Stars Over Hollywood

{{Short description|American TV anthology series (1950–1951)}}

{{for|the radio program|Stars over Hollywood}}

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{{Infobox television

| alt_name = Armour Theatre

| genre = Anthology

| writer = Axel Gruenberg
Jack Hively

| starring = Numerous Hollywood stars

| country = United States

| language = English

| producer = Axel Gruenberg

| company = Revue Productions
MCA Television

| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1950|09|06}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1951|08|29}}

}}

Stars Over Hollywood (also known as Armour Theatre) is an American anthology television series of "original comedies and light dramas"{{cite journal|title=Wednesday|journal=Radio Television Mirror |date=July 1951|volume=36|issue=2|page=76 |url=https://archive.org/stream/radiote00macf#page/n8/mode/1up|accessdate=13 December 2014}} produced by Revue Productions. Revue's first television series, it was a filmed in Hollywood and aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from September 6, 1950, to August 29, 1951.Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. {{ISBN|0-345-25525-9}}. P. 587.

Among the guest stars were Mary Stuart in the premiere presentation "Beauty Is a Joy", Raymond Burr, Cameron Mitchell, Ann Rutherford, and Bruce Cabot. Otherwise, the program generally featured lesser-known actors and actresses.

Stars Over Hollywood{{'}}s producer was Axel Gruenberg.Alicoate, Jack, Ed. (1953). The 1953 Radio Annual. Radio Daily Corp. P. 1123. He and Jack Hively were writers for the program. The meat packing company Armour and Company was the sponsor of the program.{{cite news |title=Futures |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele10ross/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=July 27, 2022 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=August 15, 1950 |page=2}}

Rod Serling's first script, "Grady Everett for the People," was presented on the programMcNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. {{ISBN|0-14-02-4916-8}}. P. 788. on September 13, 1950.{{cite book |last1=Parisi |first1=Nicholas |title=Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination |date=October 24, 2018 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-1945-1 |pages=36–37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_Z1DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Stars+Over+Hollywood%22+NBC&pg=PA36 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |language=en}}

Episodes of Stars Over Hollywood were part of a syndicated syndication package, Famous Playhouse, that was distributed by MCA Television, the syndication division of MCA Inc., in 1953. Other programs in the package were Chevron Theater and Gruen Theater.{{cite news|last1=Plotnik|first1=Gene|title=TV Film Competition Forces Syndicators to Ready Plans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2g0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Stars+over+Hollywood%22&pg=PA8|accessdate=12 December 2014|agency=Billboard|date=April 11, 1953}}