The Millionaire
Millionaire Patricia Collins
TV Flash files “Millionaire Patricia Collins” as a desk essential hour — The Millionaire (1955–1960) on CBS, season 6, episode 36, aired 1960-06-08, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E36: listed hour 206 of 206 in the The Millionaire guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 1960-06-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Millionaire Maggie Dalton” (S06E35). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Millionaire Patricia Collins”. Millionaire Patricia Collins closes 1960: last named check, the moral lab packing away after six seasons of tax-free experiments.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Millionaire Patricia Collins sit in the The Millionaire guide?
S06E36 is listed hour 206 of 206 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 36.
When did The Millionaire S06E36 air?
Millionaire Patricia Collins aired 1960-06-08 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Michael Anthony delivering the check. The unseen Tipton and the stranger's windfall are the entire machine from week one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab: Michael Anthony delivers a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology. Watch it now as the ancestor of every what-would-you-do-with-a-windfall reality premise, played as drama.
So about the check. (I said spoiler-free. The premise is the spoiler, and it is the whole fandom.) Every week on CBS, 1955–1960, executive secretary Michael Anthony — Marvin Miller — delivers a $1 million check from unseen tycoon John Beresford Tipton to an ordinary person, and the episode tracks the consequences. The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral laboratory, high concept before the term was common, Don Fedderson's 206-episode, six-season windfall machine. Tipton is heard but never shown. Peak…
Filed against
- Marvin Miller as Michael Anthony
Marvin Miller delivered the envelope as Michael Anthony on The Millionaire — sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab, a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology.…