The Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)

For other series with this name, see The Eleventh Hour.
The Eleventh Hour

Jack Ging (right) as Dr. Paul Graham with guest stars Keenan Wynn and Linda Evans.
Genre Medical drama
Starring Wendell Corey
Jack Ging
Ralph Bellamy
Theme music composer C. King Palmer
Harry Sukman
Opening theme "The Film Opens"
Composer(s) Harry Sukman
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 62
Production
Executive producer(s) Norman Felton
Producer(s) Sam Rolfe
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 45–48 min
Production company(s) Arena Productions
MGM Television
Distributor MGM Television
Release
Original network NBC
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original release October 3, 1962 (1962-10-03) – April 22, 1964 (1964-04-22)

The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, and Ralph Bellamy, which aired 62 new episodes plus selected rebroadcasts on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.

Premise

The series, loosely comparable to the 1961 NBC hit Dr. Kildare, starring Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey, reveals the human stories of people who come to the psychiatrist either through private practice, a hospital, or a court of law. In 1963, the series shared a two-part crossover episode with Dr. Kildare; both programs used the theme of wise teacher and young intern.

The term "eleventh hour" refers to a time of last resort in an aggrieved person's life, as he faces a potential nervous breakdown. Ging appeared in both seasons as Dr. Paul Graham, a clinical psychologist to Corey's first-season character of the psychiatrist Dr. Theodore Bassett, advisor to the Department of Corrections. The first season hence offered episodes about the mental health of criminals.

In the second season, which ended new episodes on April 22, 1964, Bellamy replaced Corey in the role of Dr. Richard Starke, a psychiatrist engaged in private practice. The executive producer was Norman Felton; Sam Rolfe was the producer.[1]

Guest stars

Scheduling

The Eleventh Hour aired on Wednesdays following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall and Espionage. In its first season, The Eleventh Hour was placed opposite the alternating anthology series, Armstrong Circle Theatre and The United States Steel Hour on CBS and the last season of Naked City on ABC.

In the second season, The Eleventh Hour faced The Danny Kaye Show variety program on CBS and Channing, a drama series about life on the campus of a small college, which aired on ABC.[2]

DVD release

On June 7, 2016, Warner Archive Collection will release The Eleventh Hour- The Complete First Season on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[3] This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 255.
  2. ↑ 1962-1963; 1963-1964 American network television schedule; from appendix of Total Television
  3. ↑ 'The Complete 1st Season' of the 1962 Show Which Aired on NBC
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