Combat Sergeant

Combat Sergeant is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from June to September 1956. Starring Michael Thomas as Sergeant Nelson, the series was set in Africa during World War II. Actual footage of the war was spliced into episodes.[1] 13 episodes were filmed.[2]

Combat Sergeant
GenreWar drama
StarringMichael Thomas
Cliff Clark
Mara Corday
Dominick Delgarde
Frank Marlowe
Bill Slack
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyNational Telefilm Associates
DistributorABC (1956)
NTA (1957-1961)
Release
Original networkSyndication
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseJune 29 (1956-06-29) 
September 27, 1956 (1956-09-27)

Combat Sergeant was produced by National Telefilm Associates, and had originally been intended as a first-run syndicated program; it was offered to individual television stations in March 1956,[2] but saw no sales. The series was offered to ABC, which purchased the program. After a brief summer run on ABC in 1956, the series was rerun on the syndicated NTA Film Network starting in summer 1957.[3]

References

  1. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 4th ed., p. 173.
  2. "Half-Hr. Series Put Into Synd. So Far In '56". Billboard: 22. 1956-08-18.
  3. "NTA Block to Storer Group". Billboard: 12. 1957-06-24.


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