Vacation Playhouse
| Vacation Playhouse | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Richard Michaels |
| Directed by |
Hy Averback Richard Crenna Jack Donohue Claudio Guzmán Jerry Hopper Fletcher Markle Norman Z. McLeod Gene Reynolds Barry Shear Don Taylor Richard Whorf Don Weis |
| Starring | (see below) |
| Composer(s) | Jerry Fielding |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Warren Lewis William Dozier |
| Producer(s) |
Hal Kanter Arthur Julian Jack Donohue Stanley Shpetner Edward H. Feldman Jim McGinn |
| Location(s) |
Desilu Studios CBS Television City |
| Editor(s) | Bill Heath Robert L. Swanson |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Bing Crosby Productions Desilu Productions Four Star Television Universal Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | July 22, 1963 – August 21, 1967 |
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.
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.
The series was directed by actors Don Taylor, and Richard Crenna and television producer/director Jack Donohue. The series was produced by producers Hal Kanter, Arthur Julian and Donohue.
The series was filmed alternatively between the Desilu Studios and Television City. The series was also produced with the association of Bing Crosby Productions, Desilu Productions, Four Star Television, and Universal Television.
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