1942–1949
1942–1949
19
Surviving broadcasts
1942–1949
Years on the air
8
Seasons represented
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
Source collection: FrontPageFarrell
Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.
The shape of the run
4 dated broadcasts across 8 years on the air, with 5 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
19 of 19 shown
13 March
No. 1
1942
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
14 March
No. 2
1942
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
10 August
No. 3
1945
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
10 August
No. 4
1945
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
15 June
No. 5
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
15 June
No. 6
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
20 June
No. 7
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
20 June
No. 8
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
16 August
No. 9
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
16 August
No. 10
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
31 August
No. 11
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
31 August
No. 12
1949
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
1946 · year only
No. 13
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
1946 · year only
No. 14
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
1946 · year only
No. 15
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
1946 · year only
No. 19
10 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
1946 · year only
No. 16
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
1946 · year only
No. 17
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
1946 · year only
No. 18
14 min
Front Page Farrell ran from 1941 on Mutual and then NBC until 1954, following a crime reporter and his wife through murder cases serialised across each week. It is one of the few daytime serials built on a detective format rather than a domestic one. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
