TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956. Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber. Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs | 1955-01-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Trouble on the Double | 1955-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson | 1955-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | How Chance Made Lincoln President | 1955-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | I'll Pick More Daisies | 1955-02-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Top Secret | 1955-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | A Matter of Life and Death | 1955-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | The End of Blackbeard the Pirate | 1955-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The American Master Counterfeiters | 1955-03-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | America's First Great Lady | 1955-03-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Manufactured Clue | 1955-03-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Incident on the China Coast | 1955-04-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants | 1955-04-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Honeymoon in Mexico | 1955-04-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Great Armored Car Robbery | 1955-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | A Million Dollar Story | 1955-05-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts | 1955-05-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | France's Greatest Detective | 1955-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Around the Horn to Matrimony | 1955-05-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Anatomy of a Graft | 1955-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Human Nature Through a Rear View Mirror | 1955-06-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Mr. Pak Takes Over | 1955-06-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | My First Bullfight | 1955-06-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Comrade Lindemann's Conscience | 1955-06-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Six Hours of Surgery | 1955-07-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | The Baron and His Uranium Killing | 1955-07-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Child Pioneer | 1955-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Old Master Detective | 1955-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Archer-Shee Case | 1955-10-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Brainwashing of John Hayes | 1955-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Making of a Submarine | 1955-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Voyage of Captain Tom Jones, Pirate | 1955-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | If I Were Rich | 1955-11-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Sad Death of a Hero | 1955-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Emergency Case | 1955-12-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | When the Wise Men Appeared | 1955-12-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Ordeal at Yuba Gap | 1955-12-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | In the Eye of a Hurricane | 1956-01-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Why the Choir Was Late | 1956-01-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | The Man Who Beat Death | 1956-01-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | A Bell for Okinawa | 1956-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Cochise, Greatest of the Apaches | 1956-01-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | The Mystery of Minnie | 1956-02-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | Texas in New York | 1956-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Return from Oblivion | 1956-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | The Case of the Uncertain Hand | 1956-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Lost, Strayed, and Lonely | 1956-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Night Court | 1956-03-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | No Horse, No Wife, No Mustache | 1956-03-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | The Trigger Finger Clue | 1956-03-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | The Secret Weapon of Joe Smith | 1956-04-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Courage | 1956-04-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 27 | The Woman Who Changed Her Mind | 1956-04-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 28 | Uncle Sam's C Men | 1956-04-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 29 | Miss Victoria | 1956-04-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 30 | The Old, Old Story | 1956-05-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 31 | Britain's Most Baffling Murder | 1956-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 32 | Down on the Tennessee | 1956-05-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 33 | The Man Who Dreamt Winners | 1956-05-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 34 | The General's Escape | 1956-06-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 35 | The Gigantic Bank Note Swindle | 1956-06-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 36 | Go Fight City Hall | 1956-06-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 37 | Family Reunion USA | 1956-06-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 38 | The Only Way Out | 1956-07-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 39 | The Smuggler | 1956-07-09 | 30 min |
