Alfred Hitchcock Presents / Hour
About This Show
From Wikipedia:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an anthology television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. Time magazine named it one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME".
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 30 minutes long, aired weekly at 9:30 on CBS on Sunday nights from 1955 to 1960, and then at 8:30 on NBC on Tuesday nights from 1960 to 1962.
It was followed by The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, which lasted for three seasons, September 1962 to June 1965, adding another 93 episodes to the 270 already produced for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Also known as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965)
Genre Drama / Mystery/ Horror/ Melodrama
Created by Alfred Hitchcock
Presented by Alfred Hitchcock
Theme music composer Charles Gounod
Opening theme Funeral March of a Marionette
Composer(s) Stanley Wilson (music supervisor)
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 10
No. of episodes 363
Production
Executive producer(s) Alfred Hitchcock
Producer(s) Joan Harrison
Editor(s) Edward W. Williams
Location(s) Universal Studios, California
Running time 30 minutes (seasons 1-7)
60 minutes (seasons 8-10)
Production company(s) Revue Studios(1955-1963)
Universal TV(1963-1965)
Shamley Productions
Broadcast
Original channel CBS (1955-1960; 1962-1964)
NBC (1960-1962; 1964-1965)
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural sound
Original run October 2, 1955 – May 10, 1965
