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'My Favorite Martian' premieres on CBS

When: 29 Sep 1963
Sources: 1 public source

Ray Walston as the Martian 'Uncle Martin' in a 1963 publicity photo CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

CBS premiered the sitcom My Favorite Martian on Sept. 29, 1963, with Ray Walston as a Martian posing as the uncle of a reporter played by Bill Bixby. It ran 107 episodes over three seasons, bringing the visitor-from-space idea into family TV.

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OtherMy Favorite Martian (Jack Chertok/CBS) (1963-66) (opens in a new tab)Classic TV Archive (CTVA)

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