The Greatest Show on Earth
-Season 1
Episodes
1. Lion on Fire
Sep 17, 1963No overview available.
2. Silent Love, Secret Love
Sep 24, 1963No overview available.
3. No Middle Ground for Harry Kyle
Oct 1, 1963No overview available.
4. Don't Look Down, Don't Look Back
Oct 8, 1963No overview available.
5. Garve
Oct 15, 1963No overview available.
6. The Loser
Oct 22, 1963No overview available.
7. Uncaged
Oct 29, 1963A circus aerialist is charged with robbery and murder.
8. The Circus Never Came to Town
Nov 5, 1963Mentally retarded Willie Simple still harbors his childlike daydream of becoming a clown. Slate takes pity on him, giving the boy a job although he has been warned that he might cause problems.
9. An Echo of Faded Velvet
Nov 12, 1963No overview available.
10. The Hanging Man
Nov 19, 1963No overview available.
11. Leaves in the Wind
Nov 26, 1963No overview available.
12. The Wrecker
Dec 3, 1963No overview available.
13. Lady in Limbo
Dec 10, 1963Johnny Slate (Jack Palance) is trying to decide which act to send to Russia for a cultural exchange program with the Moscow Circus. Horse trainer Kate Reynolds (Lucille Ball) wants the coveted spot. Menagerie feeder Charles is mauled by one of Kirov's trained bears and dies, leaving his young son Jeff alone in the circus. Coldy ambitious Kate takes care of the boy until Slate locates his Aunt Agatha, a spinster living near Washington DC. Jeff wants to stay with Kate and their separation is surprisingly difficult for her. Kate reveals to Slate that she was a 17 year-old widow with a child on the way, but that she lost the baby. Unhappy, Jeff runs away from his Aunt and returns to the circus in hides with the help of Kirov. Kate and Agatha agree that Jeff belongs with the circus and Kate will be his guardian.
14. A Black Dress for Gina
Dec 17, 1963No overview available.
15. Where the Wire Ends
Jan 7, 1964No overview available.
16. Corsicans Don't Cry
Jan 14, 1964No overview available.
17. Big Man from Nairobi
Jan 21, 1964No overview available.
18. The Show Must Go On-- to Orange City
Jan 28, 1964No overview available.
19. A Place to Belong
Feb 11, 1964
No overview available.
20. Man in a Hole
Feb 18, 1964No overview available.
21. Clancy
Feb 25, 1964No overview available.
22. The Last of the Strongmen
Mar 3, 1964No overview available.
23. The Night the Monkey Died
Mar 10, 1964No overview available.
24. Of Blood, Sawdust, and a Bucket of Tears
Mar 17, 1964No overview available.
25. Rosetta
Mar 24, 1964No overview available.
26. The Glorious Days of the Used to Be
Mar 31, 1964No overview available.
27. Love the Giver
Apr 7, 1964No overview available.
28. This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There
Apr 14, 1964No overview available.
29. There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities
Apr 21, 1964No overview available.
30. You're All Right, Ivy
Apr 28, 1964Joan Blondell, Buster Keaton and Joe E. Brown portray a trio of veteran performers, now reduced to handling menial chores around the circus. Slate's most pressing problem, however, is an uninterested young man who's been turned over to him to ""learn the business."" Over this barrier of gloom climbs spirited and ambitious Ivy Hatch, who has run away from home to join the circus. Ivy has one drawback: She doesn't have any special talent.