MY FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOWS FROM THE 1950s AND 1960s
I was born in 1952. These are the television shows that I watched while growing up in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
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- CreatorLeslie StevensStarsBob JohnsonBen WrightWilliam DouglasA collection of science-fiction stories.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
- StarsTom SmothersDick SmothersPat PaulsenThe Smothers Brothers host a comedy variety show that became notorious for its topical satirical humor.
- CreatorsTony BarrettHarve BennettSammy HessStarsMichael ColeClarence Williams IIIPeggy LiptonA trio of reformed juvenile delinquents work as undercover cops.
- CreatorsPaul MazurskyLarry TuckerStarsDavy JonesMicky DolenzPeter TorkThe misadventures of a struggling rock group.
- CreatorsStirling SilliphantHerbert B. LeonardStarsMartin MilnerGeorge MaharisGlenn CorbettThe adventures of two young drifters across America.
- CreatorsHerb MeadowSam RolfeStarsRichard BooneKam TongHal NeedhamThe adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
- CreatorBlake EdwardsStarsCraig StevensHerschel BernardiLola AlbrightPeter Gunn is a private detective with a knack for finding trouble. His cases often mean he runs into the shadiest characters, most vicious thugs and the most powerful crime bosses. Cool and resourceful, he always gets the guilty party.
- CreatorMax ShulmanStarsDwayne HickmanBob DenverFrank FaylenA young man schemes and strives for beautiful women, fancy cars and money.
- StarsFess ParkerPatricia BlairDarby HintonFrontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, before, during, and even after the Revolutionary War.
- CreatorDavid LevyStarsJohn AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganThe misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
- StarsDouglas EdwardsDan RatherWalter CronkiteOn May 3, 1948 Douglas Edwards begins "The CBS-TV News," a regular 15-minute nightly newscast later named "Douglas Edwards with the News." It is broadcast weeknights at 7:30 PM and is the first regularly scheduled television news program in American history.
- CreatorReginald RoseStarsE.G. MarshallRobert ReedPolly RowlesA father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
- CreatorsGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonBruceAfter her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.
- CreatorFrank D. GilroyStarsGene BarryGary ConwayRegis ToomeyThe millionaire captain of the LAPD homicide division is driven to the crime scenes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur.
- StarsSteve AllenDenise DarcelBilly EckstineThis version of "The Steve Allen Show" was a 6-episode 1952 summer show which alternated every other week with "The Al Pearce Show".
- StarsSteve AllenLouis NyeJohnny JacobsIt was a show basically about laughing until you were in tears, or just falling down, doubling over with laughter...a show for the whole family, with some of the funniest comic people on earth, who ad-libbed much of the humorous lines, with such ease and naturalness. I personally couldn't even LOOK at Steve Allen without breaking up. I was just a kid, then. My parents loved the show, too, with Louis Nye and all. Steve was a gift to us, giving us hours of enjoyment, and relief from a (at the time) sad world.
- StarsSteve AllenJayne MeadowsPat Harrington Jr.Steve Allen hosts a late-night variety-talk series, chatting with various celebrities and performing a variety of skits.
- StarsJohn LuptonMichael AnsaraSteven RitchIndian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.
- CreatorsRichard SaleMary LoosStarsJock MahoneyX BrandsKevin HagenAn adventurer, gambler, and widely respected southern gentleman is recruited to work as a secret agent, at no pay, in post-Civil War New Orleans, helped by his companion, a silent Pawnee Native American.
- StarsHarry BellaverHorace McMahonPaul BurkeThe cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
- CreatorRoy HugginsStarsDavid JanssenWilliam ConradBarry MorseDoctor Richard Kimble, is wrongly convicted, and sentenced to death, for the murder of his wife, a murder he didn't commit. He manages to escapes on route to be executed and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.
- CreatorsBill FingerLorenzo Semple Jr.William DozierStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierFollows the adventures of wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne, also known as the Caped Crusade Batman and his young ward Dick Grayson also known as Batman's sidekick Robin the boy wonder as they battle evildoers in Gotham City.
- CreatorsFran StrikerGeorge W. TrendleStarsBruce LeeVan WilliamsWende WagnerA newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.
- CreatorsGeorge W. TrendleGeorge W. GeorgeStarsJay SilverheelsClayton MooreJohn HartThe adventures of the masked Texas Ranger and his Native American partner.
