The Play's the Thing was a Canadian theatrical drama television series which aired on CBC Television in 1974.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Portrait of a Madonna | 1948-09-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Night Club | 1948-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Giant's Stair | 1948-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Thousand Dollar Bill | 1948-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Catbird Seat | 1948-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Inexperienced Ghost | 1948-10-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Ropes | 1948-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Esther | 1948-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden | 1948-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Ten Percent | 1948-11-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Night the Ghost Got In | 1948-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Widow of Wasdale Head | 1948-12-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Man Who Lost Christmas | 1948-12-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | To the Lovely Margaret | 1948-12-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | A Day in Town | 1949-01-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | I'm No Hero | 1949-01-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Little Wife | 1949-01-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Lady on 142 | 1949-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | A Trip to Czardis | 1949-01-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger | 1949-02-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Zone of Quiet | 1949-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Tell-Tale Heart | 1949-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Greasy Luck | 1949-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Joe McSween's Atomic Machine | 1949-03-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Dead Man | 1949-03-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Concerning a Woman of Sin | 1949-03-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 27 | Three O'Clock | 1949-03-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 28 | A Reputation | 1949-04-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 29 | I Can't Breathe | 1949-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 30 | From Paradise to Butte | 1949-04-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 31 | Here Comes Spring | 1949-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 32 | Somebody Has to Be Nobody | 1949-05-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 33 | Salt of the Earth | 1949-05-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 34 | Spreading the News | 1949-05-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 35 | You're Breaking My Heart | 1949-05-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Canterville Ghost | 1949-09-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Terror in the Streets | 1949-10-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | It's a Free Country | 1949-10-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | We'll Never Have a Nickel | 1949-10-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Clarissa | 1949-10-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Return to Kansas City | 1949-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | O'Halloran's Luck | 1949-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Frame-Up | 1949-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Three Strangers | 1949-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Thousand Dollar Bill [restaged] | 1949-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | The Man with the Heart in the Highlands | 1949-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | The Midway | 1949-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | A Child Is Born | 1949-12-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Counry Full of Sweden | 1949-12-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Hannah | 1950-01-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | An Ingenue of the Sierras | 1950-01-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | The Little Wife [restaged] | 1950-01-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Timid Guy | 1950-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Joe McSween's Atomic Machine [restaged] | 1950-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Telas, the King | 1950-02-03 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Mr. Mummery's Suspicion | 1950-02-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Apple Tree | 1950-03-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Pink Hussar | 1950-03-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | The Salt of the Earth | 1950-03-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | Sanctuary in Paris | 1950-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Screwball | 1950-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 27 | Alison's House | 1950-05-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 28 | The Token | 1950-05-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 29 | The Swan | 1950-06-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 30 | The Good Companions | 1950-06-23 | 30 min |
