CBS Children's Mystery Theatre

CBS Children's Mystery Theatre is an American television anthology series aimed at teens and pre-teens. A total of five episodes were produced by and aired on CBS from 1980–83. Episode titles were The Treasure of Alpheus T. Winterborn,[1] The Haunting of Harrington House, Mystery of Fire Island,[2][3] The Zertigo Diamond Caper,[4] and Dirkham Detective Agency.[5]

The stories were written to emphasis the importance of deductive reasoning.[6]

Stars included Edie Adams, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Sally Kellerman.

References
  1. "Afternoon special". The News. 1980-12-26. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. "Junior detectives solve mystery". Clarion-Ledger. 1982-11-07. p. 88. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. "A Friend Disappears". Sunday News. 1982-11-07. p. 156. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. "TV Tattle". New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. 1982-09-26. p. 32. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  5. "CBS to broadcast children's shows". Enterprise-Journal. 1983-11-20. p. 43. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  6. Children and Television: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, March 16, 1983. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1983.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.