Season 1 • Episode 33
LatestAn original musical, 'So Help Me, Aphrodite', with Nanette Fabray starring as Sally, a diner waitress owned by Ernest Jones, who earnestly wants to marry her. But Sally dreams of being famous — like Marie Antoinette or Pocahontas.
Startime, an anthology of drama, comedy and variety, was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color.
Production
One of the first color broadcasts—literally history happening in your CRT.
Direction
Hubbell Robinson assembling Broadway talent for the small screen gamble.
Creator
Hubbell Robinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Startime aired when most Americans still owned black-and-white sets, making it a color broadcast almost no one could actually see in color.
The series featured early television work from directors like Sidney Lumet and Alex Segal, who'd dominate the medium for decades.
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