Season
- Season 2 1949-09-28
- Season 1 1948-09-26
Episode
- Episode 1: Portrait of a Madonna
- Episode 2: Night Club
- Episode 3: The Giant's Stair
- Episode 4: The Thousand Dollar Bill
- Episode 5: The Catbird Seat
- Episode 6: The Inexperienced Ghost
- Episode 7: Ropes
- Episode 8: Esther
- Episode 9: Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden
- Episode 10: Ten Percent
- Episode 11: The Night the Ghost Got In
- Episode 12: The Widow of Wasdale Head
- Episode 13: The Man Who Lost Christmas
- Episode 14: To the Lovely Margaret
- Episode 15: A Day in Town
- Episode 16: I'm No Hero
- Episode 17: The Little Wife
- Episode 18: The Lady on 142
- Episode 19: A Trip to Czardis
- Episode 20: Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger
- Episode 21: Zone of Quiet
- Episode 22: The Tell-Tale Heart
- Episode 23: Greasy Luck
- Episode 24: Joe McSween's Atomic Machine
- Episode 25: Dead Man
- Episode 26: Concerning a Woman of Sin
- Episode 27: Three O'Clock
- Episode 28: A Reputation
- Episode 29: I Can't Breathe
- Episode 30: From Paradise to Butte
- Episode 31: Here Comes Spring
- Episode 32: Somebody Has to Be Nobody
- Episode 33: Salt of the Earth
- Episode 34: Spreading the News
- Episode 35: You're Breaking My Heart
Actors Studio Season 1
6/10 users Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly.
The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman.
In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing.
The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.
