The Goldbergs (broadcast series)

The Goldbergs
Original television series DVD-release cover
Other namesThe Rise of the Goldbergs
GenreDaytime serial drama: Weekly (1929), Daily (1931)
Running time15 minutes (12-13 minutes excluding ads), 30 minutes (24-26 minutes excluding ads)
Country of originUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SyndicatesNBC, CBS
TV adaptationsThe Goldbergs
StarringGertrude Berg
Philip Loeb
Harold J. Stone
Robert H. Harris
Eli Mintz
Larry Robinson
Arlene McQuade
AnnouncerClayton "Bud" Collyer
Created byGertrude Berg
Written byGertrude Berg, Cherney Berg
Directed byWess McKee,
Henry Salinger
Original releaseNovember 20, 1929 –
1956
Audio formatMono
Opening themeEnrico Toselli's "Serenade"
Sponsored byDuz
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RCA
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PodcastStream Radio Program
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The Goldbergs is a comedy-drama broadcast from 1929 to 1946 on American radio and from 1949 to 1956 on American television. It was adapted into the 1948 play Me and Molly, the 1950 film The Goldbergs, and the 1973 Broadway musical Molly. It also spun off a comic strip from June 8, 1944, to December 21, 1945, with art by Irwin Hasen, a comic book artist who worked on various DC Comics titles and later did the Dondi comic strip.