When I began watching the hour-long episodes of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", I assumed that most of the episodes were ones that really would have been better within a half hour time slot. This certainly was the problem with the one-hour "Twilight Zone" episodes. However, generally the longer time slot worked well, though clearly there were a few shows that felt overlong and just didn't work. A bigger problem were the season three shows, as many simply were inferior scripts....which isn't surprising considering both versions of the Hitchcock shows went on for a total of a decade. In other words, by season three, the series had run its course.
Now I am NOT saying the show is bad....it's actually excellent and very watchable today. But it also, like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", had a fair share of loser episodes as well as winners. As long as you realize this and don't expect too much from every show, you'll be thrilled to see the shows...which currently are posted on several channels on my Roku and Amazon Fire devices.
Now I am NOT saying the show is bad....it's actually excellent and very watchable today. But it also, like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", had a fair share of loser episodes as well as winners. As long as you realize this and don't expect too much from every show, you'll be thrilled to see the shows...which currently are posted on several channels on my Roku and Amazon Fire devices.