re: On this day in 1967, 78 million people tuned in to watch the finale of The Fugitive

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The other networks must have known what they’d be up against; opposite part one of “The Judgment,”

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CBS aired a Harry Reasoner documentary on “The Hippie Temptation,”

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NBC showed a rerun of the movie The War of the Worlds

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Try this today:

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unlike other series finales, the conclusion to The Fugitive was aired in August, after the rerun season. As it was known that the fourth season of The Fugitive was to be the last, this allowed the suspense to build up throughout the summer; had that final episode aired in May or June, the reruns might have seemed ridiculous, but this way they were still relevant, still part of the chase, since Kimble was theoretically still running. Therefore, when the series ended, it really ended. It’s a brilliant idea, and I still wonder why more series don’t do it that way.

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I bet the 2nd to the last episodes was a big cliffhanger, that probably pissed a bunch of people off. Would be interesting to talk with a fan about this.

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