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The Worst Episodes of Playhouse 90

Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.

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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Child of Trouble
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    #19 - Child of Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 31

    Aired 5/2/1957

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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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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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".