Studio One
Genre	anthology
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	November 7 1948 – 1958

Studio One was an American dramatic television anthology series, sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It aired on CBS (which Westinghouse would buy in 1995) from 1948 through 1958. In 1954, the installment "Crime at Blossoms", written by Jerome Ross, was given an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... An anthology series is a television series that features different stories, with a different cast of characters in every episode. ... The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ...

Studio One was also the program where the drama "12 Angry Men", about 12 jurors deciding a murder case, was first broadcast on September 20, 1954; it would be remade as a motion picture in 1957, starring (and produced by) Henry Fonda and nominated for three Academy Awards. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

Reference in other works

A third season episode of the ABC legal drama Boston Legal, "Son of the Defender," used clips from the Studio One episode "The Defender" featuring a young William Shatner as an attorney joining his law firm owner father (played by Ralph Bellamy) in the defense of a 19 year-old man accused of murder. Utilizing clips of the older show for flash-back sequences, the Boston Legal episode portrayed Shatner's Studio One character as a young Denny Crane trying his first case alongside his father. The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... William Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning sixty-two years. ... Denny Crane, played by William Shatner Dennis Denny Crane is a fictional lawyer on the television series Boston Legal. ...

Trivia

• Occassional television episodes from this series receives a public film showing at the Mid atlantic nostalgia convention in Aberdeen, Maryland, held annually in September. In 2007, the November 14, 1954 broadcast of "I'm a Fool" starring James Dean and Natalie Wood is scheduled.
• According to author Martin Grams, Jr., Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter received a plaque in recognition of her grandfather's writing achievements, during the April 3, 1950 broadcast of "The Scarlet Letter."
• Episodes of STUDIO ONE occassionally receive public film showings at the Mid atlantic nostalgia convention held annually in September, in Aberdeen, Maryland.
• According to the August 4, 1952 issue of TIME Magazine, "During both Republican and Democratic Conventions the woman who appeared most often on the nation's TV screens was a pretty, blonde, Manhattan-born actress named Betty Furness."
• According to author Martin Grams, Jr., the television series also gave Betty Furness a few chances to play the lead role in a starring drama, besides playing spokeswoman for Westinghouse, the sponsor.