‘Westinghouse Studio One’, The Scarlet Letter: April 1950

On January 2, 2013 - TV History

‘Westinghouse Studio One’, The Scarlet Letter: April 1950

In 1948, ‘Westinghouse Studio One’ made a quantum leap from radio to television. The television series was seen on CBS from 1948 through 1958, under several variant titles: Studio One Summer Theater, Summer Theater, Westinghouse Studio One and Westinghouse Summer Theater.

CBS produced the show in New York and it was telecast live in the east, but a kinescope had to be shipped to LA for broadcast the next week until AT&T connected east and west in 1951. In later years, they moved the show to Television City as ‘Studio One From Hollywood’. Offering a wide range of dramas, Studio One received Emmy nominations every year from 1950 to 1958 and produced 466 memorable teleplays.

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5 Comments

  1. Dennis Degan January 3, 2013

    I wonder if Studio One came from the actual studio 1 at CBS in New York? 😉

  2. Rick Bozeman January 2, 2013

    On Roku video streamer in their Christmas offerings they had a Studio One play called “The Nativity” from 1952 complete with the commercials. Not a bad looking kine either.

  3. Andy Morris January 2, 2013

    Tom, when you write a book I’ll be first in-line to buy it!

  4. Tom Jurek January 2, 2013

    I remember “The Studio One Concerto” – the theme music, Arthur Lowery on a Columbia 45 that I have. A kid today would ask, “What’s a theme song?”

  5. Ivan Suplee White January 2, 2013

    I remember watching these broadcasts as a kid … What a wonderful time in television history.