The Running Stopped Fifty Years Ago Today! 📺

[Floyd R. Turbo]

The Fugitive premiered in the United States on September 17, 1963. A total of 120 episodes were produced over the course of the show's four seasons, with the last original episode airing in the United States on August 29, 1967.

[True Dough]

1. Never watched the TV show

It was before my time. But I have watched the Harrison Ford/Tommy Lee Jones movie "The Fugitive" based on the TV series. Actually, I've watched it in full a couple of times and it's so compelling that when I'm flicking through channels I have stopped and watched bits and pieces of it on several other occasions.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Really liked the flick! If you have the opportunity check out the TV series!

[dembotoz]

3. I watched some but not all but we all tuned in for the final

It was a big deal

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. Part 2 of

“The Judgment” was seen in 72% of the homes using television on the night it aired against scant competition on CBS and NBC. The audience size remained a Nielsen record until Nov. 1980, when it was topped by the “Who Shot J.R.?” episode of “Dallas.”

[pressbox69]

5. Loosely based on the real life Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case.

A great show in it's day. All of the guest stars appeared in episodes of the Alfred Hitchcock TV series.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. Right you are! I recall that in the late nineties DNA tests determined that there was another man in

the Sheppard home the night of the murder. 👍🏻

[LeftInTX]

6. Never saw the series, but remember when David Janssen died

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Catch it if you can!

[NanceGreggs]

9. We didnt watch it

… I only saw a few episodes during summer reruns.

This thread reminds me of those days when there was usually only one TV in the house, and no way to record anything. Given that my mom had control over the TV, we watched her fave shows. So something must have been on opposite “The Fugitive” on another channel that she preferred.

Those were dark days indeed. How did we survive?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. It's a mystery!

Those were the days when the remote control was me!