The first "Ford Theatre" on U.S. television appeared on October 17, 1948, near the beginning of regularly scheduled prime time network programming. It was an hour-long drama, broadcast live, as was most television of the era. This series used primarily Broadway actors. The program began as a monthly series, switching to biweekly a year later, in alternation on Friday nights at 9:00 pm Eastern time with the "54th Street Revue." During this period, programming included adaptations of "Little Women," with June Lockhart and Kim Hunter, and "One Sunday Afternoon," with Burgess Meredith and Hume Cronyn. During the following season, the final season for the program on CBS, the alternation in the same time slot was with "Magnavox Theater."