# Short Short Dramas

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American TV dramatic anthology series (1952–1953)

***Short Short Dramas*** is an American dramatic anthology series which aired from September 30, 1952 to April 9, 1953 on NBC. During the original run it was hosted by Ruth Woods,[1] whose segments were dropped when it was syndicated.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Each episode began with Woods introducing a storyteller. He or she set the scene for the episode's play and then took a starring role in it.[2]

While most American anthology TV series of the 1950s aired weekly in either half-hour or hour-long time-slots,[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] *Short Short Dramas* aired in a 15-minute time-slot, with episodes broadcast each week on Tuesday and Thursday from 7:15 to 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time.[2] Episodes were 12-minutes excluding ads, and a total of 78 episodes were produced. Additionally, unlike most early anthology series which were live, *Short Short Dramas* was an early example of a filmed dramatic series, still a relatively new idea at the time (the first filmed dramatic TV series had aired in 1949, but they were only just starting to become more common in 1952).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Among its guest stars were [Cliff Robertson](/source/Cliff_Robertson), [E.G. Marshall](/source/E.G._Marshall), [Leslie Nielsen](/source/Leslie_Nielsen), [Bethel Leslie](/source/Bethel_Leslie), [Tony Randall](/source/Tony_Randall), [Neva Patterson](/source/Neva_Patterson),[2] [Richard Kiley](/source/Richard_Kiley), and [Ernest Borgnine](/source/Ernest_Borgnine), Directors included [Daniel Petrie](/source/Daniel_Petrie).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Syndication

Although it only ran for one season, it nevertheless proved popular enough to have syndicated repeats under the title **Playhouse 15**. A 1955 trade ad lists MCA as being the distributor.[3]

It was also exported to Australia. Starting in 1959 it aired in Sydney on ATN-7 and in Melbourne on GTV-9, as this was prior to the creation of the [Nine Network](/source/Nine_Network) and [Seven Network](/source/Seven_Network).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-tt_1-0)** McNeil, Alex (1996). *Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present* (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 752. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-02-4916-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-02-4916-8).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-brooks_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-brooks_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-brooks_2-2) Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). *The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present* (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. pp. 913–914. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-345-42923-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-42923-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-google_3-0)** [*Billboard*](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 12, 1993. p. [9](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n8). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved October 24, 2014.

## External links

- [*Short Short Dramas* at CVTA with episode list](http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/ShortShortDramas.htm)

- [*Short Short Dramas* on IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307828/)

- [Public domain episode *Equal Partners* is available on the Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/playhouse15-EqualPartners)

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