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About Space Patrol
Space Patrol is a science fiction adventure series that was originally aimed at juvenile audiences of the early 1950s via television, radio, and comic books. However, it soon developed a sizable adult audience such that by 1954, the program consistently ranked in the top 10 shows broadcast on a Saturday. The Space Patrol television show began broadcasting March 9, 1950, starting as a daily 15-minute show on a local Los Angeles station. However, on December 30, 1950, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) added the show as a new half-hour program to its Saturday schedule. It became an overnight sensation such that the new weekly show broadcast and the 15-minute shows continued daily on a local basis, and was seen via kinescope in other cities. A 1953 30-minute episode was the subject of the first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast on April 29 in Los Angeles on ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
The series also made history by being the first regular live West Coast morning network program beamed to the East Coast. In modern times, there is a tendency to take national broadcast events for granted, but at the time, it took an intricate network of cable and relay stations to accomplish this enormous task. The ABC television Space Patrol broadcasts became one of the nation's first mass media phenomena, such that it was quickly moved to an ABC radio series of the same name. The radio program was popular and ran from September 18, 1950 until March 19, 1955 producing approximately 129 thirty-minute episodes. The televised Space Patrol aired continuously until July 2, 1954; after a short break, it reappeared on September 4, 1954, before finally disappearing from the air on February 26, 1955. 210 half-hour shows and close to 900 15-minute shows were made over Space Patrol's 5-year run. In addition, around 129 thirty-minute radio shows were produced.
Space Patrol episode schedule
210 aired
Aired · 210
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 1955 | S5·E9 | The Atomic Vault |
| February 19, 1955 | S5·E8 | Marooned on Procyon IV |
| February 12, 1955 | S5·E7 | The Wild Men of Procyon |
| February 5, 1955 | S5·E6 | The Android Invasion |
| January 29, 1955 | S5·E5 | Double Trouble |
| January 22, 1955 | S5·E4 | The Androids of Algol |
| January 15, 1955 | S5·E3 | Collapse of the Spider's Web |
| January 8, 1955 | S5·E2 | The Web of Arachna |
| January 1, 1955 | S5·E1 | Lair of the Space Spider |
| December 25, 1954 | S4·E44 | A Christmas Party for Happy |
| December 18, 1954 | S4·E43 | The Defeat of Baccarratti (aka: Baccarratti and Black Magic) |
| December 11, 1954 | S4·E42 | The Sorcerers of Outer Space (aka: The Sorcerers from Outer Space) |
| December 4, 1954 | S4·E41 | Revenge of the Black Falcon |
| November 27, 1954 | S4·E40 | Terra, The Doomed Planet |
| November 20, 1954 | S4·E39 | The Dwellers of the Prime Galaxy |
| November 13, 1954 | S4·E38 | The Exploding Stars |
| November 6, 1954 | S4·E37 | Danger: Radiation |
| October 30, 1954 | S4·E36 | The Atom Bomb (aka: The Space Patrol, The Army & The Atom Bomb) |
| October 23, 1954 | S4·E35 | Mystery of the Stolen Rocket Ship (aka: The Theft of the Rocket Cockpit) |
| October 16, 1954 | S4·E34 | The Man-Hunt on Pluto #3 |
| October 9, 1954 | S4·E33 | The Fiery Pit of Pluto #3 |
| October 2, 1954 | S4·E32 | The Giants of Pluto #3 |
| September 25, 1954 | S4·E31 | The Defeat of Manza |
| September 18, 1954 | S4·E30 | The Space War |
| September 11, 1954 | S4·E29 | The Space Patrol Periscope |
| September 4, 1954 | S4·E28 | (Mystery of) The Disappearing Space Patrolmen |
| July 2, 1954 | S4·E27 | Marooned on the Ocean Floor |
| June 25, 1954 | S4·E26 | The Giant Marine Clam |
| June 18, 1954 | S4·E25 | The Underwater Space Ship Graveyard |
| June 11, 1954 | S4·E24 | Trapped in the Pyramid |
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| June 4, 1954 | S4·E23 | The Martian Totem Head |
| May 28, 1954 | S4·E22 | The Hidden Treasure of Mars |
| May 21, 1954 | S4·E21 | Lost in Galactic Space |
| May 14, 1954 | S4·E20 | The Demon Planet |
| May 7, 1954 | S4·E19 | The Prisoners of the Giant Comet |
| April 30, 1954 | S4·E18 | The Fall of the kingdom of Zarra |
| April 24, 1954 | S4·E17 | Evil Spirits of Great Thunderbird |
| April 17, 1954 | S4·E16 | Marooned in the Past |
| April 10, 1954 | S4·E15 | Baccarrati's Z-Ray |
| April 3, 1954 | S4·E14 | The Capture of Mr. Proteus |
| March 27, 1954 | S4·E13 | The Revenge of Mr. Proteus |
| March 20, 1954 | S4·E12 | Mr. Proteus and the Poison Gas |
| March 13, 1954 | S4·E11 | The Escape of Mr. Proteus |
| March 6, 1954 | S4·E10 | The Big Proteus Shingle |
| February 27, 1954 | S4·E9 | The Blazing Sun of Mercury |
| February 20, 1954 | S4·E8 | The Plot in the Atomic Plant |
| February 13, 1954 | S4·E7 | The Deadly Radiation Chamber |
| February 6, 1954 | S4·E6 | The Men-Slaves of Cydonia |
| January 30, 1954 | S4·E5 | The Monsoon Trap on Cydonia |
| January 23, 1954 | S4·E4 | The Amazon's of Cydonia |
| January 16, 1954 | S4·E3 | The Pirate's Escape |
| January 9, 1954 | S4·E2 | The Space Vault Robbery |
| January 2, 1954 | S4·E1 | The Phantom Space Pirate |
| December 26, 1953 | S3·E52 | Mystery of the Missing Asteroids |
| December 19, 1953 | S3·E51 | The City of Living Statues |
| December 12, 1953 | S3·E50 | The Robot's Escape |
| December 5, 1953 | S3·E49 | Alien and the Robot |
| November 28, 1953 | S3·E48 | Doom of Planet X |
| November 21, 1953 | S3·E47 | Valley of Illusion |
| November 14, 1953 | S3·E46 | Castle's Destruction on Planet X |
| November 7, 1953 | S3·E45 | The Falcon's Web of Planet X |
| October 31, 1953 | S3·E44 | The Iron Eaters of Planet X |
| October 24, 1953 | S3·E43 | The Giant of Planet X |
| October 17, 1953 | S3·E42 | The Slaves of Planet X |
| October 10, 1953 | S3·E41 | The Ice Demon of Planet X |
| October 3, 1953 | S3·E40 | Resonance Impeller |
| September 26, 1953 | S3·E39 | Black Falcon's Escape from Planet X |
| September 19, 1953 | S3·E38 | The Hate Machine of Planet X |
| September 12, 1953 | S3·E37 | The Primative Men of Planet X |
| September 5, 1953 | S3·E36 | The Trap of Planet X |
| August 29, 1953 | S3·E35 | The Mystery of Planet X |
| August 22, 1953 | S3·E34 | The Black Falcon's Return |
| August 15, 1953 | S3·E33 | A Dangerous Smoke Cloud |
| August 8, 1953 | S3·E32 | The Brain Machine (aka: Slaves of the Mind Pirate) |
| August 1, 1953 | S3·E31 | Crash Landing |
| July 25, 1953 | S3·E30 | Traitorous Triangle |
| July 18, 1953 | S3·E29 | The Stolen Evidence |
| July 11, 1953 | S3·E28 | Mysterious Ocean in Space |
| July 4, 1953 | S3·E27 | The Theft of the Terra Five |
| June 27, 1953 | S3·E26 | Space Patrol Microscope |
| June 20, 1953 | S3·E25 | Gigantic Space Knife |
| June 13, 1953 | S3·E24 | The Man Who Stole a City |
| June 6, 1953 | S3·E23 | The Fraud of Titan |
| May 30, 1953 | S3·E22 | The Green Plague |
| May 23, 1953 | S3·E21 | Phantom Space Ship |
| May 16, 1953 | S3·E20 | The Mutation Bomb |
| May 9, 1953 | S3·E19 | The Deadly Glacier |
| May 2, 1953 | S3·E18 | Electronic Space Storm |
| April 25, 1953 | S3·E17 | Big Impersonation |
| April 18, 1953 | S3·E16 | The Space Wanderer |
| April 11, 1953 | S3·E15 | Space Mail Robbery |
| April 4, 1953 | S3·E14 | The Space Doctor (aka: The Vital Factor) |
| March 28, 1953 | S3·E13 | The Laughing Alien |
| March 21, 1953 | S3·E12 | Jail Break |
| March 14, 1953 | S3·E11 | Threat to Terra |
| March 7, 1953 | S3·E10 | Space Fatigue |
| February 28, 1953 | S3·E9 | Survival in the Ice Desert |
| February 21, 1953 | S3·E8 | Operation Rescue |
| February 14, 1953 | S3·E7 | Trip to Deimos |
| February 7, 1953 | S3·E6 | Radioactive Cave |
| January 31, 1953 | S3·E5 | Runaway Planetoid |
| January 24, 1953 | S3·E4 | The Deadly Flower |
| January 19, 1953 | S3·E2 | The Rifled Arsenal |
| January 17, 1953 | S3·E3 | The Stolen Prisoner |
| January 3, 1953 | S3·E1 | The Human Targets |
| December 27, 1952 | S2·E52 | The Conspiracy |
| December 20, 1952 | S2·E51 | The Deadly Sunbeam |
| December 13, 1952 | S2·E50 | The Chase in Time |
| December 6, 1952 | S2·E49 | The Human Trap |
| November 29, 1952 | S2·E48 | The Shakedown |
| November 22, 1952 | S2·E47 | Three Exiles |
| November 15, 1952 | S2·E46 | Power Dive |
| November 8, 1952 | S2·E45 | Frontier Epidemic |
| November 1, 1952 | S2·E44 | Treachery on Terra Five |
| October 25, 1952 | S2·E43 | The Electronic Man |
| October 18, 1952 | S2·E42 | Underwater Treachery |
| October 11, 1952 | S2·E41 | Errand of Mercy |
| October 4, 1952 | S2·E40 | The Code Breakers |
| September 27, 1952 | S2·E39 | The Star Raiders |
| September 20, 1952 | S2·E38 | Sabotage of the Jupiter Run |
| September 13, 1952 | S2·E37 | The Energy Thief |
| September 6, 1952 | S2·E36 | The Galaxtic War |
| August 30, 1952 | S2·E35 | The Green Mold of Mars |
| August 23, 1952 | S2·E34 | The Hidden Map |
| August 16, 1952 | S2·E33 | Blackmail at Lake Azure |
| August 9, 1952 | S2·E32 | Emergency Flight to Mercury |
| August 2, 1952 | S2·E31 | The Flying Pirate Ship |
| July 26, 1952 | S2·E30 | The Mystery of Ancient Egypt (in the 30th Century) |
| July 19, 1952 | S2·E29 | The Derelict Space Station |
| July 12, 1952 | S2·E28 | The Black Gauntlet |
| July 5, 1952 | S2·E27 | The Stolen Barrier (aka: The Force Barrier) |
| June 28, 1952 | S2·E26 | The Inter-Planetary Smugglers (aka: The Deadly Ray Gun) |
| June 21, 1952 | S2·E25 | Message to Mercury (aka: Mission to Mercury) |
| June 14, 1952 | S2·E24 | Treachery Under the Kralic Mountains (aka: Danger on Mars) |
| June 7, 1952 | S2·E23 | The Scheming Sibling (aka: Escape from Terra) |
| May 31, 1952 | S2·E22 | Jungle Jeopardy |
| May 24, 1952 | S2·E21 | The Threat of the Thormanoids |
| May 17, 1952 | S2·E20 | A Threat to the United Planets |
| May 10, 1952 | S2·E19 | The Alien Invasion |
| May 3, 1952 | S2·E18 | Uncertain Death |
| April 26, 1952 | S2·E17 | Sacrifice to the Moon God |
| April 19, 1952 | S2·E16 | Trouble on Titan |
| April 12, 1952 | S2·E15 | The Phantom Fleet |
| April 5, 1952 | S2·E14 | The Mysterious Moonquakes |
| March 29, 1952 | S2·E13 | The Great Bank Robbery |
| March 22, 1952 | S2·E12 | Abandoned in Outer Space |
| March 15, 1952 | S2·E11 | Slaves of the Exonium Mine |
| March 8, 1952 | S2·E10 | The Mind Readers |
| March 1, 1952 | S2·E9 | The Lieutenant's Revenge |
| February 23, 1952 | S2·E8 | Victim of Amnesia |
| February 16, 1952 | S2·E7 | Planetoid Plot |
| February 9, 1952 | S2·E6 | Hit by a Meteorite |
| February 2, 1952 | S2·E5 | The Evil Guardian of Harpola |
| January 26, 1952 | S2·E4 | Explosion on Morehouse Five |
| January 19, 1952 | S2·E3 | Lost in the Snow Cap Region of Mars |
| January 12, 1952 | S2·E2 | Cosmic Smoke Guns |
| January 5, 1952 | S2·E1 | Flowers of Death |
| December 29, 1951 | S1·E53 | The Counterfeit Puzzle |
| December 22, 1951 | S1·E52 | Fair Exchange |
| December 15, 1951 | S1·E51 | Flight of the Galaxy |
| December 8, 1951 | S1·E50 | The Sacrifice |
| December 1, 1951 | S1·E49 | Prison of Deadly Gas |
| November 24, 1951 | S1·E48 | Jungle of No Return |
| November 17, 1951 | S1·E47 | The Secret of Terra |
| November 10, 1951 | S1·E46 | The Parasite Disc |
| November 3, 1951 | S1·E45 | Secret Peril |
| October 27, 1951 | S1·E44 | The Floating Image in Space |
| October 20, 1951 | S1·E43 | The Space Patrol Code Belt |
| October 13, 1951 | S1·E42 | Lunatics from the Future |
| October 6, 1951 | S1·E41 | Immediate Disaster |
| September 29, 1951 | S1·E40 | Prometheus Bound for Destruction |
| September 22, 1951 | S1·E39 | The Theft of the Scrambler |
| September 15, 1951 | S1·E38 | The Couragous Coward |
| September 8, 1951 | S1·E37 | Photograph of a Traitor |
| September 1, 1951 | S1·E36 | The Vindictive Brother |
| August 25, 1951 | S1·E35 | A Big Wheel Named Ferris |
| August 18, 1951 | S1·E34 | The Underwater Hideout |
| August 11, 1951 | S1·E33 | Spaceship on the Edge of Forever |
| August 4, 1951 | S1·E32 | The Dangerous Discovery |
| July 28, 1951 | S1·E31 | The Hidden Reflector |
| July 21, 1951 | S1·E30 | Way Station to the Stars |
| July 14, 1951 | S1·E29 | The Legend of Wild Man's Ridge |
| July 7, 1951 | S1·E28 | The Deadly Weapon |
| June 30, 1951 | S1·E27 | The Lost City of the Carnacans |
| June 23, 1951 | S1·E26 | Race Against Death |
| June 16, 1951 | S1·E25 | Beyond the Rim of Space |
| June 9, 1951 | S1·E24 | The Treacherous Technicians |
| June 2, 1951 | S1·E23 | The Secret Injection |
| May 26, 1951 | S1·E22 | Dangerous Intrigue |
| May 19, 1951 | S1·E21 | The Tourist Trap |
| May 12, 1951 | S1·E20 | Isolation in Space |
| May 5, 1951 | S1·E19 | The Major's Dilemma |
| April 28, 1951 | S1·E18 | Mysterious Mission to Canali |
| April 21, 1951 | S1·E17 | The Counterfeit Commander |
| April 14, 1951 | S1·E16 | Under the Red Lake of Jupiter |
| April 7, 1951 | S1·E15 | The Man in the Radurium Glove |
| March 31, 1951 | S1·E14 | Blackmail on Saturn |
| March 24, 1951 | S1·E13 | Theft of the Zeta Ray |
| March 17, 1951 | S1·E12 | A Vacation at Lake Azure |
| March 10, 1951 | S1·E11 | The Perilous Sleep |
| March 3, 1951 | S1·E10 | Tunnel of Escape (aka: Tunnel of Death) |
| February 24, 1951 | S1·E9 | The Planos Epidemic |
| February 17, 1951 | S1·E8 | Cosmic Dedris Waring |
| February 10, 1951 | S1·E7 | Solo Flight to Jupiter |
| February 3, 1951 | S1·E6 | Trouble on Saturn's Third Moon |
| January 27, 1951 | S1·E5 | The Ivy of Death |
| January 20, 1951 | S1·E4 | The Agra Ray |
| January 13, 1951 | S1·E3 | Intrigue in the Cabinet |
| January 6, 1951 | S1·E2 | The Lethal Lady |
| December 30, 1950 | S1·E1 | Treachery of Mars |