• Madison On The Air
    Madison On The Air
    1 Season2026TV-14

Episodes

  • 30:35
    P1 E1 Dragnet
    P1 E1 Dragnet
    When modern day twenty-something, Madison Standish, finds herself transported into old time radio dramas, her first stop is “Dragnet.” Partnering up with Sergeant Joe Friday, Madison must help track down a missing woman, and all evidence points to foul play. With the backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles, Madison will come head to head with outdated technology, no cellphone reception, and a severe lack of Starbucks. Will she find the suspect? But more importantly, will she ever find a mocha latte?
  • 32:14
    P1 E2 The Mortgage
    P1 E2 The Mortgage
    Madison finds herself in the Old West full of shoot outs, bank robbers and… wait, what? NONE of those things? She’s assisting Marshal Matt Dillon as he helps the Blake family who have had their farm foreclosed upon by the greedy land grabber, Caleb Andrews. With everyone in town afraid of Caleb, who will be brave enough to stand up for what’s right? And will Madison manage to get through it all without starting a saloon brawl? (Spoiler… no, she won’t)
  • 36:51
    P1 E3 The Adventures of Superman
    P1 E3 The Adventures of Superman
    When Batman mysteriously disappears, Robin… er… Madison, seeks out help from the Man of Steel. Disguised as mild mannered reporter, Clark Kent, he and Madison track down Batman – only to find him in the company of a disgusting group of people who want to keep Americans from helping war torn Europe through the Marshall Plan! Eh… it’s WWII stuff. I’m sure your dad watched something about it on The History Channel. Can Superman get to the bottom of Batman’s new un-American values? Will Madison regret donning the tights of the Boy Wonder? And how do you tell the difference between Clark Kent and Superman on RADIO? Tune in and find out!
  • 34:08
    P1 E4 Night Beat
    P1 E4 Night Beat
    Stepping into the shoes of Night Beat reporter, Randy Stone, Madison finds herself trying to free the young actress, Dolly Graham, from prison after she was sentenced for manslaughter over the death of a prominent would-be senator’s wife in a fatal traffic accident. On very little sleep, and having indulged in the super cheap hard liquor of the 1940s, Madison must fumble through a massive-hangover as she interviews witnesses to the crash and tries to get to the bottom of a mysterious letter sent to her proclaiming Dolly’s innocence. Who knew being a reporter would require so much homework!
  • 28:11
    P1 E5 Let George Do It
    P1 E5 Let George Do It
    When Madison starts her temp job as a Girl Friday to ex-cop-turned-private-detective George Valentine, the dick is no where to be found. Madison takes it upon herself to help a client by disguising as a show girl in an underworld club. What could possibly go wrong? Aside from Madison landing a murder wrap and facing jail time.
  • 29:40
    P1 E6 The Adventures Of Sam Spade
    P1 E6 The Adventures Of Sam Spade
    While temping for private eye, Sam Spade, Madison discovers her grandmother is here in the old timey radio show with her! Natch Madison has to invite Sam to Grandma Standish’s birthday party… but that’s when everything goes wrong. Madison’s grandmother is kidnapped, and the gangsters will only give her back if Sam and Madison hand over “The Duck.” But what is the duck? Will they find it in time? And will Madison and Sam ever stop arguing with each other?
  • 35:44
    P1 E7 The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    P1 E7 The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    Needing some extra cash, Madison takes a job house sitting for Dr. Watson. It’s not long before she’s swept into helping the greatest detective of all time in his latest case. Together, she and Sherlock Holmes must track down a blackmailer and retrieve the incriminating item to save a royal wedding. The two will don disguises, start a Hansom Cab chase, and get thrown in to the middle of a street fight. Will they be able to stop the blackmailer in time to save the wedding? Will Madison’s horrible cockney accent fool anyone? Join us at 221 B Baker Street and find out!
  • 26:21
    P1 E8 The Shadow
    P1 E8 The Shadow
    When Madison steps into the shoes of Margot Lane as The Shadow’s gal pal, she is not expecting a manhunt for a giant cat who is murdering night watchmen! Madison and Lamont will need to race against time to get to the bottom of this killer cat before it kills again. But what will Madison do when Lamont disappears? Like, actually disappears, not clouding-men’s-minds disappears. Does she have what it takes to stop the cat AND become The Shadow?
  • 27:30
    P1 E9 The Adventures of the Thin Man
    P1 E9 The Adventures of the Thin Man
    When Nora Charles invites Madison to attend a high society Manhattan wedding, no sooner have the bride and groom said “I do” when gunshots ring out! To catch the would-be killer, Madison and Nora take the newlywed’s place on their honeymoon. Can they stop the killer before they become victims of the nefarious plot? And what do a girl named Bingo, a gambler named Snakey and a hood named Georgie the Germ have to do with it?
  • 39:00
    P1 E10 Rocky Jordan
    P1 E10 Rocky Jordan
    When Madison’s new boyfriend, Angus Morgan, steals her iPhone and disappears to Cairo, she'll stop at nothing to hunt him down and get her phone back. In Cairo, she teams up with the American nightclub owner Rocky Jordan, who was also swindled by Angus. Trouble is, the newspapers say Angus is supposed to be dead! Enter a Swede, a Frenchman, a salvage boat captain and a fading Turkish beauty. Who will find Angus first, before the Cairo police arrest them all for murder?
  • 34:24
    P1 E11 Casey, Crime Photographer
    P1 E11 Casey, Crime Photographer
    A phony psychic claims to be able to contact the dead and supplies the photos that prove it (and, this is BEFORE Photoshop, okay!) When an old friend of Ace Crime Photographer, Casey, drops by to tell him he’s heard from his dead wife, Casey is more than suspicious. But since none of the cops have been able to get the evidence to catch her, Casey will call upon Madison to go undercover as a grieving daughter to gain the Medium’s trust and expose her racket. Psychics, the dead, and a whole lot of drinking at the Blue Note Cafe. Can Madison pull it off?
  • 40:18
    P1 E12 Dracula
    P1 E12 Dracula
    Welcome to the HALLOWEEN episode of “Madison on the Air”! Join us for our adaptation of the 1949 radio broadcast of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Can the world’s most famous vampire survive meeting Madison? Tune in and find out!
  • 35:24
    P1 E13 Dimension X
    P1 E13 Dimension X
    Madison takes a job as a secretary at a top publicity house in New York City. When a new client comes in claiming to be a “Martian,” Madison’s boss just thinks it’s part of the gag to promote “Martian Day,” a publicity campaign for a big Hollywood space opera opening soon. The huge budget for the campaign is too good to pass up, and Madison finds herself helping her boss to prepare for the biggest publicity stunt of his career: a “Martian Day” parade down 5th Avenue, sure to dwarf anything Macy’s has ever done. Will the campaign be a success? Depends if you’re an Earthling… or a “Martian.”
  • 41:24
    P1 E14 Candy Matson YUkon 2-8209
    P1 E14 Candy Matson YUkon 2-8209
    A female detective from 1949? You better believe it! Madison joins up with Candy Matson to discover the mystery of a missing Santa Claus helper from a local department store. Add a hunky police inspector and a gay best friend and you have a ho-ho-whole lotta fun in our Christmas episode!
  • 41:05
    P1 E15 The Saint
    P1 E15 The Saint
    Season Finale. When Madison reads about her own death in the obituaries, she takes her existential crisis to the doorstep of Simon Templar. Can The Saint discover the truth behind Madison’s reported demise? Throw in missing jewels, a French temptress, a determined cabbie and a dry cleaner and you’ll get the adventure of: “The Corpse Said Ouch.”
  • 1:16:41
    P2 E1 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
    P2 E1 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
    Celebrate our one year anniversary with an EXTENDED episode of Madison on the Air! From 1955-1962, “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” was produced as a 5 part weekday serial. We have taken one of those shows and put it together into one long playing episode. Madison tries her hand at selling life insurance, only to have one of her first clients die under mysterious circumstances. The man with the action packed expense account, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, is sent to discover the truth. Madison tags along, hoping to mentor under Johnny, as they speak to a widow, the stripper girlfriend, professional gamblers, a steamy Latina, an erudite bartender and more. Gun shots, fist fights and some tasty Mediterranean food in our episode entitled, “The Caylin Matter.”
  • 37:09
    P2 E2 The Green Hornet
    P2 E2 The Green Hornet
    OMG you guys, there are too many spoilers for this one! Let’s just say: Madison, Kato, a corpse that disappears, enemy spies, knock-out gas, treason and a little bit of gender swapping. It’s the Adventures of the Green Hornet as only Madison could do it.
  • 35:40
    P2 E3 The Story of Dr. Kildare
    P2 E3 The Story of Dr. Kildare
    When Madison takes a gig as a candy striper at Blair General Hospital, she finds herself recruited by the hunky Dr. Kildare to help bring down a quack doctor. With the help of the surly Dr. Gillespie, and under the anxious eye of Dr. Carew, Madison will pose as Dr. Kildare’s wife to take down the charlatan. Can Madison do it and land a real date with the sexy Jimmy Kildare?
  • 42:25
    P2 E4 The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    P2 E4 The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    Another visit to 1890’s London to housesit for Dr. Watson leads Madison on a new adventure with Sherlock Holmes. This time they attend a Shakespeare Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon – only to end up being shot at! But was it on purpose or merely an accident? With a femme fatale, a bookish husband and a handsome young actor, Madison will join the world’s most famous sleuth to try and prevent a murder!
  • 42:14
    P2 E5 The Challenge of the Yukon
    P2 E5 The Challenge of the Yukon
    Maw Baker’s Pies finds Madison working in the 1890’s Gold Rush town of Forty Mile as kitchen help to the beloved local figure, Maw Baker. But when Maw comes into a lot of gold, she becomes the target of a bad element. In A Pack of Bacon, Madison suits up as a North-West Mounted Police officer, but when her assignment to bring in two outlaws leaves her stranded in the frozen Yukon, she’ll need the assistance of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog, King.
  • 30:07
    P2 E6 Box 13
    P2 E6 Box 13
    When Madison discovers a dead man in her hotel room, she tracks down crime writer Dan Holiday for help. Dan needs to prove Madison isn’t the killer before she gets targeted by the real killer. Will a dead body, a big time gangster, a disinterested police lieutenant and Madison make a good story for Dan’s next book? Perhaps… if they all make it out alive.
  • 35:30
    P2 E7 Tales of the Texas Rangers
    P2 E7 Tales of the Texas Rangers
    Sheriff Madison Standish (I know! Cool, right??) finds a murdered country doctor and enlists the help of Texas Ranger Jace Pearson to find his killer. It’s a good ol’ fashioned 1950’s Western with cattle ranchers, horses, the hot desert, guns and a great train escape. Can Madison hack it as a Texas Sheriff? Ranger Pearson sure has his work cut out for him.
  • 39:03
    P2 E8 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
    P2 E8 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
    When Madison shows up at Philip Marlowe’s bachelor pad only to find him out of town, she’ll answer the call to help find Henrietta Lawrence, a young writer who disappeared under suspicious circumstances. With an editor of trashy romance, an ex-wrestler, an opportunistic assistant, and a Southern Belle, it’s a bloody girls’ night out.
  • 41:43
    P2 E9 The War of the Worlds
    P2 E9 The War of the Worlds
    On October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater re-envisioned the 1897 H.G. Wells’ classic “War of the Worlds” as a Halloween treat and created a global sensation. Adapted from Orson Welles’ adaptation, Madison embarks upon her own journey through the infamous Martian invasion in her hometown of Los Angeles across landmarks like the Griffith Park Observatory, Hollywood Boulevard and the La Brea Tar Pits. It’s Madison vs. Martians… who will survive the invasion?

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  • Modern-day makeup influencer Madison gets zapped back into old-time radio shows and finds herself living through the adventures, mysteries, and dramas of radio's past. Adapted from actual radio scripts, the series delivers a humorous and insightful look at yesterday's world through the eyes of someone from today.