| Genre: | Anthology series |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Channel: | ABC |
Preview Tonight is an American anthology television series that aired on ABC in the summer of 1966. The 60-minute episodes consisted of unsold television pilots.
The practice of television executives of ordering dozens of pilots for proposed television series each year – far more than their networks could possibly broadcast as series – created a sizable body of unsold pilots that had never aired.[1] Packaging these unsold pilots in anthology series and airing them during the summer provided television networks with a way of both providing fresh programming during the summer rerun season and recouping at least some of the expense of producing them.[1] Along with Summer Fun, Preview Tonight was one of two such series to air on ABC during the summer of 1966.[1] Stars appearing in the series included Van Williams, Hal Holbrook, Jessica Walter, Robert Reed, and Bert Convy.[1]
Preview Tonight ran for five episodes over the course of five consecutive weeks in the summer of 1966, airing on ABC from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday evenings.[1] It premiered on August 14,[1] and its last episode aired on September 11.[1]