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The Best Episodes of Studio One

Every episode of Studio One ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Studio One!

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse,...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)" is the best rated episode of "Studio One". It scored 8.7/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/16/1957. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Death and Life of Larry Benson".

  • No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)
    8.7/1030 votes
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    #1 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)

    Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1957

    Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant clash over the circumstances of a premature birth and a cancer diagnosis.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Death and Life of Larry Benson
    8.5/1034 votes
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    #2 - The Death and Life of Larry Benson

    Season 6 Episode 37 - Aired 5/31/1954

    Larry Benson was reported missing on the battlefield more than three years ago and the entire town is excited about his unexpected homecoming.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Scarlet Letter
    8.2/1018 votes
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    #3 - The Scarlet Letter

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/3/1950

    Classic tale of adultery and betrayal.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: N/A

  • No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)
    8.2/1032 votes
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    #4 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)

    Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1957

    A conflict develops between Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant, who attempts to introduce new methods in their pathology lab.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shadow of a Genius
    8.1/1020 votes
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    #5 - The Shadow of a Genius

    Season 10 Episode 26 - Aired 3/31/1958

    After years of hard work, Professor Theodore Koering, nuclear scientist has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Reporters sent to interview him are surprised at his apparant lack of interest in the honor accorded him, and baffled by his refusal to cooperate for pictures and stories. Their first lead develops when Kering forbids them to interview the widow of his former assistant.

    Director: Ralph Nelson

    Writer: Jerome Ross

  • Tongues of Angels
    7.9/1020 votes
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    #6 - Tongues of Angels

    Season 10 Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/1958

    A young man looking for work on a family farm indicates that he is not deaf and dumb but in fact suffers from a severe stuttering problem.

    Director: Herbert Hirschman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Laugh Maker
    7.8/1071 votes
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    #7 - The Laugh Maker

    Season 5 Episode 34 - Aired 5/18/1953

    Jerry Giles, a tortured comic who is afraid of failure, is being pestered by a magazine writer sent out to profile him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Defender (Part 1)
    7.8/10136 votes
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    #8 - The Defender (Part 1)

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1957

    A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19 year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father while the prosecution puts on a dramatic and convincing argument of guilt.

    Director: Robert Mulligan

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Mary Poppins
    7.7/1015 votes
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    #9 - Mary Poppins

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/1949

    A nanny of special talents is hired by George Banks, an old-fashioned London banker who is trying to raise his two naughty children.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Black Rain
    7.7/1014 votes
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    #10 - Black Rain

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1953

    A happy but impoverished family has to decide on continuing their present happiness or having a secure financial future when their rich yet troublesome aunt comes to live with them.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners
    7.7/1027 votes
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    #11 - The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1954

    A group of school children perform what appears to be a play, but it progresses into a trial when the school janitor is accused of murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Defender (Part 2)
    7.7/1080 votes
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    #12 - The Defender (Part 2)

    Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/1957

    A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19 year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father while the prosecution puts on a dramatic and convincing argument of guilt.

    Director: Robert Mulligan

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Dino
    7.6/1039 votes
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    #13 - Dino

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1956

    Dino, who has just been released from reform school, is sullen and uncooperative with his family and his guidance counselors, but he knows that, if he returns to his life of crime, his adoring kid brother will be with him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Last Summer
    7.6/1019 votes
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    #14 - The Last Summer

    Season 10 Episode 41 - Aired 8/4/1958

    A country boy is taken in by a scheming rich girl who is spending her vacation in the country.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: Frank D. Gilroy

  • Julius Caesar
    7.5/1018 votes
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    #15 - Julius Caesar

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/1949

    A modern dress adaptation of the classic play

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Twelve Angry Men
    7.5/10390 votes
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    #16 - Twelve Angry Men

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1954

    A jury must reach a verdict concerning a teenaged boy accused of murder.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Landlady's Daughter
    7.5/1020 votes
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    #17 - The Landlady's Daughter

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1956

    When a smooth talking lawyer moves into the boarding house, tongues start wagging about the goings on with the landlady's daughter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Road to Jericho
    7.4/1013 votes
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    #18 - The Road to Jericho

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/23/1950

    A woman has a clandestine meeting with a man, other than her husband and uncovers some murder evidence that will prevent an innocent man from going to prison. The woman's husband is the assistant district attorney who is trying to send the innocent man to prison.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Ten Thousand Horses Singing
    7.4/1027 votes
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    #19 - Ten Thousand Horses Singing

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1952

    James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has been stowed there.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Karl Tunberg

  • The Pilot
    7.4/1016 votes
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    #20 - The Pilot

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1956

    This episode depicts the story of Sister Mary Aquinas, who was the first nun ever to become a licensed aeroplane pilot.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Story of Meg Mallory
    7.3/1018 votes
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    #21 - The Story of Meg Mallory

    Season 4 Episode 29 - Aired 3/31/1952

    The mayor's daughter, who is kidnapped, falls in love with one of her captors.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Mark of Cain
    7.3/1011 votes
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    #22 - Mark of Cain

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1953

    A young man on parole after 7 years in Sing Sing tries to start his life with a clean slate, but while his mother and his girlfriend are glad to see him, his brother is less than warm.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Rival Dummy
    7.2/1017 votes
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    #23 - The Rival Dummy

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1949

    The murder of a ventriloquist's dummy

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Miracle in the Rain
    7.2/1019 votes
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    #24 - Miracle in the Rain

    Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 5/1/1950

    Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: N/A

  • Confessions of a Nervous Man
    7.2/1037 votes
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    #25 - Confessions of a Nervous Man

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1953

    The story about how the success of Axelrod's play ""The Seven Year Itch"" affected him

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A