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The DuPont Show of the Week is an American television anthology drama series which aired for three seasons on NBC from September 17, 1961 to August 30, 1964. [1] It was nominated one time for an Edgar Allan Poe Award and eight times for Primetime Emmy Awards. [1]
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "Laughter USA" | September 17, 1961 |
| 1-2 | "Happy with the Blues" | September 24, 1961 |
| 1-3 | "Hemingway" | October 1, 1961 |
| 1-4 | "USO - Wherever They Go!" | October 8, 1961 |
| 1-5 | "The Ballet of the Paper Bullet" | October 15, 1961 |
| 1-6 | "Merrily We Roll Along" | October 22, 1961 |
| 1-7 | "The Ziegfeld Touch" | October 29, 1961 |
| 1-8 | "America's Music - Music of the Thirties" | November 5, 1961 |
| 1-9 | "The Wonderful World of Toys" | November 12, 1961 |
| 1-10 | "Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians" | November 19, 1961 |
| 1-11 | "America's Music - Chicago and All That Jazz" | November 26, 1961 |
| 1-12 | "Trick or Treason" | December 17, 1961 |
| 1-13 | "Hollywood - My Home Town" | January 7, 1962 |
| 1-14 | "Circus" | January 21, 1962 |
| 1-15 | "The Forgery" | February 4, 1962 |
| 1-16 | "Police Emergency" | February 18, 1962 |
| 1-17 | "America's Music - Regards to George M. Cohan" | March 4, 1962 |
| 1-18 | "Cops and Robbers" | March 18, 1962 |
| 1-19 | "The Beauty of a Woman" | April 1, 1962 |
| 1-20 | "The Action in New Orleans" | April 15, 1962 |
| 1-21 | "The World's Greatest Robbery: Part 1" | April 29, 1962 |
| 1-22 | "The World's Greatest Robbery: Part 2" | May 6, 1962 |
| 1-23 | "America's Fads and Foibles" | May 13, 1962 |
| 1-24 | "A Sound of Hunting" | May 20, 1962 |
| 1-25 | "Hurricane | May 27, 1962 |
| 1-26 | "D-Day" | June 3, 1962 |
| 1-27 | "The Movie Star" | June 10, 1962 |
| 1-28 | "The Richest Man in Bogota" | June 17, 1962 |
| 1-29 | "Seven Keys to Baldpate" | June 24, 1962 |
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 2-1 | "The Outpost" | September 16, 1962 |
| 2-2 | "The Interrogator" | September 23, 1962 |
| 2-3 | "Fire Rescue" | September 30, 1962 |
| 2-4 | "Big Deal in Laredo" | October 7, 1962 |
| 2-5 | "The Betrayal" | October 21, 1962 |
| 2-6 | "The Shadowed Affair" | November 4, 1962 |
| 2-7 | "Emergency Ward" | November 18, 1962 |
| 2-8 | "Mutiny" | December 2, 1962 |
| 2-9 | "The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon" | December 16, 1962 |
| 2-10 | "Windfall" | January 13, 1963 |
| 2-11 | "Two Faces of Treason" | February 10, 1963 |
| 2-12 | "Comedian Backstage" | March 10, 1963 |
| 2-13 | "Diamond Fever" | March 24, 1963 |
| 2-14 | "The Shark" | April 7, 1963 |
| 2-15 | "Prisoner at Large" | April 21, 1963 |
| 2-16 | "Something to Hide" | May 5, 1963 |
| 2-17 | "The Legend of Lylah Clare" | May 19, 1963 |
| 2-18 | "The Triumph of Gerald Q. Wert" | June 9, 1963 |
| 2-19 | "San Francisco Detective" | June 16, 1963 |
| 2-20 | "A Dozen Deadly Roses" | June 23, 1963 |
| 2-21 | "Opening Night" | June 30, 1963 |
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-1 | "To Bury Caesar" | September 8, 1963 |
| 3-2 | "The Last Hangman" | September 15, 1963 |
| 3-3 | "Hold-Up!" | September 22, 1963 |
| 3-4 | "The Bachelor Game" | September 29, 1963 |
| 3-5 | "The Takers" | October 13, 1963 |
| 3-6 | "Manhattan Battleground" | October 20, 1963 |
| 3-7 | "The Silver Burro" | November 3, 1963 |
| 3-8 | "Miss America - Behind the Scenes" | November 17, 1963 |
| 3-9 | "Ride with Terror" | December 1, 1963 |
| 3-10 | "The Gambling Heart" | February 23, 1964 |
| 3-11 | "The Hell Walkers" | March 8, 1964 |
| 3-12 | "Jeremy Rabbitt - The Secret Avenger" | April 5, 1964 |
| 3-13 | "A Day Like Today" | April 19, 1964 |
| 3-14 | "Incident on Wilson Street" | May 3, 1964 |
| 3-15 | "More, More, More, More" | May 31, 1964 |
| 3-16 | "The Patient in Room 601" | June 7, 1964 |
| 3-17 | "The Missing Bank of Rupert X. Humperdink" | June 21, 1964 |
| 3-18 | "High Wire - The Great Wallendas" | July 19, 1964 |
| 3-19 | "Don't Go Upstairs" | August 16, 1964 |
| 3-20 | "Flight Deck" | August 23, 1964 |
| 3-21 | "Ambassador at Large" | August 30, 1964 |
Entertainers who have appeared on The DuPont Show of the Week include: [1]
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