Climax!

Climax!
Dennis O'Keefe, Phyllis Kirk, and Lloyd Bridges in "Edge of Terror", 1955.
Also known as	Climax Mystery Theater
Genre	Anthology
Directed by	John Frankenheimer Ida Lupino Arthur Hiller Allen Reisner Ralph Nelson Buzz Kulik Paul Nickell William H. Brown, Jr. David Swift Jack Smight Don Medford Anthony Barr
Presented by	William Lundigan (1954–1958) Mary Costa (1956–1958)
Theme music composer	Leith Stevens
Composers	Jerry Goldsmith Bernard Herrmann Alex North
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	166
Production
Executive producer	Albert R. Broccoli[citation needed]
Producers	Martin Manulis Bretaigne Windust
Camera setup	Television Film
Running time	47–50 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 7, 1954 (1954-10-07) – June 26, 1958 (1958-06-26)
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Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is an American television anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color, using the massive TK-40A color cameras pioneered and manufactured by RCA, and used primarily by CBS's rival network, NBC (the broadcasting division of RCA). Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live, but, although the series was transmitted in color, only black-and-white kinescope copies of some episodes survive to the present day. The series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955–1956 season and #26 for 1956–1957.^[1]