''Panic!'', broadcast as ''No Warning!'' during its second season, is a half-hour American television anthology series. Its 31 episodes aired on NBC from 1957 to 1958. The series host was

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Premise and production

Each episode began with a person facing a sudden physical or emotional crisis. ''Panic!'' was produced by McCadden Productions. Al Simon was the producer.

Schedule

The 30-minute ''Panic!'' was broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays on NBC from March 5, 1957, through September 17, 1957. In June 1957 network executives commissioned 21 additional episodes. Repeats of previous episodes were shown until September 17, 1957, leaving the new episodes to be broadcast later. The first episode of ''No Warning!'' was broadcast on NBC on April 6, 1958, and the last episode was on September 7, 1958. Fourteen episodes were original, and nine were repeats of episodes of ''Panic!''.

Guest stars

Among notable guest stars were June Havoc,

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, Pamela Mason,

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, Norman Leavitt, Trevor Bardette,

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, Robert Vaughn, James Parnell, Barbara Billingsley, Paul Burke, William Fawcett, Clark Howat, Gary Hunley, Vivi Janiss, Ken Mayer, Chris Alcaide, Mercedes McCambridge,

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, Ann Rutherford,

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, Jess Kirkpatrick, Ray Teal, Paul Stader,

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, Alan Dexter,

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Episodes

In the 1957 episode "Marooned," James Mason, his wife

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and children

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portrayed a family trapped in a high rise building. James Mason and Family 1957

References

External links

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''Panic! (TV series) Episode list at CVTA''
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