1 9 4 8 – 1 9 5 0 (USA)
82 x 30 minute episodes
This NBC anthology series – sponsored by Chevrolet (obviously) – debuted on 27 September 1948 and ran until 26 June 1950.
Actors who appeared in the plays included Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Rex Harrison, Forrest Tucker, Eddie Albert, Margaret Sullavan, Buddy Ebsen, Nanette Fabray, Mercedes McCambridge, Mary Wickes, Hume Cronyn, Milton Frome, Jane Withers, Eva Marie Saint, Don Ameche and Guy Kibbee.
Future Lost in Space bad guy Jonathan Harris made his television debut in the 1949 episode, ‘His Name is Jason’.
The episode aired on 26 December 1949 turned into the series I Cover Times Square, starring Harold Huber.
Episodes occasionally aired as Chevrolet on Broadway or The Broadway Playhouse.