Fifth seasons episodes "held back" to cover Dick York's absence

[Novarro]

I always wonder at the time lapse between when episodes on "Bewitched", were filmed and then actually aired. In the fifth season two episodes "The Battle of Burning Oak", and "Sam and Darrin in Mexico City" are always played in the last batch of episodes of the season and "Mexico City" is always the last episode before Dick Sargent appears. What is obvious is that both episodes where filmed a long time earlier and obviously "held back" to make it appear like Dick York was still appearing on the show. Any ideas on how long after the episodes were filmed before they were actually aired?

[Brian]

The Bewitched section of tvtome.com has a lot of information about when episodes were filmed and aired in its episode guide. I'll give the main page because my internet is acting up.


http://www.tvtome.com/Bewitched/