The Green Hornet
Programmed for Death
TV Flash files “Programmed for Death” as hour 3 of 27 in the TV Flash guide — The Green Hornet (1966–1967) on ABC, season 1, episode 3, aired 1966-09-23, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E03: listed hour 3 of 27 in the The Green Hornet guide, hour 3 of 27 in season 1. It aired 1966-09-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Give 'Em Enough Rope” (S01E02). Next is “Crime Wave” (S01E04).
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A Sentinel reporter is killed by an escaped zoo leopard while investigating a story about someone creating fake diamonds.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Programmed for Death sit in the The Green Hornet guide?
S01E03 is listed hour 3 of 27 — hour 3 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 3.
When did The Green Hornet S01E03 air?
Programmed for Death aired 1966-09-23 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Reid and Kato, Black Beauty, a fight that lets Lee choreograph — that is the outsized hour. Twenty-six episodes; the crossover with Batman is extra universe flavor.
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Why this series still plays
The Green Hornet lasted one ABC season and still changed the room: Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and Bruce Lee's Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts star launch. Lee's precision against comic-strip vigilantism — short, stylish, outsized in every later reboot talk.
One ABC season. **Twenty-six episodes (twenty-seven hours in this pack), 1966–1967.** That is the whole window, and it still changed the room: Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and Bruce Lee's Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen. George W. Trendle and Fran Striker's pulp hero, Wende Wagner as Lenore Case, gas gun and two-fisted newspaper-playboy vigilantism. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts star launch. Rex will toast the pulp cathedral. The…
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- Van Williams as Britt Reid / Green Hornet
Van Williams’s Britt Reid — the Green Hornet — lasted one ABC season and still changed the room: the Black Beauty, a Batman-adjacent hero hour, and Bruce Lee’s Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen.…
- Bruce Lee as Kato
Bruce Lee stole The Green Hornet as Kato — one ABC season, Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and fight choreography American television had not seen. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts launch. TV Flash…
- Wende Wagner as Lenore Case
Wende Wagner’s Lenore Case kept The Green Hornet’s newsroom human while Van Williams’s Britt Reid and Bruce Lee’s Kato changed the room in one ABC season. Black Beauty chrome, Batman-adjacent hero hour, martial-arts star launch. TV Flash…