NaN/100 votes#1 - The Miss America Story
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1955
The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.
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- NaN/100 votes
#2 - The Outsiders
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1955
The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.
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- 7.6/1024 votes
#3 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1955
Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.
Director: Robert Mulligan
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- NaN/100 votes
#4 - A Business Proposition
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1955
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- NaN/100 votes
#5 - The Mechanical Heart
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1955
A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - One Mummy Too Many
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/1955
Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - The Trees
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/1955
A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Christmas 'Til Closing
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/1955
A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.
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- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Rise Up and Walk
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/1956
A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.
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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - This Land is Mine
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/1956
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - The Starlet
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/1956
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Kyria Katina
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/1956
The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?
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The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8
Every episode of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8!
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"The Miss America Story" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 8. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/1955. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Outsiders".