Theatre 5 from ABC

FORMAT: (1) MP3 DVD / (5) MP3 CDS Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM.Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes.There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper.Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five. The variety of dramatic presentations was one of Theatre 5's most compelling features. With a broad mix of genres and some of Radio, Stage, Television and Film's finest guest stars, ABC's humble 21-minute scripts packed a lot of entertainment into a relatively small format. We loosely tallied the following genres from the entire run: 6 Ghost, Horror or Supernatural Dramas 8 Suspense Dramas 10 Fantasy Dramas 12 Action-Adventure Dramas