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I've Got a Secret (1952–1967) on CBS
About I've Got a Secret
I've Got a Secret ended on April 3, 1967, on CBS. The show originally aired from June 19, 1952, and was a popular weekly panel game show during its run, with later revivals in the 1970s. Its final episode marked the conclusion of a long-standing television series that was part of many viewers' weekly routines.
The series was a game show where a panel of celebrities tried to guess a contestant's secret, which could be unusual, amusing, or embarrassing. Created by Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of the show What's My Line? and was known for its light-hearted approach to revealing secrets. The show was initially broadcast in black and white and switched to color in 1966, reflecting the technological advancements of the era.
The cast included notable panelists such as Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Jayne Meadows, Kitty Carlisle, Henry Morgan, and Bess Myerson. The show was hosted by Garry Moore and Steve Allen at different times. Although it ended in 1967, it remains a notable example of early television game shows, with a runtime of 30 minutes per episode.
I've Got a Secret episode schedule
592 aired
Aired · 592
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 3, 1967 | S16·E11 | Lynn Redgrave |
| March 27, 1967 | S16·E10 | Jayne Meadows |
| March 20, 1967 | S16·E9 | Jim Backus |
| February 27, 1967 | S16·E8 | Woody Allen |
| February 20, 1967 | S16·E7 | Dina Merrill |
| February 13, 1967 | S16·E6 | Cliff Robertson |
| February 6, 1967 | S16·E5 | John Daly |
| January 30, 1967 | S16·E4 | Soupy Sales |
| January 23, 1967 | S16·E3 | Pearl Bailey |
| January 9, 1967 | S16·E2 | Robert Merrill |
| January 2, 1967 | S16·E1 | Phyllis Diller |
| December 26, 1966 | S15·E42 | Paul Anka |
| December 19, 1966 | S15·E41 | No Celebrity |
| December 12, 1966 | S15·E40 | Victor Borge |
| December 5, 1966 | S15·E39 | Bud Collyer |
| November 28, 1966 | S15·E38 | Walter Pidgeon |
| November 21, 1966 | S15·E37 | Rossano Brazzi |
| November 14, 1966 | S15·E36 | Arlene Dahl |
| November 7, 1966 | S15·E35 | Walter Cronkite |
| October 24, 1966 | S15·E34 | Jack E. Leonard |
| October 17, 1966 | S15·E33 | Lucille Ball |
| October 10, 1966 | S15·E32 | John Gary |
| October 3, 1966 | S15·E31 | Buddy Hackett |
| September 26, 1966 | S15·E30 | Soupy Sales |
| September 19, 1966 | S15·E29 | Edie Adams |
| September 12, 1966 | S15·E28 | Stephen Boyd |
| September 5, 1966 | S15·E27 | Garry Moore |
| June 27, 1966 | S15·E26 | Buddy Hackett |
| June 20, 1966 | S15·E25 | Sam Levenson |
| June 13, 1966 | S15·E24 | Robert Goulet |
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| June 6, 1966 | S15·E23 | Arlene Francis |
| May 30, 1966 | S15·E22 | Shelley Winters |
| May 23, 1966 | S15·E21 | Hugh O'Brian |
| May 16, 1966 | S15·E20 | Sheila MacRae |
| May 9, 1966 | S15·E19 | E.G. Marshall |
| May 2, 1966 | S15·E18 | Sam Levenson |
| April 25, 1966 | S15·E17 | Joe Garagiola |
| April 18, 1966 | S15·E16 | Gretchen Wyler |
| April 11, 1966 | S15·E15 | George Segal |
| April 4, 1966 | S15·E14 | Phil Ford & Mimi Hines |
| March 28, 1966 | S15·E13 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| March 21, 1966 | S15·E12 | Bob Holiday |
| March 14, 1966 | S15·E11 | The Panel of To Tell the Truth |
| March 7, 1966 | S15·E10 | Edgar Buchanan |
| February 28, 1966 | S15·E9 | Vivian Vance |
| February 21, 1966 | S15·E8 | John Daly |
| February 14, 1966 | S15·E7 | Phyllis Diller |
| February 7, 1966 | S15·E6 | Robert Morse |
| January 31, 1966 | S15·E5 | Carol Burnett |
| January 24, 1966 | S15·E4 | Frank Gorshin |
| January 17, 1966 | S15·E3 | No Celebrity |
| January 10, 1966 | S15·E2 | The King Sisters |
| January 3, 1966 | S15·E1 | Hugh O'Brian |
| December 27, 1965 | S14·E42 | Louis Armstrong |
| December 20, 1965 | S14·E41 | No Celebrity |
| December 13, 1965 | S14·E40 | Debbie Bryant (Miss America 1966) |
| December 6, 1965 | S14·E39 | George Maharis |
| November 22, 1965 | S14·E38 | Satchel Paige & Ethel Merman |
| November 15, 1965 | S14·E37 | Omar Sharif |
| November 8, 1965 | S14·E36 | Vivian Vance |
| November 1, 1965 | S14·E35 | Durward Kirby |
| October 25, 1965 | S14·E34 | Alan King |
| October 18, 1965 | S14·E33 | Buddy Hackett |
| October 11, 1965 | S14·E32 | Peter Falk |
| October 4, 1965 | S14·E31 | Arthur Godfrey |
| September 27, 1965 | S14·E30 | Fred Gwynne |
| September 20, 1965 | S14·E29 | Soupy Sales |
| September 13, 1965 | S14·E28 | Carol Burnett |
| July 5, 1965 | S14·E27 | Tony Randall |
| June 28, 1965 | S14·E26 | Jayne Meadows |
| June 21, 1965 | S14·E25 | Arlene Francis |
| June 14, 1965 | S14·E24 | Don DeFore |
| June 7, 1965 | S14·E23 | Fritz Weaver |
| May 31, 1965 | S14·E22 | Liza Minnelli |
| May 24, 1965 | S14·E21 | Sam Levenson |
| May 17, 1965 | S14·E20 | George Hamilton |
| May 10, 1965 | S14·E19 | Eydie Gorme |
| May 3, 1965 | S14·E18 | William Frawley |
| April 26, 1965 | S14·E17 | Edie Adams |
| April 19, 1965 | S14·E16 | Woody Allen |
| April 12, 1965 | S14·E15 | Morey Amsterdam |
| April 5, 1965 | S14·E14 | Durward Kirby |
| March 29, 1965 | S14·E13 | David Wayne |
| March 22, 1965 | S14·E12 | Vivian Vance |
| March 15, 1965 | S14·E11 | Neil Sedaka |
| March 8, 1965 | S14·E10 | Lucille Ball |
| March 1, 1965 | S14·E9 | Olivia de Havilland & Bette Davis |
| February 22, 1965 | S14·E8 | Buddy Hackett |
| February 15, 1965 | S14·E7 | No Celebrity |
| February 8, 1965 | S14·E6 | Shirl Conway |
| February 1, 1965 | S14·E5 | Kaye Ballard |
| January 25, 1965 | S14·E4 | Peter Lawford |
| January 18, 1965 | S14·E3 | Alan King |
| January 11, 1965 | S14·E2 | Bud Collyer and The Panel of To Tell the Truth |
| January 4, 1965 | S14·E1 | Jack E. Leonard |
| December 28, 1964 | S13·E40 | Durward Kirby |
| December 21, 1964 | S13·E39 | No Celebrity |
| December 14, 1964 | S13·E38 | Steve Lawrence |
| December 7, 1964 | S13·E37 | Robert Merrill |
| November 23, 1964 | S13·E36 | Louis Nye |
| November 16, 1964 | S13·E35 | Robert Goulet and The Shangri-Las |
| November 9, 1964 | S13·E34 | Victor Borge |
| November 2, 1964 | S13·E33 | Robert Merrill |
| October 26, 1964 | S13·E32 | Ray Walston |
| October 19, 1964 | S13·E31 | Julie Newmar |
| October 12, 1964 | S13·E30 | Carol Channing |
| October 5, 1964 | S13·E29 | Arlene Francis |
| September 28, 1964 | S13·E28 | Connie Francis |
| September 21, 1964 | S13·E27 | Edie Adams |
| September 14, 1964 | S13·E26 | Milbourne Christopher |
| June 22, 1964 | S13·E25 | Sam Levenson |
| June 15, 1964 | S13·E24 | Twelveth Anniversary Show |
| June 8, 1964 | S13·E23 | Robert Merrill |
| June 1, 1964 | S13·E22 | Victor Borge |
| May 25, 1964 | S13·E21 | Smothers Brothers |
| May 18, 1964 | S13·E20 | Armed Forces Week |
| May 11, 1964 | S13·E19 | Durward Kirby |
| May 4, 1964 | S13·E18 | Lloyd Bridges |
| April 27, 1964 | S13·E17 | Olivia de Havilland |
| April 20, 1964 | S13·E16 | Ed Begley |
| April 13, 1964 | S13·E15 | Suzy Parker |
| April 6, 1964 | S13·E14 | Wally Cox |
| March 30, 1964 | S13·E13 | Bette Davis |
| March 23, 1964 | S13·E12 | E.G. Marshall |
| March 16, 1964 | S13·E11 | Art Carney |
| March 9, 1964 | S13·E10 | Connie Stevens |
| March 2, 1964 | S13·E9 | Woody Allen |
| February 24, 1964 | S13·E8 | Morey Amsterdam |
| February 17, 1964 | S13·E7 | Bobby Darin |
| February 10, 1964 | S13·E6 | Jonathan Winters |
| February 3, 1964 | S13·E5 | No Celebrity |
| January 27, 1964 | S13·E4 | Alan King |
| January 20, 1964 | S13·E3 | Arthur Godfrey |
| January 13, 1964 | S13·E2 | Carol Channing |
| January 6, 1964 | S13·E1 | José Ferrer |
| December 30, 1963 | S12·E42 | Hal March |
| December 16, 1963 | S12·E41 | No Celebrity |
| December 9, 1963 | S12·E40 | Michel de la Vega |
| December 2, 1963 | S12·E39 | Troy Donahue |
| November 18, 1963 | S12·E38 | Allan Sherman |
| November 11, 1963 | S12·E37 | Jack E. Leonard |
| November 4, 1963 | S12·E36 | Durward Kirby |
| October 28, 1963 | S12·E35 | Groucho Marx |
| October 21, 1963 | S12·E34 | Art Linkletter |
| October 14, 1963 | S12·E33 | Tony Randall |
| October 7, 1963 | S12·E32 | James Garner |
| September 30, 1963 | S12·E31 | Gordon MacRae |
| September 23, 1963 | S12·E30 | George Hamilton |
| September 16, 1963 | S12·E29 | Alan King |
| September 9, 1963 | S12·E28 | Phil Silvers |
| July 15, 1963 | S12·E27 | Peter Lawford |
| July 1, 1963 | S12·E26 | Jack E. Leonard |
| June 24, 1963 | S12·E25 | Sam Levenson |
| June 17, 1963 | S12·E24 | Peggy Cass |
| June 10, 1963 | S12·E23 | Arnold Palmer |
| June 3, 1963 | S12·E22 | Hugh O'Brian |
| May 27, 1963 | S12·E21 | Joan Crawford |
| May 20, 1963 | S12·E20 | Morey Amsterdam |
| May 13, 1963 | S12·E19 | Robert Goulet |
| May 6, 1963 | S12·E18 | Cliff Robertson |
| April 29, 1963 | S12·E17 | Vic Damone |
| April 22, 1963 | S12·E16 | Alan King |
| April 15, 1963 | S12·E15 | Horst Buchholz |
| April 8, 1963 | S12·E14 | Suzy Parker |
| April 1, 1963 | S12·E13 | Dorothy Loudon & Stuart Somerstein |
| March 25, 1963 | S12·E12 | Meredith Willson |
| March 18, 1963 | S12·E11 | Carol Burnett |
| March 11, 1963 | S12·E10 | Dick Van Dyke |
| March 4, 1963 | S12·E9 | Steve Allen |
| February 25, 1963 | S12·E8 | Salvador Dalí |
| February 18, 1963 | S12·E7 | Durward Kirby |
| February 11, 1963 | S12·E6 | Ann Sothern |
| February 4, 1963 | S12·E5 | Jack Benny |
| January 28, 1963 | S12·E4 | Boris Karloff |
| January 21, 1963 | S12·E3 | Carol Channing |
| January 14, 1963 | S12·E2 | Hermione Gingold |
| January 7, 1963 | S12·E1 | Hugh Downs |
| December 31, 1962 | S11·E42 | Guy Lombardo |
| December 24, 1962 | S11·E41 | No Celebrity |
| December 17, 1962 | S11·E40 | Arthur Godfrey |
| December 10, 1962 | S11·E39 | Ray Bolger |
| November 26, 1962 | S11·E38 | No Celebrity |
| November 19, 1962 | S11·E37 | Steve Allen |
| November 12, 1962 | S11·E36 | Carol Burnett |
| November 5, 1962 | S11·E35 | Jack E. Leonard |
| October 29, 1962 | S11·E34 | Jane Powell |
| October 22, 1962 | S11·E33 | Janet Leigh |
| October 15, 1962 | S11·E32 | Jack E. Leonard |
| October 8, 1962 | S11·E31 | Janet Leigh |
| October 1, 1962 | S11·E30 | Andy Griffith |
| September 24, 1962 | S11·E29 | Victor Borge |
| September 17, 1962 | S11·E28 | Paul Anka |
| September 10, 1962 | S11·E27 | No Celebrity |
| July 2, 1962 | S11·E26 | Arthur Godfrey |
| June 25, 1962 | S11·E25 | Miss Universe Finalists |
| June 18, 1962 | S11·E24 | No Celebrity |
| June 4, 1962 | S11·E23 | Carol Burnett |
| May 28, 1962 | S11·E22 | Jimmy Dean |
| May 21, 1962 | S11·E21 | Arlene Francis |
| May 14, 1962 | S11·E20 | No Celebrity |
| May 7, 1962 | S11·E19 | Jane Powell |
| April 30, 1962 | S11·E18 | Helen Traubel |
| April 23, 1962 | S11·E17 | Allen & Rossi |
| April 16, 1962 | S11·E16 | Jonathan Winters |
| April 9, 1962 | S11·E15 | Kim Novak |
| April 2, 1962 | S11·E14 | Van Johnson |
| March 26, 1962 | S11·E13 | Ann Sothern |
| March 19, 1962 | S11·E12 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
| March 12, 1962 | S11·E11 | Liberace |
| March 5, 1962 | S11·E10 | Milton Berle |
| February 26, 1962 | S11·E9 | Ginger Rogers |
| February 19, 1962 | S11·E8 | James Garner |
| February 12, 1962 | S11·E7 | Michel de la Vega |
| February 5, 1962 | S11·E6 | Michael Rennie |
| January 29, 1962 | S11·E5 | Michel de la Vega |
| January 22, 1962 | S11·E4 | Hugh O'Brian |
| January 15, 1962 | S11·E3 | Jane Powell |
| January 8, 1962 | S11·E2 | Tom Ewell |
| January 1, 1962 | S11·E1 | Dick Van Dyke |
| December 25, 1961 | S10·E50 | Celebrity Relatives |
| December 18, 1961 | S10·E49 | Jack E. Leonard |
| December 11, 1961 | S10·E48 | Janet Leigh/Michel de la Vega |
| December 4, 1961 | S10·E47 | Roy Rogers |
| November 27, 1961 | S10·E46 | Peter Lind Hayes |
| November 20, 1961 | S10·E45 | Peggy Cass |
| November 13, 1961 | S10·E44 | Ray Bolger |
| November 6, 1961 | S10·E43 | Vivian Vance |
| October 30, 1961 | S10·E42 | Martha Raye |
| October 23, 1961 | S10·E41 | Joan Crawford |
| October 16, 1961 | S10·E40 | Art Linkletter |
…and 362 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.