Decision is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC in 1958 as a summer replacement for The Loretta Young Show.
Six episodes of Decision were repeats of episodes previously aired on other anthology series. The other seven episodes were unsold television pilots. Episodes starred William Bendix, Dennis Hopper, Richard Kiley, June Lockhart, Darren McGavin, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Rod Steiger, and James Whitmore, among many others. Directors included Lamont Johnson, Lewis Allen, David Lowell Rich, and Fred Zinneman. The fifth episode, "Sudden Silence," was produced by Screen Gems.
Decisionâ²s premiere episode was the pilot for a television adaptation of the Owen Wister novel The Virginian, starring James Drury. Although the pilot broadcast on Decision in 1958 went unsold, Drury later starred in a different and very successful television adaptation of Wister's novel, also titled The Virginian, which aired from 1962 to 1971.
Decisionâ²s final episode, referred to both as "Man on a Raft" and "Three Men on a Raft," was an unsuccessful pilot for a proposed series to be named Michael Shayne, starring Mark Stevens as Michael Shayne. However, a 32-episode series named Michael Shayne starring Richard Denning in the title role aired during the 1960âÂÂ1961 season.
Decision was broadcast from 10:00 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays. It premiered on July 6, 1958, and ran for 13 weeks. Its last broadcast was on September 28, 1958.
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