The Greatest Show on Earth - Season 1
1 - Lion on Fire
Air Date: September 17, 1963
2 - Silent Love, Secret Love
Air Date: September 24, 1963
3 - No Middle Ground for Harry Kyle
Air Date: October 1, 1963
4 - Don't Look Down, Don't Look Back
Air Date: October 8, 1963
5 - Garve
Air Date: October 15, 1963
6 - The Loser
Air Date: October 22, 1963
7 - Uncaged
Air Date: October 29, 1963
A circus aerialist is charged with robbery and murder.
8 - The Circus Never Came to Town
Air Date: November 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
Air Date: November 12, 1963
10 - The Hanging Man
Air Date: November 19, 1963
11 - Leaves in the Wind
Air Date: November 26, 1963
12 - The Wrecker
Air Date: December 3, 1963
13 - Lady in Limbo
Air Date: December 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
Air Date: December 17, 1963
15 - Where the Wire Ends
Air Date: January 7, 1964
16 - Corsicans Don't Cry
Air Date: January 14, 1964
17 - Big Man from Nairobi
Air Date: January 21, 1964
18 - The Show Must Go On-- to Orange City
Air Date: January 28, 1964
19 - A Place to Belong
Air Date: February 11, 1964
20 - Man in a Hole
Air Date: February 18, 1964
21 - Clancy
Air Date: February 25, 1964
22 - The Last of the Strongmen
Air Date: March 3, 1964
23 - The Night the Monkey Died
Air Date: March 10, 1964
24 - Of Blood, Sawdust, and a Bucket of Tears
Air Date: March 17, 1964
25 - Rosetta
Air Date: March 24, 1964
26 - The Glorious Days of the Used to Be
Air Date: March 31, 1964
27 - Love the Giver
Air Date: April 7, 1964
28 - This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There
Air Date: April 14, 1964
29 - There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities
Air Date: April 21, 1964
30 - You're All Right, Ivy
Air Date: April 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.