| Genre: | Anthology series |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Channel: | NBC |
Comedy Theater is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC in the summer of 1981. The 30-minute episodes consisted of unsold television pilots for situation comedies.
The practice of television executives of ordering dozens of pilots for proposed television series each year – far more than their networks could possibly broadcast as series – created a sizable body of unsold pilots that had never aired.[1] Packaging these unsold pilots in anthology series and airing them during the summer provided television networks with a way of both providing fresh programming during the summer rerun season and recouping at least some of the expense of producing them.[1] Comedy Theater was one of these series, aired by NBC in the summer of 1981,[2] and it consisted of unsold pilots for situation comedies.[2] Stars appearing in the series included Ted Danson, Tony Lo Bianco, and Jeffrey Tambor.[2]
Comedy Theater ran for seven episodes over the course of seven consecutive weeks in the summer of 1981, airing on NBC from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday evenings.[1] It premiered on July 17,[1] and its last episode aired on August 28.[1]
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