Meet Corliss Archer is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS between July 13 and August 10, 1951, and in syndication via the Ziv Company from April to December 1954. It was an adaptation of the radio series of the same name, which was based on a series of short stories introduced in 1943 Good Housekeeping magazine. by F. Hugh Herbert. It was also broadcast in Canada.
Synopsis Corliss Archer is a lovable blonde teenager who is delicately balancing her high-school life and relationship with her goofy boyfriend Dexter Franklin, and her homelife with parents Harry and Janet Archer.
CBS version In the summer of 1951 the program was broadcast live to midwestern stations on Thursday night each week while other CBS stations aired Your Esso Reporter. The cast reassembled on Friday nights and performed the same episode live for the rest of the network's stations.
Cast Actor Role Lugene Sanders Corliss Archer Frieda Inescort,later Irene Tedrow Janet Archer Fred Shields Harry Archer Robert Ellis Dexter Franklin Ken Christy Bill Franklin Source: Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010
Syndicated version Cast
Actor Role Ann Baker Corliss Archer Mary Brian Janet Archer John Eldredge Harry Archer Robert Ellis Dexter Franklin Ken Christy Bill Franklin Vera Marshe Mary Franklin
Production notes The syndicated version of Meet Corliss Archer was executive produced by Frederick W. Ziv and produced by ZIV Television Programs.. P. 60.
Syndication and DVD release The series, which is in the public domain, is occasionally still repeated in the United States, usually on small over-the-air networks and cable channels. It has also appeared on DVDs by companies such as Alpha Video, Echo Bridge and Mill Creek.
References
External links
Episodes of Meet Corliss Archer at the Internet Archive