Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gratitude
TV Flash files “Gratitude” as hour 219 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 6, episode 28, aired 1961-04-25, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E28: listed hour 219 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 28 of 38 in season 6. It aired 1961-04-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Deathmate” (S06E27). Next is “A Pearl Necklace” (S06E29).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Meyer Fine is a gangster with an intense fear of death known only to his servant John Ingo. Meyer discovers that several gangsters are planning to kill him. They narrowly miss doing so in one attempt. Meyer wishes that he had the courage to commit suicide, but he doesn't. His faithful servant John, however, wanting only the best for Meyer tearfully agrees to kill him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gratitude sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S06E28 is listed hour 219 of 268 — hour 28 of 38 in season 6, season 6 episode 28.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S06E28 air?
Gratitude aired 1961-04-25 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…