List of ViacomCBS television programs
CBS Television Studios -- CBS Productions
Table:
Title	Original run	Network

Our Miss Brooks	1952-1956	CBS

You Are There	1953-1957	CBS

Make Room For Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show	1953-1964	ABC , CBS

The Whistler	1954-1955	CBS

The Lineup	1954-1960	CBS

Navy Log	1955-1958	CBS , ABC

The Millionaire	1955-1960	CBS

Gunsmoke	1955-1975	CBS

The Honeymooners	1955-56 & beyond	CBS

The Phil Silvers Show	1955-1959	CBS

Captain Kangaroo	1955-1984	CBS

The Gray Ghost	1957-1958	Syndication

Trackdown	1957-1959	CBS

Have Gun-Will Travel	1957-1963	CBS

Perry Mason	1957-1966	CBS

Leonard Bernstein 's Young People 's Concerts	1958-1972	CBS

Border Patrol	1959	Syndication

Hotel de Paree	1959-1960	CBS

Rawhide	1959-1965	CBS

The Twilight Zone	1959-1964	CBS

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Our Miss Brooks is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high-school English teacher . It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957 . When the show was adapted to television ( 1952-56 ) , it became one of the medium 's earliest hits . In 1956 , the sitcom was adapted for the big screen in the film of the same name .
CBS ( an initialism of the network 's former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System ) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network that is the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of ViacomCBS . The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City ( at the CBS Broadcast Center ) and Los Angeles ( at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center ) . CBS is sometimes referred to as the Eye Network , in reference to the company 's trademark symbol , in use since 1951 . It has also been called the Tiffany Network , alluding to the perceived high quality of CBS programming during the tenure of William S. Paley . It can also refer to some of CBS 's first demonstrations of color television , which were held in a former Tiffany & Co. building in New York City in 1950 . The network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc. , a collection of 16 radio stations purchased by Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System . Under Paley 's guidance , CBS would first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States , and eventually one of the Big Three American broadcast television networks . In 1974 CBS dropped its former full name and became known simply as CBS , Inc . The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the network in 1995 , renamed its corporate entity to the current CBS Broadcasting , Inc. in 1997 , and eventually adopted the name of the company it had acquired to become CBS Corporation . In 2000 CBS came under the control of the first Viacom , which was formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971 . In late 2005 , Viacom split itself into two separate companies and re-established CBS Corporation through the spin-off of its broadcast television , radio , and select cable television and non-broadcasting assets , with the CBS television network at its core . CBS Corporation was controlled by Sumner Redstone through National Amusements , which also controlled the second Viacom until December 4 , 2019 , when the two separated companies agreed to re-merge to become the new single entity known as ViacomCBS .
You Are There was an American historical educational television and radio series broadcast over the CBS Radio and CBS Television networks .
The Danny Thomas Show ( titled Make Room for Daddy for its first three seasons ) is an American sitcom that ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS . Episodes regularly featured music by Danny Thomas , guest stars and occasionally other cast members as part of the plot . In March 1953 , Danny Thomas first signed the contract for the show with ABC and chose Desilu Studios to film it using its three-camera method . Two proposed titles during preproduction were The Children 's Hour and Here Comes Daddy .
The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) is an American commercial broadcast radio and television network owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . The network is headquartered in Burbank , California , on Riverside Drive , directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building . The network 's secondary offices , and headquarters of its news division , is in New York City , at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan . Since 2007 , when ABC Radio ( also known as Cumulus Media Networks ) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting , ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television . It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the Big Three television networks . ABC is nicknamed The Alphabet Network , as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the English alphabet , in order . ABC launched as a radio network on October 12 , 1943 , serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network , which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble . It extended its operations to television in 1948 , following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS and NBC . In the mid-1950s , ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres , a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures . Leonard Goldenson , who had been the head of UPT , made the new television network profitable by helping develop and greenlight many successful series . In the 1980s , after purchasing an 80 percent interest in cable sports channel ESPN , the network 's corporate parent , American Broadcasting Companies , Inc. , merged with Capital Cities Communications , owner of several print publications , and television and radio stations . In 1996 , most of Capital Cities/ABC 's assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company .
The Whistler is a 30-minute U.S. television anthology mystery series , based on the radio series of the same name . Thirty-nine episodes were produced and aired on CBS from 1954-55 . William Forman was both narrator and the voice of The Whistler . Notable guest stars included Maureen O'Sullivan , Lon Chaney Jr , Miriam Hopkins , Patric Knowles , Howard Duff , and John Ireland .
The Lineup is an American police drama which aired on CBS radio from 1950 to 1953 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960 . Syndicated reruns of the series were broadcast under the title San Francisco Beat .
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS . It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy . This series premiered on September 20 , 1955 , but the following year , it was moved to ABC , where it aired until September 25 , 1958 . The program aired for a total of three seasons and 104 episodes .
The Millionaire is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1955 to 1960 . It was originally sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive . The series , produced by Don Fedderson and Fred Henry , explored the ways that sudden and unexpected wealth changed life , for better or for worse , and became a five-season hit during the Golden Age of Television , finishing in the Nielsen ratings at # 9 for the 1955-1956 season , # 13 in 1956-1957 , # 17 in 1957-1958 and # 30 in 1958-1959 . It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars ( $ 9.54 million in 2019 dollars ) from a benefactor who insisted they never knew him , with one exception . The series was known in syndication by two titles , as The Millionaire and as If You Had a Million . The 1932 film If I Had A Million had a similar plot to this TV show .
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston . The stories take place in and around Dodge City , Kansas , during the settlement of the American West . The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon , played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television . When aired in the United Kingdom , the television series was initially titled Gun Law , later reverting to Gunsmoke . The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961 . John Dunning wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts , Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time . The television series ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975 , and lasted for 635 episodes . At the end of its run in 1975 , Los Angeles Times columnist Cecil Smith wrote : Gunsmoke was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west . Our own Iliad and Odyssey , created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp Western as romanticized by [ Ned ] Buntline , [ Bret ] Harte , and [ Mark ] Twain . It was ever the stuff of legend .
The Honeymooners is a classic American television sitcom created by and starring Jackie Gleason , based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of his variety show . It followed the day to day life of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden ( Gleason ) , his wife Alice ( Audrey Meadows ) , and his best friend Ed Norton ( Art Carney ) as they get involved with various scenarios in their day to day living . Most episodes revolved around Ralph 's poor choices in absurd dilemmas which frequently showed his quick-to-judge attitude in a comedic tone , but also revolved around more serious issues such as women 's rights and social impressions . The sketches originally aired on the DuMont network 's variety series Cavalcade of Stars , which Gleason hosted , and subsequently on the CBS network 's The Jackie Gleason Show , which was broadcast live in front of a theater audience . The popularity of the sketches led Gleason to rework The Honeymooners as a filmed half-hour series , which debuted October 1 , 1955 , on CBS , in place of the variety series . It was initially a ratings success as the No . 2 show in the United States during its first season , facing stiff competition from The Perry Como Show on NBC . The show eventually dropped to No . 19 , ending its production after 39 episodes ( now referred to as the Classic 39 episodes ) . The final episode of The Honeymooners aired on September 22 , 1956 , although Gleason sporadically revived the characters until 1978 . The Honeymooners was one of the first U.S. television shows to portray working-class married couples in a gritty , non-idyllic manner , as the show is mostly set in the Kramdens ' kitchen in a neglected Brooklyn apartment building .
The Phil Silvers Show , originally titled You 'll Never Get Rich , is a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 . A pilot called Audition Show was made in 1955 , but never broadcast . 143 other episodes were broadcast - all half-an-hour long except for a 1959 one-hour live special . The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army . The series was created and largely written by Nat Hiken , and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series . The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns , and is very often referred to by these names , both on-screen and by viewers . The show 's success transformed Silvers from a journeyman comedian into a star , and writer-producer Hiken from a highly regarded behind-the-scenes comedy writer into a publicly recognized creator .
Captain Kangaroo was an American children 's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS from 1955 to 1984 , making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children 's television program of its day . In 1986 , the American Program Service ( now American Public Television , Boston ) integrated some newly produced segments into reruns of past episodes , distributing the newer version of the series on PBS until 1993 . The show was conceived by Bob Keeshan , who also played the title character Captain Kangaroo , and who based the show on the warm relationship between grandparents and children . Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on The Howdy Doody Show when it aired on NBC . Captain Kangaroo had a loose structure , built around life in the Treasure House where the Captain ( the name kangaroo came from the big pockets in his coat ) would tell stories , meet guests , and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters , both humans and puppets . Keeshan performed as the Captain more than 9,000 times over the nearly 30-year run of the show . The May 17 , 1971 , episode had two major changes on the show : The Treasure House was renovated and renamed The Captain 's Place and the Captain replaced his navy blue coat with a red coat . In September 1981 , CBS shortened the hour-long show to a half-hour , briefly retitled it Wake Up with the Captain , and moved it to an earlier time slot ; it was moved to weekends in September 1982 , and returned to an hour-long format . CBS cancelled Captain Kangaroo at the end of 1984 .
The Gray Ghost is an American historical television series which aired in syndication from October 10 , 1957 , to July 3 , 1958 . The show is based upon the true story of Major John Singleton Mosby , a Virginia officer in the Confederate Army , whose cunning and stealth earned him the nickname Gray Ghost .
Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations , without going through a broadcast network . It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent affiliates . Syndication is less of a practice in the rest of the world , as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates . Shows can be syndicated internationally , although this is less common . The three main types of syndication are first-run syndication , which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically to sell directly into syndication ; off-network syndication ( colloquially called a rerun ) , which is the licensing of a program that was originally run on network TV or in some cases , first-run syndication ; and public broadcasting syndication .
Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired more than 70 episodes on CBS between 1957 and 1959 . The series was produced by Dick Powell 's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio . Trackdown was a spin-off of Powell 's anthology series , Dick Powell 's Zane Grey Theater .
Have Gun - Will Travel is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963 . The television version of the series was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons , and it is one of the few shows in television history to spawn a successful radio version . That radio series debuted November 23 , 1958 , more than a year after the premiere of its televised counterpart .
Perry Mason is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21 , 1957 , to May 22 , 1966 . The title character , portrayed by Raymond Burr , is a fictional Los Angeles criminal-defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner . Many episodes are based on stories written by Gardner . Perry Mason was Hollywood 's first weekly one-hour series filmed for television , and remains one of the longest-running and most successful legal-themed television series . During its first season , it received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Best Dramatic Series , and it became one of the five most popular shows on television . Raymond Burr received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor , and Barbara Hale received an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Mason 's confidential secretary Della Street . Perry Mason and Burr were honored as Favorite Series and Favorite Male Performer in the first two TV Guide Award readers ' polls . In 1960 , the series received the first Silver Gavel Award presented for television drama by the American Bar Association . Perry Mason has aired in syndication in the United States and internationally ever since its cancellation , and the complete series has been released on Region 1 DVD . A 2014 study found that Netflix users rate Raymond Burr as their favorite actor , with Barbara Hale number seven on the list . The New Perry Mason , a 1973 revival of the series with a different cast , was poorly received and ran for 15 episodes . In 1985 , the first in a successful series of 30 Perry Mason television films aired on NBC , with Burr reprising the role of Mason in 26 of them before his death in 1993 .
The Young People 's Concerts at the New York Philharmonic are the longest-running series of family concerts of classical music in the world .
Border Patrol is a 34-episode syndicated half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired in the United States during calendar year 1959 , with Richard Webb cast as Don Jagger , the fictitious deputy chief of the Border Patrol . Webb earlier portrayed the title role of Captain Midnight , a 1954-1956 CBS television series based on an earlier radio program . In the series premiere on March 10 , 1959 , Jagger and a Seminole Indian chief played by Ralph Smiley ] enter the Florida Everglades in pursuit of a gang of gun-smuggling illegal aliens .
Hotel de Paree is a Western television series starring Earl Holliman that aired thirty-three episodes on the CBS Friday evening from October 2 , 1959 , until June 3 , 1960 , under the alternate sponsorship of the Liggett & Myers company ( L & M cigarettes ) and Kellogg 's . The show starred Holliman as Sundance , a gunfighter just released after seventeen years in prison . In the first episode , he is in Georgetown , Colorado , where he kills the town villain and is then urged by the citizens to become the marshal . He accepts the job and also becomes a part owner of the Hotel de Paree , owned by two French women , Annette Deveraux , played by Jeanette Nolan , and her niece , Monique ( Judi Meredith ) , relatives of the man whom he had earlier killed . Sundance wore a string of polished silver dollars in the band of his black Stetson , which often blinded his adversaries . During the run of the series , Sundance dealt with assorted antagonists and maintained flirtations with both of the Deveraux women . Sundance also befriended a local shopkeeper , Aaron Donoger , played by veteran Western performer Strother Martin . The program was filmed at CBS Studio Center . On the evening of the series debut broadcast , October 2 , 1959 , star Earl Holliman also appeared an hour later in the premiere episode of The Twilight Zone , Where Is Everybody ? , which also aired on CBS . Guest stars on Hotel de Paree included Philip Abbott , Theodore Bikel , Sebastian Cabot , Russ Conway , Dennis Cross , Walter Coy , Royal Dano , King Donovan , Brian Donlevy , Jack Elam , Leif Erickson , Ron Hayes , Allyn Joslyn , Don Keefer , Nora Marlowe , Martin Milner , Read Morgan , Gregg Palmer , John M. Pickard , Judson Pratt , Darryl Richard , Peter Mark Richman , Vic Tayback , and Peter Whitney . A comic-book adaptation , written by Gaylord Du Bois , appeared in Dell 's Four Color # 1126 .
Rawhide is an American Western TV series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood . The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights , from January 9 , 1959 , to September 3 , 1965 , before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14 , 1965 , until January 4 , 1966 , with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes . The series was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren , who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke . Spanning seven and a half years , Rawhide was the sixth-longest-running American television Western , exceeded only by eight years of Wagon Train , nine years of The Virginian , fourteen years of Bonanza , eighteen years of Death Valley Days , and twenty years of Gunsmoke .
The Twilight Zone ( marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons ) is an American anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling , which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 . Each episode presents a stand-alone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events , an experience described as entering the Twilight Zone , often with a surprise ending and a moral . Although predominantly science-fiction , the show 's paranormal and Kafkaesque events leaned the show towards fantasy and horror . The phrase twilight zone , inspired by the series , is used to describe surreal experiences . The series featured both established stars and younger actors who would become much better known later . Serling served as executive producer and head writer ; he wrote or co-wrote 92 of the show 's 156 episodes . He was also the show 's host and narrator , delivering monologues at the beginning and end of each episode . Serling 's opening and closing narrations usually summarize the episode 's events encapsulating how and why the main character ( s ) had entered the Twilight Zone . In 1997 , the episodes To Serve Man ( directed by Richard L. Bare ) and It 's a Good Life ( directed by James Sheldon ) were respectively ranked at 11 and 31 on TV Guide 's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time . Serling himself stated that his favorite episodes of the series were The Invaders ( directed by Douglas Heyes ) and Time Enough at Last ( directed by John Brahm ) . In 2016 , the series was ranked No . 7 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 100 greatest shows of all time .