Cosmopolitan Theatre is an American anthology series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from October 2, 1951, to December 25, 1951.
[3] Louis G. Cowan packaged Cosmopolitan Theatre; Sherman Marks was the producer and director.
[2] It originated from WABD and was carried live to 14 stations with 10 more showing it via kinescope.
[6] In December 1951, critic John Crosby called Cosmopolitan Theatre "the Dumont network's most elaborate entry into the dramatic field".
"[7] He noted that the two forms of media differed greatly in the ways they affected audiences and ended the review with the comment, "TV has conditioned us to accept a much harder degree of reality than most slick fiction has ever attempted.