#SchlitzPlayhouseOfStars S1 is 48 weeks on CBS TV at 9.00pm on Fridays.
For 1 hour for the first 26 eps but 30 mins thereafter.

Against

DuMont TV: Down You Go (quiz)/ #FrontPageDetective
ABC TV: Crime With Father (crime)/ #TalesOfTomorrow
NBC TV: The Big Story (crime)/ The Aldrich Family (sitcom)