1. PREMIERED 1961

    Frontier Circus

    CBS, 1961–1962

1961

FRONTIER CIRCUS

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    Television series
  2. PREMIERED
    October 5, 196165 years ago
  3. FINALE
    September 6, 1962
  4. NETWORK
    CBS
  5. COUNTRY
    United States
  6. LANGUAGE
    English
  7. SEASONS
    1
  8. EPISODES
    26
  9. STARRING
    J. Pat O'Malley, Chill Wills
  10. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 66 on October 5, 2027, in 336 days
  11. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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