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Ziv was very forward thinking in producing six years worth of The Cisco Kid in color starting in 1950 when no station could possibly have broadcast it in color (it was syndicated only). Toward the end of its run, especially in '55-'56 I'm sure there were first-run episodes broadcast in color in at least a couple markets, but documentation to prove it would be hard to come by. ISTR a contemporary ad c. 1956 about it being on some station in color, and if one can find listings of the time they're probably the only existing record of what was in color when. And even then they're not 100% reliable, as an October 1954 ad for a color episode of I Love Lucy gave false hope that such an episode had actually been produced. Diligent research uncovered documentation that proved plans for that episode's color filming were scrapped (as were some others) apparently too late to change the ad copy.
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