High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Letter to Loretta (also known as The Loretta Young Show) is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC from 1953 to 1961 {Sundays, 10-10:30pm(et)} for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show, originally sponsored by Procter Gamble from 1953 through 1960 , was hosted by Loretta Young, who played the lead in various episodes.