Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Servant Problem
TV Flash files “Servant Problem” as hour 225 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 6, episode 34, aired 1961-06-06, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E34: listed hour 225 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 34 of 38 in season 6. It aired 1961-06-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A Secret Life” (S06E33). Next is “Coming Home” (S06E35).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kerwin Drake is throwing an important party. When his cook gets ill, he has his secretary prepare some hors d'oeuvres which are enthusiastically praised by his guests. At the party, Kerwin's estranged wife Molly arrives. Not wanting to be embarrassed by her, Kerwin tells everyone she is the cook. After the party, Kerwin shows her the door. Later, Kerwin goes to Molly's apartment and kills her. He is shocked, however, when he discovers that one of his dinner guests, Mrs. Standish, has witnessed the murder. Mrs. Standish was there to hire Molly as her cook.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Servant Problem sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S06E34 is listed hour 225 of 268 — hour 34 of 38 in season 6, season 6 episode 34.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S06E34 air?
Servant Problem aired 1961-06-06 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…