Temple Houston(1963)
Overview
Temple Houston is a 1963–64 NBC television series which has been called "the first attempt . . . to produce an hour-long Western series with the main character being an attorney in the formal sense." It was the only show Jack Webb sold to a network during his ten months as the head of production at Warner Bros. Television. It was also the lone series in which actor Jeffrey Hunter played a regular part.
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26 episodes • 1963
Season 1
26 episodes • 1963
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Twisted Rope | Sep 19, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Find Angel Chavez | Sep 26, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Letter of the Law | Oct 3, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Toll the Bell Slowly | Oct 17, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Third Bullet | Oct 24, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Gallows in Galilee | Oct 31, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Siege at Thayer's Bluff | Nov 7, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jubilee | Nov 14, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Thunder Gap | Nov 21, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Billy Hart | Nov 28, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Seventy Times Seven | Dec 5, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Fracas at Kiowa Flats | Dec 12, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Enough Rope | Dec 19, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Dark Madonna | Dec 26, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Guardian | Jan 2, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Thy Name Is Woman | Jan 9, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Law and Big Annie | Jan 16, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Sam's Boy | Jan 23, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ten Rounds for Baby | Jan 30, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Case for William Gotch | Feb 6, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 21 | A Slight Case of Larceny | Feb 13, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Last Full Moon | Feb 27, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Gun That Swept the West | Mar 5, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Do Unto Others, Then Gallop | Mar 19, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Town That Trespassed | Mar 26, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Miss Katherine | Apr 2, 1964 | 0.0 |
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