of 22 episodes were produced live in New York City and were directed by Fletcher Markle and Robert Stevenson. Some of its scripts were original and some were adapted from novels. The first season in 1952 was broadcast live, while the second season in 1953 was filmed rather than broadcast live.

Notable guest stars

 * Lloyd Bridges
 * Richard Carlson
 * Broderick Crawford
 * Ellen Drew
 * Edmund Gwenn
 * Barbara Hale
 * Ruth Hussey
 * Anita Louise
 * Mercedes McCambridge
 * Maureen O'Sullivan
 * George Reeves
 * Tommy Rettig
 * Gale Storm
 * Beverly Washburn
 * Gig Young