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''GE True'' (also known as ''General Electric True'') is a 33-episode American anthology series sponsored by General Electric. Telecast on CBS, the series presented stories previously published in ''True'' magazine. Articles from the magazine were adapted to television by Gene Roddenberry and other screenwriters. Jack Webb produced and hosted the thirty-three episodes during his stint as head of Warner Brothers Television through his Mark VII Limited Company. The series aired from September 30, 1962 until May 26, 1963, with repeats through September 1963. ==Program overview== The show had a unique opening: A huge "True" sign, apparently five stories tall, darkened, was seen in deep shadows. Jack Webb announced, "This is True!" Strong symphonic music included timpani rhythms, followed by the majestic opening theme. The True sign became brightly lit as Webb walked alongside the illuminated sign in an off-stage direction. A classic quotation from such figures as Daniel Webster then appeared. In an overview of the 1962 television season, ''Time'' noted: :Jack ("dum-de-dum-dum") Webb is back. This time he is retelling stories from the files of ''True'' magazine. The first one was set on a hospital ship off Okinawa, where a doctor (played by William Conrad) operated on a marine who had a live and sensitive shell in his body capable of blowing a six-foot hole in a steel deck. It was a hell of a moment, but Webb sank it. "At 1830 hours exactly," he intoned, "the operation began on a human bomb dead center in the circle of death." He hosts the program in an echo-chambered voice, while he stands beside the word TRUE, spelled out in block letters 22 feet high, or roughly ten times as tall as Jack Webb.〔("The New Season," ''Time'', October 12, 1962 )〕 ''GE True'' aired at 9:30 p.m. Sundays, following the last season of the former ABC sitcom, ''The Real McCoys'', starring Walter Brennan and Richard Crenna, renamed on the CBS schedule as ''The McCoys''. ''GE True'' aired a half-hour later than a predecessor series, ''General Electric Theater'', hosted by Ronald W. Reagan, which at had aired at 9 p.m. from 1953 to 1962. Several episodes were directed by William Conrad, later the star of the CBS crime drama, ''Cannon''. Like its preceding program, ''The McCoys'', ''GE True'' faced opposition from the highly rated NBC western series, ''Bonanza''. Reruns of the series were subsequently syndicated under the title ''True''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GE True」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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