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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!

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,...
  1. Background image for No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)
    8.6/10(31 votes)

    #1 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)

    S10:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Scarlet Letter
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #2 - The Scarlet Letter

    S2:E30

    Classic tale of adultery and betrayal.

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  3. Background image for No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    #3 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)

    S10:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Mary Poppins
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Mary Poppins

    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Laugh Maker
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Laugh Maker

    S5:E34

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Defender (Part 1)
    7.9/10(150 votes)

    #6 - The Defender (Part 1)

    S9:E20

    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.

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  8. Background image for Tongues of Angels
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Tongues of Angels

    S10:E24

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Shadow of a Genius
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #8 - The Shadow of a Genius

    S10:E26

    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.

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    Director:Ralph Nelson
  10. Background image for The Defender (Part 2)
    7.7/10(89 votes)

    #9 - The Defender (Part 2)

    S9:E21

    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.

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  11. Background image for The Last Summer
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #10 - The Last Summer

    S10:E41

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

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  12. Background image for Twelve Angry Men
    7.5/10(415 votes)

    #11 - Twelve Angry Men

    S7:E1

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

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  13. Background image for Dino
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #12 - Dino

    S8:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Landlady's Daughter
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #13 - The Landlady's Daughter

    S9:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Miracle in the Rain
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Miracle in the Rain

    S2:E34

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

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  16. Background image for The Road to Jericho
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #15 - The Road to Jericho

    S3:E9

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Pilot
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #16 - The Pilot

    S9:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Rival Dummy
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #17 - The Rival Dummy

    S2:E2

    The murder of a ventriloquist's dummy

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  19. Background image for The Out-of-Towners
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #18 - The Out-of-Towners

    S9:E30

    A small-town postmistress, whose hopes are high when she makes her annual trip to the big city for a 3-day convention of Postal Employees, meets a middle-aged salesman and tries to encourage the acquaintanceship.

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    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Summer Pavilion
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #19 - Summer Pavilion

    S7:E33

    In an old Louisiana plantation, the the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on the a gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, though she loves the builder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Gore Vidal
  21. Background image for The Trial of John Peter Zenger
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Trial of John Peter Zenger

    S3:E22

    The story of John Peter Zenger who fought British rule in the American colonies and printed materials against England's King George. This case is important to American historians and champions of the First Amendment because it represented a strong repudiation of British libel law and also marked an important fissure in the relationship between the American colonies and the mother country.

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    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Miracle at Potter's Farm
    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Miracle at Potter's Farm

    S8:E14

    Brucie and his elder sister, Jen, are two of five children who face separation and removal from the family farm after their father's death.

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  23. Background image for A Walk in the Forest
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #22 - A Walk in the Forest

    S9:E18

    A young student with a promising career in science endangers his future in an immature college spree.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Kurishiki Incident
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #23 - Kurishiki Incident

    S10:E31

    A GI kills a boy that he thought was stealing government property and is court martialed and acquitted of the crime. The boy's sister and uncle confront him and he seeks to make amends.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for Public Servant
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Public Servant

    S3:E23

    Pops Thatcher, an elderly resident of a rundown county poor farm, is appointed to the town council. His battle to save the farm exposes the corruption on the council and breaths new life into the local newspaper.

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    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Arena
    6.8/10(63 votes)

    #25 - The Arena

    S8:E30

    Arriving in Washington, a freshman senator gets an experienced advisor who warns him not to continue a heated feud with his state's senior salon, held over from his father. But later in a drunken jag, he blurts out secret evidence that can end the career of the older man.

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Best Episodes Summary

"No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)" is the best rated episode of "Studio One". It scored 8.6/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/16/1957. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Scarlet Letter".