The Web (1950 TV series)

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[[Herbert Hirschman]] and [[Lela Swift]] directed on alternate weeks. Kent cigarettes and Embassy Cigarettes sponsored the program, which originated at [[WCBS-TV]].<ref name="ross">{{cite news |date=September 28, 1952 |title=This Week – Network Debuts, Highlights, Changes |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele24ross/page/n168/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |page=1}}</ref>
[[Herbert Hirschman]] and [[Lela Swift]] directed on alternate weeks. Kent cigarettes and Embassy Cigarettes sponsored the program, which originated at [[WCBS-TV]].<ref name="ross">{{cite news |date=September 28, 1952 |title=This Week – Network Debuts, Highlights, Changes |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele24ross/page/n168/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |page=1}}</ref>

In 1951<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Web_01_(1950-51).htm |website=CTVA - The Classic TV Archive |access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>, it featured the first televised adaptation of a work by [[Nigel Kneale]], adapted from a short story in his collection ''Tomato Cain & Other Stories''.


The series won an [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Award]].<ref name="ltd" />
The series won an [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Award]].<ref name="ltd" />
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