6.6 /10 1 Votes
6.6/10 TV Written by Jack Webb Composer(s) David Buttolph First episode date 18 September 1956 Network NBC Number of episodes 24 | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Directed by Jack Webb Country of origin United States Final episode date 26 February 1957 Number of seasons 1 Cast Paul Burke, May Wynn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Paul Burke
Victor Rodman
May Wynn Similar Mobile One, Chase, Sierra, The DA, Emergency +4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noah's Ark is an American drama series which aired on NBC in the 1956-1957 season.
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Along with Richard Boone's Medic, Noah's Ark was one of the early medical shows on American television. It was also an early program to be aired in color at a time when most selections were in black-and-white.
Synopsis
Noah's Ark stars Paul Burke as young veterinarian Dr. Noah McCann, partner with the older Dr. Sam Rinehart, played by Victor Rodman (1892–1965), who in the series uses a wheelchair. May Wynn plays the young receptionist, Liz Clark.
Another similarly titled series, Second Noah, a family drama with Daniel Hugh Kelly in the title role of author Noah Beckett and Betsy Brantley as his veterinarian-wife, was televised on ABC from 1996-1997.
Scheduling
The 24th episode of the series with the title, "Irmgaard's Problem," never aired. Instead on March 5, 1957, the suspense series Panic made its debut to replace Noah's Ark. The theme song for Noah's Ark was performed by the Hi-Los.
Noah's Ark aired at 8:30 p.m. EST on Tuesdays, opposite The Brothers (with Gale Gordon, Bob Sweeney and Barbara Billingsley) on CBS and Hugh O'Brian's The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp on ABC. Noah's Ark followed the quiz show The Big Surprise and preceded the anthology series, The Jane Wyman Show on NBC.