The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army.
The series was created and largely written by Nat Hiken, and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series. The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns, and is very often referred to by these names, both on-screen and by viewers. The show's success transformed Silvers from a journeyman comedian into a star, and writer-producer Hiken from a highly-regarded behind-the-scenes comedy writer into a publicly recognized creator.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | New Recruits | 1955-09-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Empty Store | 1955-09-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | The WAC | 1955-10-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Horse | 1955-10-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | AWOL | 1955-10-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Boxer | 1955-10-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Hoodlum | 1955-11-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Mardi Gras | 1955-11-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Eating Contest | 1955-11-15 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Centennial | 1955-11-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Bivouac | 1955-11-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Singing Contest | 1955-12-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Twitch | 1955-12-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Reunion | 1955-12-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Rich Kid | 1955-12-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Hollywood | 1956-01-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Investigation | 1956-01-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Kids in the Trailer | 1956-01-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Revolutionary War | 1956-01-24 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Transfer | 1956-01-31 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | The Rest Cure | 1956-02-07 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | Dinner at Sowici's | 1956-02-14 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Army Memoirs | 1956-02-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | Miss America | 1956-02-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Court Martial | 1956-03-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | Furlough in New York | 1956-03-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 27 | The Big Uranium Strike | 1956-03-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 28 | Bilko and the Beast | 1956-03-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 29 | The Physical Check Up | 1956-04-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 30 | The Recruiting Sergeant | 1956-04-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 31 | Hair | 1956-04-24 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 32 | The Con Men | 1956-05-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 33 | War Games | 1956-05-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 34 | Bilko on Wall St | 1956-05-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Platoon in the Movies | 1956-09-18 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | It's for the Birds | 1956-09-25 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Bilko Goes to College | 1956-10-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Girl from Italy | 1956-10-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Face on the Recruiting Poster | 1956-10-16 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Bilko's War Against Culture | 1956-10-23 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | The Song of the Motor Pool | 1956-10-30 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Bilko's Engagement | 1956-11-06 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | A Mess Sergeant Can't Win | 1956-11-13 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Doberman's Sister | 1956-11-20 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Where There's a Will | 1956-11-27 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Bilko's Tax Trouble | 1956-12-04 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Mink Incorporated | 1956-12-11 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan | 1956-12-18 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Bilko Gets Some Sleep | 1956-12-25 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Blue Blood of the Bilkos | 1957-01-08 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | Love That Guardhouse | 1957-01-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | Sergeant Bilko Presents Bing Crosby | 1957-01-22 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | Bilko Goes to Monte Carlo | 1957-01-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | Bilko Enters Politics | 1957-02-05 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | Bilko's Television Idea | 1957-02-12 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Son of Bilko | 1957-02-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | Rock 'n' Roll Rookie | 1957-03-05 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | Bilko's Black Magic | 1957-03-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 25 | Bilko Goes South | 1957-03-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 26 | Bilko Goes Around the World | 1957-04-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 27 | The Mess Hall Mess | 1957-04-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 28 | The Secret Life of Sergeant Bilko | 1957-04-16 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 29 | Radio Station B.I.L.K.O. | 1957-04-23 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 30 | Bilko the Marriage Broker | 1957-04-30 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 31 | Bilko Acres | 1957-05-07 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 32 | The Big Scandal | 1957-05-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 33 | Bilko's Perfect Day | 1957-05-21 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 34 | The Colonel Breaks Par | 1957-05-28 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 35 | Show Segments | 1957-06-04 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 36 | His Highness Doberman | 1957-06-11 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Bilko's Merry Widow | 1957-09-17 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Bilko's Boys Town | 1957-09-24 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Hillbilly Whiz | 1957-10-01 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Bilko's Valentine | 1957-10-08 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | The Big Man Hunt | 1957-10-15 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Bilko's Double Life | 1957-10-22 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Sergeant Bilko Presents | 1957-10-29 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Papa Bilko | 1957-11-05 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Bilko Talks in His Sleep | 1957-11-19 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | Cherokee Ernie | 1957-11-26 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | Bilko Buys a Club | 1957-12-03 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | Lieutenant Bilko | 1957-12-10 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | Bilko at Bay | 1957-12-17 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 14 | Bilko F.O.B. Detroit | 1957-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 15 | Bilko and the Flying saucers | 1957-12-31 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 16 | Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary | 1958-01-01 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 17 | Doberman the Crooner | 1958-01-10 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 18 | Bilko Presents Kay Kendall | 1958-01-17 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 19 | Bilko's Cousin | 1958-01-24 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 20 | Bilko's Pigeons | 1958-01-31 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 21 | Cyrano De Bilko | 1958-02-11 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 22 | The Colonel's Reunion | 1958-02-17 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 23 | Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage | 1958-02-22 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 24 | Bilko the Art Lover | 1958-03-05 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 25 | Bilko the Genius | 1958-03-12 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 26 | Bilko the Male Model | 1958-03-19 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 27 | The Colonel's Inheritance | 1958-04-04 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 28 | Bilko's Honeymoon | 1958-04-09 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 29 | Bilko's Chinese Restaurant | 1958-04-25 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 30 | Operation Love | 1958-04-30 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 31 | Bilko's TV Pilot | 1958-05-06 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 32 | Bilko Retires from Gambling | 1958-05-13 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 33 | Bilko's Vacation | 1958-05-23 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 34 | Bilko's Insurance Company | 1958-05-30 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 35 | Bilko's Prize Poodle | 1958-06-03 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 36 | Bilko's School Days | 1958-06-10 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 37 | Joan's Big Romance | 1958-06-24 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | Gold Fever | 1958-09-23 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Bilko's Vampire | 1958-10-01 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Bilko's De Luxe Tours | 1958-10-08 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Bilko the Potato Sack King | 1958-10-15 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Bilko vs Covington | 1958-10-22 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Bilko Joins the Navy | 1958-10-28 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Bilko's Big Woman Hunt | 1958-11-05 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Bilko and the Crosbys | 1958-11-12 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Bilko's Allergy | 1958-11-19 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Bilko and the Chaplin | 1958-11-26 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | Bilko Presents the McGuire Sisters | 1958-12-03 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | Bilko's Secret Mission | 1958-12-10 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 13 | Bilko's Giveaway | 1958-12-17 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 14 | Bilko and the Medium | 1958-12-22 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 15 | Bilko's Bopster | 1959-01-01 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 16 | Bilko's Hollywood Romance | 1959-01-09 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 17 | Bilko's Grand Hotel | 1959-01-28 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 18 | Bilko's Credit Card | 1959-02-04 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 19 | Viva Bilko | 1959-02-11 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 20 | The Colonel's Promotion | 1959-02-18 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 21 | Bilko's Sharpshooter | 1959-02-25 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 22 | Bilko's Formula Seven | 1959-03-04 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 23 | Bilko's Ape Man | 1959-03-18 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 24 | Warrant Officer Paparelli | 1959-03-25 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 25 | Bilko's Godson | 1959-04-03 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 26 | Guinea Pig Bilko | 1959-04-17 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 27 | Bilko the Butler | 1959-04-24 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 28 | Ritzik Goes Civilian | 1959-05-01 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 29 | Bilko's Small Car | 1959-05-08 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 30 | Doberman Missing Heir | 1959-05-15 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 31 | Bilko's Casino | 1959-05-20 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 32 | The Colonel's Second Honeymoon | 1959-05-29 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 33 | Bilko in Outer Space | 1959-06-05 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 34 | The Bilko Boycott | 1959-06-12 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 35 | Weekend Colonel | 1959-06-17 | 30 min |
Writing | Leonard B. Stern | Writer |
Writing | Billy Friedberg | Writer |
Writing | Coleman Jacoby | Writer |
Writing | Arnie Rosen | Writer |
Writing | A.J. Russell | Writer |
Writing | Terry Ryan | Writer |
Writing | Phil Sharp | Writer |
Writing | Tony Webster | Writer |
Writing | Sydney Zelinka | Writer |
Writing | Arnold M. Auerbach | Writer |
Writing | Barry Blitzer | Writer |
Writing | Harvey Orkin | Writer |
Production | Nat Hiken | Producer |