The television of 1950s America is regarded by many as a ""golden age"", when live theatre based in New York was broadcast across the country. This biography looks at the life of one television pioneer, Fred Coe, who initiated the ""Philco-Goodyear Playhouse"", and produced on Broadway.
Jon Krampner is an expatriate New Yorker who lives in Los Angeles. He is a contributing editor of Emmy magazine and has written on television and entertainment subjects for the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Modern Maturity, the New York Times Syndicate, and numerous other publications.