Shirley Temple's Storybook (jan 1, 1958 – sep 1, 1961)
Description:
Between January 1958 and September 1961, Temple hosted and narrated a successful NBC television anthology series of fairy-tale adaptations called Shirley Temple's Storybook. Episodes ran one hour each, and Temple acted in three of the sixteen episodes. Temple's son made his acting debut in the Christmas episode, "Mother Goose".[80][81] The series was popular but faced issues. The show lacked the special effects necessary for fairy tale dramatizations, sets were amateurish, and episodes were not telecast in a regular time-slot.[82] The show was reworked and released in color in September 1960 in a regular time-slot as The Shirley Temple Show.[83][84] It faced stiff competition from Maverick, Lassie, Dennis the Menace, the 1960 telecast of The Wizard of Oz, and the Walt Disney anthology television series however, and was canceled at season's end in September 1961Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1958
sep 1, 1961
~ 3 years and 8 months