The Baileys of Balboa
The Baileys of Balboa is an American sitcom that appeared on CBS in the 1964-1965 season on Thursdays at 9:30pm ET. The show was directed by Gary Nelson and Bob Sweeney. The show was primarily developed for the network because its president, James T. Aubrey, insisted that Gilligan’s Island, which premiered the same season (and […]
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24th, 1964 to September 10th, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone’s Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi […]
The Munsters
The Munsters is an American television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. The series originally aired on Thursday at 7:30pm on CBS from September 24th, 1964, to May 12th, 1966. Seventy episodes were produced. The series stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily […]
Cara Williams Show
The Cara Williams Show is an American sitcom that aired in 1964 on CBS. Cara Williams starred with costars Frank Aletter, previously the star of Bringing Up Buddy on CBS, and Jack Sheldon, later star of the short-lived 1966 series, Run, Buddy, Run, also on CBS. On the series, Williams and Aletter played Cara and […]
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22nd, 1964, to January 15th, 1968. It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. Originally co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted […]
World War One
World War One is an American documentary television series that was shown on CBS during the 1964–1965 television season to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the war. The series was produced by CBS News, which featured 26 half-hour episodes, was narrated by Robert Ryan. World War One originally aired on Tuesday nights […]
Slattery’s People
Slattery’s People is a 1964-1965 American television series about local politics starring Richard Crenna as title character James Slattery, a state legislator, co-starring Ed Asner and Tol Avery, and featuring Carroll O’Connor and Warren Oates in a couple of episodes each. James E. Moser was executive producer. The program, telecast on CBS, was nominated for […]
Many Happy Returns
Many Happy Returns is an American situation comedy that ran on CBS for twenty-six episodes, from September 21st, 1964 to April 12th, 1965, under the sponsorship of General Foods. The Tagline of the show was Krockmeyer’s Appreciates Your Patronage. The show stars character actor John McGiver. Known for his emphatic, precise, dogmatic bearing and firm […]
Broadside
Broadside is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964-1965 TV season. There were 32 episodes, the first of which aired September 20th, 1964. The series, produced by McHale’s Navy creator Edward Montagne, starred Kathleen Nolan, formerly of The Real McCoys (her character, Lieutenant Morgan, had first appeared on McHale’s Navy the previous […]
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired on NBC for one season (1964 –1965) of 24 episodes. The television series was based on the original cartoon of the same name, with Jim Backus reprising the voice over of the role he did on […]
12 O’Clock High
12 O’Clock High (also known as Twelve O’Clock High) is an American drama series set in World War II. This TV series originally broadcast on ABC for two-and-one-half seasons from September 18th, 1964, through January 13th, 1967 and was based on the motion picture Twelve O’Clock High (1949). The series was a co-production of 20th […]
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a 1964 ABC sitcom that aired from September 18th, 1964 until April 30th, 1965. The series starred Tony Franciosa as Valentine Farrow, a swinging Manhattan publishing executive, and Jack Soo, later of Barney Miller as Rocky Sin, Farrow’s poker-playing con-artist valet. The show was created by Hal Kanter and lasted only one […]
The Addams Family
The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons on ABC from September 18th, 1964, to April 8th, 1966, for a total of 64 episodes. It is often compared to its CBS rival, The […]
Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest debuted on ABC at 7:30PM EDT on Friday, September 18th, 1964. This prime time animated TV series is an American science fiction adventure television series about a boy who accompanies his scientist father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems, and created and designed by comic book artist […]
Bewitched
Bewitched is an American TV situation comedy fantasy that was originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. It was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman, and starred actress Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969), Dick Sargent (1969–1972), Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who […]
Mickey
Mickey is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 1964 to January 1965. Mickey Grady (Mickey Rooney), a retired businessman, inherits the luxury Newport Arms Hotel in Newport Beach, California, and decides to run it. Created and produced by Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx, the series stars Mickey Rooney, and was filmed […]
Shindig!
Shindig! is an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16th, 1964 to January 8th, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time, who also created the show, along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. Shindig! was conceived as […]
Peyton Place
Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15th, 1964 to June 2nd, 1969. Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. A total of 514 episodes were broadcast, in black-and-white from 1964 […]
The Tycoon
The Tycoon is a 32-episode American situation comedy television series broadcast by ABC. It starred Walter Brennan as the fictitious businessman Walter Andrews, similar to his birth name of Walter Andrew Brennan. The series aired with new episodes at 9 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday from September 15th, 1964, until April 27th, 1965. It continued in […]
The Bing Crosby Show
The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby and actress Beverly Garland as a middle-aged couple, Bing and Ellie Collins, rearing two teenaged daughters during the early 1960s. In this format, Crosby portrayed a former entertainer turned architectural designer with a penchant […]
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