TV series

NBC Sunday Showcase

1959–1960 · 1 season

A mixed bag of hour-long stagey specials, swinging from laughs to drama, watched like a vintage variety night.

Overview: 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".
How it feels: Earnest, light, melancholic and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Art, identity, family, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
identity
family
power
love
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild