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Season Details & Credits

CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 20, 1962

Starring: Alfred Hitchcock

Summary: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of supsense Alfred Hitchcock. Each 60 minute episode included opening and closing vingettes featuring Hitchcock who would often explain some aspect of the day's show and would often offer subtle (or not so subtle) jabs at the shows sponsors.

The seriesThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of supsense Alfred Hitchcock. Each 60 minute episode included opening and closing vingettes featuring Hitchcock who would often explain some aspect of the day's show and would often offer subtle (or not so subtle) jabs at the shows sponsors.

The series premiered on CBS on Thursday, September 20, 1962 in the 10:00-11:00 PM timeslot opposite ABC's Alcoa Premiere and NBC's The Andy Williams Show. In its third season the show moved to NBC and was shown on Monday 10:00 to 11:00 PM. On NBC it was broadcast opposite ABC's Ben Casey and CBS's Slattery's People.

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour featured both original works produced directly for television and adaptations of existing source material. Some authors whose work was adapted for the series include: Cornell Woolrich, Ellery Queen, H.G. Wells, Henry Slesar, John Wyndham, William Link, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Bloch. The show also featured work by famous (or later famous) directors Alfred Hitchcock, Sydney Pollack, and William Friedkin.
In 1962, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour was a one hour expansion (or spinoff) of the half-hour anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1985, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour were revived under the titled Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Spinoff from: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Revivals: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

First Telecast: September 20, 1962
Last Telecast: May 10, 1965

Episodes: 93 B&W Episodes
(93 one hour episodes)

Broadcast History

CBS: September 1962-May 1963----Thursday----10:00 p.m.
CBS: September 1963-July 1964----Friday----10:00 p.m.
NBC: October 1964-May 1965----Monday----10:00 p.m.

Emmy Awards and Nominations

1963

Nominated: James Bridges, "The Jar" Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama (Adaptation)

Other Award or Nominations

Television Champion Awards (Voted each year since 1949 by polls of the nation's TV critics taken by the publishers of Television Almanac. The awards ceased in 1972):

1963 Winner: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Best Mystery Program
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Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E32. Death of a Cop
Air Date: May 24, 1963
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S1:E31. Run for Doom
Air Date: May 17, 1963
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S1:E30. Dear Uncle George
Air Date: May 10, 1963

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 5, 1964
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 1963
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 1962
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  S1:E32. Death of a Cop
  Air Date: May 24, 1963
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  S1:E31. Run for Doom
  Air Date: May 17, 1963
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  S1:E30. Dear Uncle George
  Air Date: May 10, 1963
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  S1:E29. The Dark Pool
  Air Date: May 3, 1963
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  S1:E28. Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans
  Air Date: April 19, 1963
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  S1:E27. Death and the Joyful Woman
  Air Date: April 12, 1963
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  S1:E26. An Out for Oscar
  Air Date: April 5, 1963
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  S1:E25. The Long Silence
  Air Date: March 22, 1963
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  S1:E24. The Star Juror
  Air Date: March 15, 1963
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  S1:E23. The Lonely Hours
  Air Date: March 8, 1963
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  S1:E22. Diagnosis: Danger
  Air Date: March 1, 1963
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  S1:E21. I'll Be the Judge, I'll Be the Jury
  Air Date: February 15, 1963
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  S1:E20. The Paragon
  Air Date: February 9, 1963
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  S1:E19. To Catch a Butterfly
  Air Date: February 2, 1963
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  S1:E18. A Tangled Web
  Air Date: January 25, 1963
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  S1:E17. Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog
  Air Date: January 18, 1963
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  S1:E16. What Really Happened
  Air Date: January 11, 1963
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  S1:E15. The Thirty First of February
  Air Date: January 4, 1963
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  S1:E14. The Tender Poisoner
  Air Date: December 20, 1962
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  S1:E13. Bonfire
  Air Date: December 13, 1962
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  S1:E12. Hangover
  Air Date: December 6, 1962
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  S1:E11. Ride the Nightmare
  Air Date: November 29, 1962
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  S1:E10. Day Of Reckoning
  Air Date: November 22, 1962
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  S1:E9. The Black Curtain
  Air Date: November 11, 1962
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  S1:E8. House Guest
  Air Date: November 8, 1962
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  S1:E7. Annabel
  Air Date: November 1, 1962
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  S1:E6. Final Vow
  Air Date: October 25, 1962
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  S1:E5. Captive Audience
  Air Date: October 18, 1962
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  S1:E4. I Saw The Whole Thing
  Air Date: October 11, 1962
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  S1:E3. Night Of The Owl
  Air Date: October 4, 1962
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  S1:E2. Don't Look Behind You
  Air Date: September 27, 1962
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  S1:E1. A Piece Of The Action
  Air Date: September 20, 1962