The Greatest Show on Earth - Season 1

1. Lion on Fire

Aired: 9/17/1963

2. Silent Love, Secret Love

Aired: 9/24/1963

3. No Middle Ground for Harry Kyle

Aired: 10/1/1963

4. Don't Look Down, Don't Look Back

Aired: 10/8/1963

5. Garve

Aired: 10/15/1963

6. The Loser

Aired: 10/22/1963

7. Uncaged

Aired: 10/29/1963

A circus aerialist is charged with robbery and murder.

8. The Circus Never Came to Town

Aired: 11/5/1963

Mentally retarded Willie Simple still harbors his childlike daydream of becoming a clown. Slate takes pity on him, giving the boy a job although he has been warned that he might cause problems.

9. An Echo of Faded Velvet

Aired: 11/12/1963

10. The Hanging Man

Aired: 11/19/1963

11. Leaves in the Wind

Aired: 11/26/1963

12. The Wrecker

Aired: 12/3/1963

13. Lady in Limbo

Aired: 12/10/1963

Johnny Slate (Jack Palance) is trying to decide which act to send to Russia for a cultural exchange program with the Moscow Circus. Horse trainer Kate Reynolds (Lucille Ball) wants the coveted spot. Menagerie feeder Charles is mauled by one of Kirov's trained bears and dies, leaving his young son Jeff alone in the circus. Coldy ambitious Kate takes care of the boy until Slate locates his Aunt Agatha, a spinster living near Washington DC. Jeff wants to stay with Kate and their separation is surprisingly difficult for her. Kate reveals to Slate that she was a 17 year-old widow with a child on the way, but that she lost the baby. Unhappy, Jeff runs away from his Aunt and returns to the circus in hides with the help of Kirov. Kate and Agatha agree that Jeff belongs with the circus and Kate will be his guardian.

14. A Black Dress for Gina

Aired: 12/17/1963

15. Where the Wire Ends

Aired: 1/7/1964

16. Corsicans Don't Cry

Aired: 1/14/1964

17. Big Man from Nairobi

Aired: 1/21/1964

18. The Show Must Go On-- to Orange City

Aired: 1/28/1964

19. A Place to Belong

Aired: 2/11/1964

20. Man in a Hole

Aired: 2/18/1964

21. Clancy

Aired: 2/25/1964

22. The Last of the Strongmen

Aired: 3/3/1964

23. The Night the Monkey Died

Aired: 3/10/1964

24. Of Blood, Sawdust, and a Bucket of Tears

Aired: 3/17/1964

25. Rosetta

Aired: 3/24/1964

26. The Glorious Days of the Used to Be

Aired: 3/31/1964

27. Love the Giver

Aired: 4/7/1964

28. This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There

Aired: 4/14/1964

29. There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities

Aired: 4/21/1964

30. You're All Right, Ivy

Aired: 4/28/1964

Joan Blondell, Buster Keaton and Joe E. Brown portray a trio of veteran performers, now reduced to handling menial chores around the circus. Slate's most pressing problem, however, is an uninterested young man who's been turned over to him to ""learn the business."" Over this barrier of gloom climbs spirited and ambitious Ivy Hatch, who has run away from home to join the circus. Ivy has one drawback: She doesn't have any special talent.