Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alibi Me
TV Flash files “Alibi Me” as hour 46 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 2, episode 7, aired 1956-11-11, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 46 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 7 of 39 in season 2. It aired 1956-11-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Toby” (S02E06). Next is “Conversation Over a Corpse” (S02E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Georgie Minnelli kills his old childhood enemy Lucky Moore for interfering in his pinball machine racket. Now Georgie desperately needs an alibi.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Alibi Me sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 46 of 268 — hour 7 of 39 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S02E07 air?
Alibi Me aired 1956-11-11 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Hitch's hosted half-hours rather than assuming he directed the lot. Sample the dry intros and the snap endings; the silhouette is the franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Alfred Hitchcock Presents made the director himself the franchise: silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, and closings that sometimes 'corrected' crime to soothe censors. Watch it in 2026 as branded anthology swagger — Joan Harrison's engine, Hitch's persona, and twist endings as moral architecture you can still hum.
Calendar first: CBS, October 2, 1955. Then a later NBC window. Original half-hour run through 1962 — **268 episodes, seven seasons** — before the expansion as *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962–1965). That is not nostalgia cosplay. That is a branded anthology with a host who was the franchise, a silhouette you could hum, and a weekly drop of murder with a wink. Rex can keep the three-network hymn. This was already a logo, a window, and a closing card that sometimes reversed the crime to soothe Standards & Practices.
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- Alfred Hitchcock as Host
Alfred Hitchcock made himself the franchise on Alfred Hitchcock Presents — silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, closings that sometimes “corrected” crime to soothe censors. Branded anthology swagger, Joan Harrison’s engine, twist…