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After 46 years on KPTV, Perry Mason is moving. Starting Sept. 4, you can watch Perry Mason on PDX TV weekdays at 8 a.m.

Perry Mason has a new home in Portland

By Ian Forrest
KPTV.com

There's a well-known fact in the KPTV newsroom: interrupt Perry Mason for breaking news and you'll hear about it.

We can wait until 5 p.m. to hear the news, the faithful Perry viewers will say. Just put Perry back on.

The classic show's 46-year run on KPTV has made for a loyal group of viewers in Oregon and southwest Washington.

But on Tuesday, Sept. 4, Perry fans will tune in on a different channel in a different time slot: PDX TV (Channel 49 / Cable 13) at 8 a.m.

Patrick McCreery, KPTV and KPDX's Vice President and General Manager said the show's performance in the market's noon time slot...continued

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DID YOU KNOW?

1 Perry Mason reruns premiered on KPTV on Sept. 19, 1966 and became a Portland favorite for decades.

2 Only one Perry Mason episode, The Case of the Twice-Told Twist, was filmed in color. The remaining 270 episodes were all in black-and-white.

3 Raymond Burr, the actor who played Perry Mason, actually auditioned for the role of District Attorney Hamilton Burger, but ended up landing the title role.

4 Everyone knows the Perry Mason theme song, but do you know who performed it? It’s Park Avenue Beat by Fred Steiner.

5 Five women who appeared in Perry Mason episodes went on to become Playboy centerfolds; 24 women, including four Miss Americas, won major beauty pageants. (perrymasontvseries.com)

6 Who’s the most famous actor to ever appear in a Perry Mason show? It might be Robert Redford, who appeared in the premiere episode of the fourth season. (perrymasontvseries.com)

7 The late Dick Clark was grilled on the witness stand in the very last episode of Perry Mason in 1966. He played a TV writer named Leif Early.

8 Author Erle Stanley Gardner created the Perry Mason character and wrote more than 80 Perry Mason novels. The character was portrayed on a long-running radio series, and then on TV’s longest-running lawyer series.