Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Right Kind of House
TV Flash files “The Right Kind of House” as hour 101 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 3, episode 23, aired 1958-03-09, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 101 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 23 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1958-03-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Return of the Hero” (S03E22). Next is “The Foghorn” (S03E24).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mr. Waterbury believes he can get a good deal on some real estate because a murder occurred in the home. But he hasn't dealt with Sadie Grimes the owner who refuses to lower the price because of an emotional attachment.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Right Kind of House sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S03E23 is listed hour 101 of 268 — hour 23 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 23.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03E23 air?
The Right Kind of House aired 1958-03-09 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.
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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…