In the last three seasons, the show's running time was extended to 60 minutes, and renamed "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962). The sponsors, who had great influence regarding the presentation of the show, insisted that for the episodes ending with the perpetrator "getting away with a crime", Hitchcock provide a statement in his closing monologue that would assure audiences that justice was served. The sponsors, who had great influence regarding the presentation of the show ...[Read Story ]