NaN/100 votes#1 - Like Father, Like Son
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1955
An ex-football hero who's now a successful businessman tries to mold his son in his own image even though his wife opposes it.
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Writer: N/A
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#2 - Three Empty Rooms
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1955
Two unhappy newlyweds are failing miserably in their relationship and find the only solidarity that they can find.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Reginald Rose
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - A Likely Story
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1955
A broken down vaudeville actor sets out to collect $30,000 and almost makes it.
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#4 - Uncle Ed and Circumstances
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1955
Uncle Ed is a contestant on the game show ""The $64,000 Question""
Director: N/A
Writer: Frank D. Gilroy
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - A Most Contagious Game
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1955
In order to get his story, a reporter joins an underworld gang.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Don Ettlinger
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Private History
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1955
A son runs for public office based on nothing more than his famous father's reputation. Dad didn't think to much of him - and says so in his private diaries. The candidate's job now is to discreetly remove all of the unflattering references.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jerome Ross
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#7 - Split Level
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1955
Despite the opposition of their families, two 65-year-olds plan to marry. Though their families share a split-level house, their lives are miles apart: the woman is from a once-prominent southern family, and the man is an Italian immigrant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Shakedown Cruise
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1955
A Navy crew is trapped in a crippled submarine on the ocean floor. The captain and his second in command must organize the men, who, before the accident, were torn by petty grievances.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
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#9 - The Judge and the Hangman
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1955
In Bern, Switzerland, the commissioner of police solves the puzzling death of a fellow officer.
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Writer: N/A
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#10 - Julie
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1955
A teenage girl tries to increase the understanding between her football hero boyfriend and his widower father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#11 - The Man Who Caught the Ball at Coogan's Bluff
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1955
A shy, middle-aged baseball fan becomes a national celebrity after making a spectacular catch of a homerun ball.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Rod Serling
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#12 - Blow Up at Cortland
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1955
The warden of Cortland Prison is up against the psychopathic leader of a group of rioters.
Director: N/A
Writer: Paul Monash
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#13 - The Strongbox
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1955
After the death of a Foreign Aid official, the reputation of the American Embassy in London comes into question. Was he a traitor or philanthropist?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1018 votes
#14 - Miracle at Potter's Farm
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1955
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.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
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#15 - Fair Play
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1955
A young army officer (Dewey Martin) waiting assignment is picked to defend a soldier in a court martial. The soldier (James Gregory) is charged with a murder that was actually committed by the two MPs who arrested him. The officer risks his career in search of material that can exonerate the soldier.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1039 votes
#16 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1956
Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to from New York to Italy to retrieve a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Marc Brandel
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#18 - Johnny August
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1956
Johnny August is hesitant about helping track down a blackmailer in Mexico and winds up with a murder instead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#19 - A Public Figure
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1956
A successful TV actor becomes ensnared in an exposé in a scandal magazine.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#20 - My Son Johnny
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1956
A magazine writer, married to his part-time editor, is vaguely discontented with his life. Then one night he learns that after many years of marriage, he is going to be a father. The news has an extraordinary effect on the lives of the couple.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The Silent Gun
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1956
A famous gunfighter of the Wild West teaches his young ranch boy companion an important lesson in life. A team of men set out to sell a new Colt firearm and one is a sharpshooter, the other a salesman. One of the men is the famous Ringo Kid. When his identity is learned, there is trouble.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#22 - Manhattan Duet
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1955
Two columnists cover the political scene and are practically identical twins. One is married, one is single and the wife of one wishes the other would get married and move to the suburbs. When the confirmed bachelor does announce plans for an impending marriage the two men decide to have adjoining penthouse apartments and the wives have other ideas.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1012 votes
#23 - Circle of Guilt
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1956
A woman is found dead on a lonely beach outside a small town.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Always Welcome
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1956
A widow takes in orphans and unwanted children with loving care. She finds her latest recruit is a little more troublesome than the others.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1011 votes
#25 - A Favor for Sam
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/5/1956
A quick-tempered cab driver picks up what appears to be two men and a drunk. On second look the drunk proves to be a corpse.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Studio One Season 8
Every episode of Studio One Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Studio One Season 8!
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
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Like Father, Like Son" is the best rated episode of "Studio One" season 8. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1955. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Three Empty Rooms".