Colgate Theatre

A mixed bag of vintage pilots, uneven but with occasional moments of real craft and charm.

Created by

Orson Welles

Genres

Drama

Starring

Bill Goodwin, Billy House, Rick Jason

Overview

A 1958 American anthology television series broadcast on NBC, composed entirely of unsold television pilots. Created as a summer replacement program, the series repackaged unaired pilots originally produced for proposed television shows, presenting them as standalone dramatic episodes. Hosted by Bill Goodwin, the series served as filler programming following the cancellation of the quiz show Dotto and ran for eight consecutive weeks. Notable episodes included Orson Welles’s The Fountain of Youth, which won a Peabody Award and became one of the most celebrated television productions of the era.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic, tense and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Identity, ambition, deception, family

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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