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In the early or mid 70's at WTVT in Tampa we had Andy Devine on our noon program as a guest talking about an old-time western films convention. He mentioned the fact that the series he was co-star of, "Wild Bill Hickock", filmed in color in the 1950's on pure foresight on the producer's thought that eventually the episodes would air in color, as they did beginning in a syndicated package in the 1960's along with The Cisco Kid, The Lone Ranger, Superman (a couple of seasons), Mr. District Attorney (possibly the earliest TV show to film in color in 1951), Science Fiction Theatre and a few others including The Gene Autry Show (1954-55 only). SOme I remember seeing in the mid 60's, especially Mr. District Attorney and Science Fiction Theatre, would have the open in b&w and the show content in color. Andy Devine seemed proud of the fact they were so prophetic in the early and mid 50's.