Season 6

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 6 of I've Got a Secret (1952–1967) on CBS as a mid listed season (6; 6 of 16) — 35 listed hours, 1957-01-02–1957-12-25 from “Howard Duff, Ida Lupino” (S06E01) to “No Celebrity” (S06E52). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S06E01 Howard Duff, Ida Lupino

   Howard Duff, Ida Lupino: dual-star night as mid-run landmark, ordinary confessions still the ancestor of every I-never-told-anyone segment.