Vacation Playhouse
originally aired on CBS
Vacation Playhouse premiered on July 22, 1963, airing as a summer replacement for the situation comedy The Lucy Show. In 1963, it consisted of unsold pilots for situation comedies. In 1964, it mostly aired previously unseen situation comedy pilots, but also included the pilot for a musical-comedy variety show and repeats of comedic episodes of General Electric Theater. In 1965, it replaced Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and that summer it aired dramatic adventure and mystery episodes.