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The word anthology emerged from the ancient Greek concept of flower-gathering, coined by Meleager of Gadara around 60BCE. Originally titled garland, the term described a collection of poetry where flowers symbolized the finer sentiments that only verse could express.
The Collier Hour broadcast on the NBC Blue Network from 1927 to 1932. This program adapted stories and serials from Collier's Weekly in a calculated move to increase subscriptions and compete with The Saturday Evening Post.
The final episode of Suspense was broadcast on the 30th of September 1962, a date that has traditionally been seen as marking the end of the old-time radio era. Programs like The Black Mass, The Creaking Door, and The Zero Hour followed this date.
Four Star Playhouse made its debut in fall of 1952 with four stars including Dick Powell, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, and Rosalind Russell. When Russell and McCrea backed out, David Niven came on board as the third star and Ida Lupino was brought on as the de facto fourth star.
American Horror Story debuted in 2011 with a format where each season is a standalone story rather than each episode. This modern renaissance has seen the format evolve to include series like Fargo, The White Lotus, and Black Mirror.
British drama includes Armchair Theatre which ran from 1956 to 1974 and Black Mirror which began in 2011 and continues to the present. Canadian drama includes First Performance which ran from 1955 to 1958 and Plan B which began in 2023 and continues to the present.