The Experiment (CBS Playhouse)

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{{Infobox television episode

| series = CBS Playhouse

| image = Tisha Sterling Michael Douglas 1969.JPG

| image_alt =

| caption = Michael Douglas and Tisha Sterling during production of The Experiment

| season = 2

| episode = 3

| director = Robert Butler

| writer = Ellen M. Violett

| airdate = {{Start date|1969|2|25}}

| guests =

| prev = Saturday Adoption

| next = Shadow Game

}}

"The Experiment" is the third television play episode of the second season of the American television series CBS Playhouse. Broadcast February 25, 1969, it starred Michael Douglas (credited as "M. K. Douglas") as a young scientist who puts aside his liberal principles to work for a cutting-edge chemical company.TV.com: [http://www.tv.com/shows/cbs-playhouse/the-experiment-237730/ CBS Playhouse: The Experiment]

"The Experiment" was Michael Douglas's first television role is the only CBS Playhouse installment written by a woman, Ellen M. Violett,{{Cite web|date=|title=Barbara Schultz|url=http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=80|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032444/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=80|archive-date=2016-03-04|access-date=2021-07-01|website=She Made It|publisher=The Paley Center for Media}} which earned her an Emmy award nomination.TV.com: [http://www.tv.com/shows/cbs-playhouse/the-experiment-237730/ CBS Playhouse: The Experiment]