[2] The Joseph Cotten Show depicted real-life legal cases that had occurred in "various parts of the world and various periods of history".
In 1959, CBS used The Joseph Cotten Show for a set of reruns from this program, General Electric Theater, and Schlitz Playhouse.
[23] Writers included Don Mankiewicz, whose enthusiasm for that job diminished when his hope to explore "important points of law" was dashed by NBC executives' insistence that episodes forcus on murders.
[27] General Foods Corporation products Post cereals[28] and Instant Maxwell House Coffee alternated as sponsors on CBS.
[26] A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication Variety said that the quality of the acting exceeded that of the script, which "left many weaknesses in the storyline".