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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!

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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 was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most

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    The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 1 - The Miss America Story
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    #1 - The Miss America Story

    S8:E1

    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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  2. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 2 - The Outsiders
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    #2 - The Outsiders

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    The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.

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  3. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 3 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall
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    #3 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall

    S8:E3

    Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

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  4. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 4 - A Business Proposition
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    #4 - A Business Proposition

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  5. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 5 - The Mechanical Heart
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    #5 - The Mechanical Heart

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    A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.

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  6. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 6 - One Mummy Too Many
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    #6 - One Mummy Too Many

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    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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  8. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 7 - The Trees
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    #7 - The Trees

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    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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  9. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 8 - Christmas 'Til Closing
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    #8 - Christmas 'Til Closing

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    A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.

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  10. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 9 - Rise Up and Walk
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    #9 - Rise Up and Walk

    S8:E9

    A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.

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  11. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 10 - This Land is Mine
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    #10 - This Land is Mine

    S8:E10

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  12. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 11 - The Starlet
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    #11 - The Starlet

    S8:E11

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  13. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 Episode 12 - Kyria Katina
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    #12 - Kyria Katina

    S8:E12

    The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Miss America Story" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/4/1955. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Outsiders".