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.