Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Coming, Mama
TV Flash files “Coming, Mama” as hour 217 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 6, episode 26, aired 1961-04-11, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E26: listed hour 217 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 26 of 38 in season 6. It aired 1961-04-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Museum Piece” (S06E25). Next is “Deathmate” (S06E27).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Lucy Baldwin wishes to marry her boyfriend Arthur. Unfortunately, her domineering mother believes that Arthur is only out for money and she opposes the marriage. When Lucy's mother falls ill, Lucy sees her chance. Lucy slips her a fatal dose of sleeping tonic and her mother dies. Lucy and Arthur are married and Arthur takes Lucy to visit his mother. Unfortunately, Arthur's mother is just as domineering as Lucy's. Since Arthur's mother is ill, Lucy suggests a dose of sleeping tonic to take care of the problem.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Coming, Mama sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S06E26 is listed hour 217 of 268 — hour 26 of 38 in season 6, season 6 episode 26.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S06E26 air?
Coming, Mama aired 1961-04-11 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…