Sunday Showcase (1959)

Biography · Comedy · Drama

NBC Sunday Showcase was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959-60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas had repeats in 1960. On the heels of his Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, Richard Adler composed the opening Sunday Showcase theme music, titled "Sunday Drive".

IMDb rating: 4.2 (176 votes)
Episode average: 7.2 +3.0 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1959)

7.15 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 8.7 57 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1	8.0	72
3	What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2	7.8	37
4	A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee	1.3	102
5	Murder and the Android	9.3	27
7	The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special	7.8	39
22	The Devil and Daniel Webster	8.7	17