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- Two shows must be present for that week to be eligible for a podcast. Three shows are ideal, four are a tight squeeze, and more than four might mean that a “B” episode is warranted, especially if there’s a clear dividing line (i.e. three shows are prime time shows, three shows are Saturday morning kids’ shows, or three shows were made and shown for American audiences, while the other three were British shows).
- “Orphans” can be bundled together by month/serial at a later date for “dead week” shows.
- For a lost episode to be discussed rather than just getting a verbal acknowledgement, there must be something to review – audio recordings, scripts, etc. A lost episode with no reviewable material may drop a week back under the threshold to a single show.
- How daily strip-syndication shows will be covered: All given episodes for a week will be summarized and discussed almost as if they’re a single episode. Shows this applies to: Battle Of The Planets, Star Blazers, He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, Robotech.
- Not included: the mid-1980s revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (due to lack of availability) and Mystery Science Theater 3000 (though it began in 1988 on local TV in Minneapolis, and migrated to cable in 1989, this series was, let’s face it, more of a ’90s phenomenon).
Retrogram Timeline
Week 37
Week of September 12, 1971
Ace Of Wands 209
Nightmare Gas Part 3
Thames
lost episode
Mission Impossible 601
Blind
CBS
Week 38
Week of September 19, 1971
Ace Of Wands 210
The Eye Of Ra Part 1
Thames
lost episode
Night Gallery 202
Death in the Family / The Merciful / Class of ’99 / Witches’ Feast
NBC
Mission Impossible 602
Encore
CBS
Week 39
Week of September 26, 1971
Ace Of Wands 211
The Eye Of Ra Part 2
Thames
lost episode
Night Gallery 203
Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay / With Apologies to Mr. Hyde / The Flip-Side of Satan
NBC
Disney World opens
Mission Impossible 603
The Tram
CBS
Week 40
Week of October 3, 1971
Ace Of Wands 212
The Eye Of Ra Part 3
Thames
lost episode
Night Gallery 204
A Fear of Spiders / Junior / Marmalade Wine / The Academy
NBC
Mission Impossible 604
Mindbend
CBS
Week 41
Week of October 10, 1971
Ace Of Wands 213
The Eye Of Ra Part 3
Thames
lost episode
Mission Impossible 605
Shape-Up
CBS
Week 42
Week of October 17, 1971
Night Gallery 205
The Phantom Farmhouse / Silent Snow, Secret Snow
NBC
Mission Impossible 606
The Miracle
CBS
Week 43
Week of October 24, 1971
Night Gallery 206
A Question of Fear / The Devil Is Not Mocked
NBC
Mission Impossible 607
Encounter
CBS
Week 44
Week of October 31, 1971 – BOO!
Night Gallery 207
Midnight Never Ends / Brenda
NBC
Mission Impossible 608
Underwater
CBS
Week 45
Week of November 7, 1971
Night Gallery 208
The Diary / A Matter of Semantics / Big Surprise / Professor Peabody’s Last Lecture
NBC
Mission Impossible 609
Invasion
CBS
Week 46
Week of November 14, 1971
Night Gallery 209
House – with Ghost / A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank / Dr. Stringfellow’s Rejuvenator / Hell’s Bells
NBC
Mission Impossible 610
Blues
CBS
Week 47
Week of November 21, 1971
Night Gallery 210
The Dark Boy / Keep in Touch – We’ll Think of Something
NBC
Mission Impossible 611
The Visitors
CBS
Earth II
Earth II
ABC
Week 48
Week of November 28, 1971
Night Gallery 211
Pickman’s Model / The Dear Departed / An Act of Chivalry
NBC
Mission Impossible 612
Nerves
CBS
Week 49
Week of December 5, 1971
Night Gallery 212
Cool Air / Camera Obscura / Quoth the Raven
NBC
Mission Impossible 613
Run For The Money
CBS
Week 50
Week of December 12, 1971
Night Gallery 213
The Messiah on Mott Street / The Painted Mirror
NBC
Mission Impossible 614
The Connection
CBS
Week 51
Week of December 19, 1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas ’71
The Stalls of Barchester
BBC1
Week 52
Week of December 26, 1971
Night Gallery 214
The Different Ones / Tell David… / Logoda’s Heads
NBC
Mission Impossible 615
The Bride
CBS
Week 1
Week of January 2, 1972
HP-35: the first pocket scientific calculator
President Nixon approves Space Shuttle development
Night Gallery 215
Green Fingers / The Funeral / The Tune in Dan’s Café
NBC
Mission Impossible 616
Stone Pillow
CBS
Week 2
Week of January 9, 1972
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 001
The Night Stalker
ABC
Night Gallery 216
Lindemann’s Catch / The Late Mr. Peddington / A Feast of Blood
NBC
Mission Impossible 617
Image
CBS
Sixth Sense 101
I Do Not Belong to the Human World
ABC
Week 3
Week of January 16, 1972
Night Gallery 217
The Miracle at Camafeo / The Ghost of Sorworth Place
NBC
Mission Impossible 618
Committed
CBS
The People
TV movie
ABC
Sixth Sense 102
The Heart That Wouldn’t Stay Buried
ABC
Week 4
Week of January 23, 1972
Night Gallery 218
The Waiting Room / Last Rites for a Dead Druid
NBC
Mission Impossible 619
Bag Woman
CBS
Sixth Sense 103
Lady, Lady, Take My Life
ABC
Week 5
Week of January 30, 1972
Sixth Sense 104
The House That Cried Murder
ABC
Sixth Sense 105
The Man Who Died at Three and Nine
ABC
Week 6
Week of February 6, 1972
Night Gallery 219
Deliveries in the Rear / Stop Killing Me / Dead Weight
NBC
Search 001
PROBE
NBC
Mission Impossible 620
Double Dead
CBS
Week 7
Week of February 13, 1972
Night Gallery 220
I’ll Never Leave You – Ever / There Aren’t Any More MacBanes
NBC
Mission Impossible 621
Casino
CBS
Week 8
Week of February 20, 1972
Night Gallery 221
The Sins of the Fathers / You Can’t Get Help Like That Anymore
NBC
Mission Impossible 622
Trapped
CBS
Sixth Sense 106
Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?
ABC