General Electric Theater: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

General Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. The General Electric Theater presented top Hollywood and Broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible audience.

Series details

• Title: General Electric Theater
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Adventure
• Premiere date: 1953-02-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1961-04-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18432
• IMDb ID: tt0045395
• TVDB ID: 76546

Cast and credited roles

• Ronald Reagan — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1953-02-01; final listed air date 1953-03-22.
• Season 2: premiered 1953-07-05; final listed air date 1954-06-20.
• Season 3: premiered 1954-09-12; final listed air date 1955-06-19.
• Season 4: premiered 1955-10-02; final listed air date 1956-05-27.
• Season 5: premiered 1957-01-20; final listed air date 1957-03-24.
• Season 6: premiered 1957-10-20; final listed air date 1958-02-02.
• Season 7: premiered 1959-02-15; final listed air date 1959-03-08.
• Season 9: premiered 1960-10-23; final listed air date 1961-04-16.
• Season 10: premiered 1961-04-23; final listed air date 1961-04-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from General Electric Theater on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.