George Maharis, TV Heartthrob of 'Route 66,' Is Dead at 94

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14. "Route 66" did an episode in Austin tx.

Back when Austin was a sleepy university/government town. I can promise you it was on KTBC Channel 7---because that was the only commercial channel Austin was allowed to have, back then. If you wanted more than one channel, you had to put up an antenna to pull in stations from San Antonio.

I saw some re-runs of the show a few years ago---still way above average production values, and a lot darker in subject matter than I remembered from when I was young.