Season 11

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 11 of I've Got a Secret (1952–1967) on CBS as a mid listed season (11; 11 of 16) — 42 listed hours, 1962-01-01–1962-12-31 from “Dick Van Dyke” (S11E01) to “Guy Lombardo” (S11E42). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S11E22 Jimmy Dean

   Jimmy Dean: 1962 named guest, country fame walking into the secret chair while Moore still hosts like a cardigan civic ritual.