Out There (1951 TV series)
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Out There was a short-lived science fiction
television program
broadcast on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. EST
on CBS Television
from October 28, 1951 thru January 13, 1952. It only lasted twelve half-hour episodes before being cancelled. The awkward time slot may have led to its failure. In its short run, the program featured episodes adapted from stories by (and in some cases written by) authors including Robert A. Heinlein
, Ray Bradbury
, Theodore Sturgeon
, John D. McDonald, Murray Leinster
, Frank Belknap Long
and Milton Lesser. After its initial cancellation, there was at least one report that the network planned on reviving it, but this did not happen.
Science fiction
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television program
Television program
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broadcast on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. EST
Eastern Standard Time
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on CBS Television
CBS
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from October 28, 1951 thru January 13, 1952. It only lasted twelve half-hour episodes before being cancelled. The awkward time slot may have led to its failure. In its short run, the program featured episodes adapted from stories by (and in some cases written by) authors including Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...
, Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...
, Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon was an American science fiction author.His most famous novel is More Than Human .-Biography:...
, John D. McDonald, Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history...
, Frank Belknap Long
Frank Belknap Long
Frank Belknap Long was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including early contributions to...
and Milton Lesser. After its initial cancellation, there was at least one report that the network planned on reviving it, but this did not happen.