Season 1

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

I've Got a Secret turned ordinary confessions into prime-time theater: celebrity secret-holders, a guessing panel, and Garry Moore's sweater-set warmth. Goodson-Todman charm with a wink. Watch it in 2026 as the ancestor of every talk-show I-never-told-anyone segment, when secrets still felt like parlor games instead of leaks.

TV Flash files Season 1 of I've Got a Secret (1952–1967) on CBS as the first listed season of 16 — 23 listed hours, 1952-06-19–1952-12-25 from “Boris Karloff” (S01E01) to “Basil Rathbone” (S01E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S01E01 Boris Karloff

   Boris Karloff: premiere secret as horror-star confession theater, Garry Moore's sweater-set warmth already the Goodson-Todman wink.