The fourth and final season of ''
The Fugitive'' was filmed in color, and was originally aired Tuesdays at 10:00-11:00 pm on
ABC from September 13, 1966, to August 29, 1967. The season was released through two volumes on Region 1 DVDs, with Volume 1 (containing the first 15 episodes) released on November 2, 2010, and Volume 2 released on February 15, 2011.
At the time of its initial airing, "The Judgment: Part 2" was the highest-rated episode of a TV series until the record was surpassed by the ''
Dallas
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'' episode "Who Done It" thirteen years later. This same episode also surpassed the
national viewership record set by the
historic first appearance of
the Beatles
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on ''
The Ed Sullivan Show
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'' three years earlier, with an estimated 78 million viewers.
This was then broken by the ''
Roots
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Root or roots may also refer to:
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'' episode "Part VIII" in 1977.
Episodes
References
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The Fugitive (TV series) seasons