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6.1/10 TV Starring (see below) Country of origin United States First episode date 22 July 1963 Number of seasons 5 Number of episodes 50 | 8.8/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Final episode date 21 August 1967 Program creator Richard Michaels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Hy AverbackRichard CrennaJack DonohueClaudio GuzmánJerry HopperFletcher MarkleNorman Z. McLeodGene ReynoldsBarry ShearDon TaylorRichard WhorfDon Weis Similar Bringing Up Buddy, Die fünfte Kolonne, The Dick Powell Show, Bob Hope Presents the Chrys, Ford Theatre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vacation Playhouse was an American comedy and drama which was broadcast during the Summer months on CBS from July 22, 1963–August 21, 1967. The series aired fifty episodes.
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Premise
Vacation Playhouse premiered on Monday, July 22, 1963 on CBS. The show was aired as a Summer replacement for CBS's popular sitcom The Lucy Show which starred Lucille Ball.
The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was successful during its first few seasons due to the fact that the show's concept, airing unsold and unaired television pilots, was a popular concept in the 1960s. But during its last two seasons on the air, the series did find some trouble due to the fact that the series were running out of pilots to air and, in their 4th season, they began airing repeats from the three seasons prior. During its 1966 summer run, the series aired eights new pilots and two repeats and during its last year airing five new pilots and four repeats.
The series aired its final episode on Monday, August 21, 1967 finishing its run with four years, five seasons, and fifty episodes.
Broadcast history
Vacation Playhouse aired on Mondays from 8:30-9PM during its first and second seasons as a Summer replacement for The Lucy Show. During its third season, (1965), the series aired on Friday nights from 9:30-10PM as a Summer replacement for Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. It returned to its regular time on Monday nights in 1966 and remained there for the rest of its run.