Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies. The program was adapted from William Inge's play, Bus Stop, and Inge was a script consultant for the series, which followed the lives of travelers passing through the bus station and the diner. Maxwell's co-stars were Richard Anderson as District Attorney Glenn Wagner, Rhodes Reason as Sheriff Will Mayberry, Joan Freeman as waitress Elma Gahrigner, Bernard Kates as Ralph the coroner, and Buddy Ebsen as Virge Blessing.
Bus Stop (Season 1)
Afternoon of a Cowboy (Episode 1)
Writer: Sally Benson
Air date: 1961-10-01
Runtime: 60 min
Success Story (Episode 2)
Writer: Luther Davis
Air date: 1961-10-08
Runtime: 60 min
The Resurrection of Annie Ahearn (Episode 3)
Writer: Don Mankiewicz
Air date: 1961-10-15
Runtime: 60 min
The Covering Darkness (Episode 4)
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
Air date: 1961-10-22
Runtime: 60 min
Portrait of a Hero (Episode 5)
Writer: Luther Davis
Air date: 1961-10-29
Runtime: 60 min
The Glass Jungle (Episode 6)
Air date: 1961-11-05
Runtime: 60 min
Cherie (Episode 7)
Air date: 1961-11-12
Runtime: 60 min
Accessory by Consent (Episode 8)
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
Air date: 1961-11-19
Runtime: 60 min
The Man from Bootstrap (Episode 9)
Air date: 1961-11-26
Runtime: 60 min
A Lion Walks Among Us (Episode 10)
Air date: 1961-12-03
Runtime: 60 min
Call Back Yesterday (Episode 11)
Air date: 1961-12-10
Runtime: 60 min
...And the Pursuit of Evil (Episode 12)
Air date: 1961-12-17
Runtime: 60 min
The Runaways (Episode 13)
Writer: Sally Benson
Air date: 1961-12-24
Runtime: 60 min
Jaws of Darkness (Episode 14)
Air date: 1961-12-31
Runtime: 60 min
Summer Lightning (Episode 15)
Air date: 1962-01-07
Runtime: 60 min
Cry to Heaven (Episode 16)
Air date: 1962-01-14
Runtime: 60 min
The Stubborn Stumbos (Episode 17)
Writer: Edmund L. Hartmann
Air date: 1962-01-21
Runtime: 60 min
Turn Home Again (Episode 18)
Air date: 1962-01-28
Runtime: 60 min
How Does Charlie Feel? (Episode 19)
Air date: 1962-02-04
Runtime: 60 min
Put Your Dreams Away (Episode 20)
Air date: 1962-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
The Opposite Virtues (Episode 21)
Air date: 1962-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
The Ordeal of Kevin Brooke (Episode 22)
Writer: Frank Fenton
Air date: 1962-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Door Without a Key (Episode 23)
Writer: Howard Browne
Air date: 1962-03-04
Runtime: 60 min
Verdict of 12 (Episode 24)
Air date: 1962-03-11
Runtime: 60 min
County General (Episode 25)
Air date: 1962-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
I Kiss Your Shadow (Episode 26)
Air date: 1962-03-25
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
Episodes 26