The United States Steel Hour
Wanted: Someone Innocent
TV Flash files “Wanted: Someone Innocent” as hour 242 of 259 in the TV Flash guide — The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963) on ABC/CBS, season 10, episode 4, aired 1962-10-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E04: listed hour 242 of 259 in the The United States Steel Hour guide, hour 4 of 21 in season 10. It aired 1962-10-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The White Lie” (S10E03). Next is “A Break in the Weather” (S10E05).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wanted: Someone Innocent sit in the The United States Steel Hour guide?
S10E04 is listed hour 242 of 259 — hour 4 of 21 in season 10, season 10 episode 4.
When did The United States Steel Hour S10E04 air?
Wanted: Someone Innocent aired 1962-10-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with surviving prestige teleplays — Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout if you can get it. Live industrial-sponsor drama is the brief.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The United States Steel Hour was live Golden Age drama with an industrial giant's sheen: serious teleplays, launched stars, theatrical punch. Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout happened here. Watch it in 2026 as corporate-sponsored theater of the air — proof a steel company once bankrolled the kind of play networks now fear.
The silhouette is industrial sheen on a live play: a steel logo as a curtain, theatrical punch in a living room, hard-hat prestige. The United States Steel Hour (ABC then CBS, 1953–1963) was Golden Age drama with an industrial giant's polish — serious teleplays, launched stars, The Theatre Guild and U.S. Steel, 259 episodes, ten seasons. Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants breakout happened on this stage of the air (1955). **This was not a commercial break; this was a hard launch in corporate light.** Proof a…
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