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The Worst Episodes of Playhouse 90

Every episode of Playhouse 90 ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Playhouse 90!

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Sizeman and Son" is the worst rated episode of "Playhouse 90". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/18/1956. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rendezvous in Black".

  • Sizeman and Son
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    #1 - Sizeman and Son

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1956

    The happy atmosphere in Mr. Sizeman's factory is disrupted by an argumentative newcomer - his son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rendezvous in Black
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    #2 - Rendezvous in Black

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1956

    A woman is inexplicably killed on a street-corner. What has this to do with other deaths around the city?

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Country Husband
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    #3 - The Country Husband

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1956

    After a near-death experience, a businessman starts to re-think his life, and wonders about leaving his wife.

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    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Slide
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    #4 - The Big Slide

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1956

    A vaudeville comic becomes a silent film star.

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    Writer: N/A

  • Heritage of Anger
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    #5 - Heritage of Anger

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1956

    A wealthy industrialist has trouble with his sons.

    Director: N/A

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  • Confession
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    #6 - Confession

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1956

    When a much-admired community leader dies, a journalist starts to investigate his life - and finds he was not the man he seemed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Made in Heaven
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    #7 - Made in Heaven

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1956

    When Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sincerely, Willis Wade
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    #8 - Sincerely, Willis Wade

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1956

    A wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Family Nobody Wanted
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    #9 - The Family Nobody Wanted

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1956

    A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children that the Doss family adopt until they have 12 children.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A

  • Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
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    #10 - Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1957

    Some racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hypnotize a horse into thinking it's a champion. The idea sets in motion a series of hilarious events.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ninth Day
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    #11 - The Ninth Day

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1957

    Events in the aftermath of World War Three.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Star Wagon
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    #12 - The Star Wagon

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/24/1957

    An inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, invents a time machine and decides to make a few changes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Greer Case
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    #13 - The Greer Case

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1957

    When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One Coat of White
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    #14 - One Coat of White

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1957

    A newly-widowed woman goes on a trip to Europe and meets a French artist.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blackwell Story
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    #15 - The Blackwell Story

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1957

    In the 19th century, Elizabeth Blackwell determines to become a doctor.

    Director: N/A

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  • If You Knew Elizabeth
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    #16 - If You Knew Elizabeth

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/11/1957

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    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A

  • Three Men on a Horse
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    #17 - Three Men on a Horse

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/18/1957

    A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Four Women in Black
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    #18 - Four Women in Black

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/25/1957

    Four nuns, led by Sister Teresa, begin a treacherous journey across the Arizona desert in 1870. Their faith enables them to deal with the challenges of nature and the hostility of their fellow mankind.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Child of Trouble
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    #19 - Child of Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/2/1957

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    Director: N/A

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  • Circle of the Day
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    #20 - Circle of the Day

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/30/1957

    On her tenth wedding anniversary (which is also her daughter's birthday), a wife begins to suspect her husband of unfaithfulness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Clash by Night
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    #21 - Clash by Night

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/13/1957

    Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fabulous Irishman
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    #22 - The Fabulous Irishman

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/27/1957

    Romanticized life story of Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dark Side of the Earth
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    #23 - The Dark Side of the Earth

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1957

    A drama set in 1956, during the unsuccessful Hungarian uprising against the Russians

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Topaze
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    #24 - Topaze

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1957

    A mild-mannered schoolteacher gradually abandons all his principles - and finds the success which has always hitherto eluded him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Sound of Different Drummers
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    #25 - A Sound of Different Drummers

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1957

    In a dystopian society, reading is forbidden.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A