{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Drama, Anthology | creator = | director = | developer = | presenter = | starring = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 25 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | camera = | runtime = 25 minutes excluding ads | network = CBS | first_aired = {{start date|1955|1|30}} | last_aired = {{end date|1955|9|25}} | related = }}
'''''Stage 7''''' is a 30-minute American TV drama anthology series<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 783|edition=4th}}</ref> that was broadcast on CBS from December 12, 1954, through September 25, 1955.<ref name="brooks">{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|date=1999|publisher=The Ballentine Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=0-345-42923-0|page=957|edition=7th}}</ref> This program premiered in December 1954 with the title ''Your Favorite Playhouse'' with all episodes being repeats from other series, but later featured original episodes.
Don Rickles's first dramatic appearance on TV was in the May 15, 1955, episode, "A Note of Fear".<ref name=tt/> Other actors who appeared on the program included Dennis Morgan, Charles Bronson, Edmond O'Brien, Gene Barry, Phyllis Coates, Frances Rafferty, Macdonald Carey, and Phyllis Thaxter.
The program was filmed in Hollywood, with Warren Lewis as producer.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=1008|edition=2nd}}</ref> Some directing was done by Quinn Martin.
When ''Stage 7'' went into syndication, in some parts of the United States sponsors changed the title to indicate their sponsorship. The first to do so was Standard Oil of California, which used the name ''Chevron Hall of Stars'' in its markets. Drewry's Beer signed Don Ameche as host and changed the title to ''Don Ameche Presents the Drewry's Play of the Week'' in its 11 market areas in the Midwest.<ref>{{cite news |title='Stage' Into Eleven Marts for Drewry's |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/50s/1956/Billboard%201956-12-15.pdf#page=8 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |work=Billboard |date=December 15, 1956 |page=8}}</ref>
==Episodes== *Episode 1: The Deceiving Eye *Episode 2: Appointment in Highbridge *Episode 3: The Legacy *Episode 4: Debt of Honor - February 20, 1955<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pitts |first1=Michael R. |title=Charles Bronson: The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1035-1 |page=319 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMOSCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Stage+7%22+1955&pg=PA319 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *Episode 5: Tiger at Noon *Episode 6: To Kill a Man *Episode 7: The Greatest Man in the World *Episode 8: The Press Conference *Episode 9: The Long Count *Episode 10: Down from the Stars *Episode 11: Young Girl in an Apple Tree *Episode 12: Emergency *Episode 13: The Magic Hat - George Brent<ref>{{cite news |title=Drama Centers On Paris Hat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-stage-7/163921303/ |access-date=January 25, 2025 |work=The Atlanta Journal |date=April 24, 1955 |page=86|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> *Episode 14: Armed *Episode 15: Billy and the Bride *Episode 16: A Note of Fear - May 15, 1955<ref name=tt/> *Episode 17: The Verdict *Episode 18: The Time of the Day *Episode 19: Yesterday's Pawnshop *Episode 20: The Traveling Salesman *Episode 21: End of the Line *Episode 22: Debt to a Stranger *Episode 23: Where You Loved Me *Episode 24: The Hayfield *Episode 25: The Fox Hunt
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links == *[http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Stage7.htm at CVTA with episode list] * {{IMDb title|id=0046645|title=Stage 7}} * [http://www.tv.com/stage-7/show/6296/summary.html?q=stage%207: Stage 7] * [https://archive.org/details/Stage7-TheTimeOfTheDay Episode ''The Time of the Day'' at the Internet Archive]
Category:1950s American drama television series Category:1950s American anthology television series Category:1955 American television series debuts Category:1955 American television series endings Category:CBS original programming Category:Black-and-white American television shows Category:CBS television dramas