Daily Archives: January 4, 2026

This date in MAVERICK TV history: “Game of Chance” aired on Jan. 4, 1959. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

GAME OF CHANCE Original Airdate: January 4, 1959 Synopsis. In Denver, Bret and Bart try to outwit a wily French grifter and his charming niece.  “Game of Chance” introduced viewers to the following Pappyism: “Never cry over spilled milk… it could’ve … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Gerald S. O’Loughlin, David Cassidy, and Mary Fickett star in “Fatal Impostor,” airing Jan. 4, 1970. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

FATAL IMPOSTOR Original Airdate: Jan. 4, 1970 Synopsis. At a farm in Clarion, North Dakota, Victor Kiley (played by Gerald S. O’Loughlin), an interstate fugitive wounded in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies, kidnaps a mother and her teenage son and … Continue reading

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