TV / Radio

Back in the '50s and '60s, there were only three broadcast TV networks (plus Dumont, for a while) and no cable networks. There were also local independent stations that tended to show reruns, movies, children's programs, and cartoons. Overall, though, the viewing choices were fairly slim. So we had much more of a shared viewing experience than we encounter with today's wide range of entertainment choices.
Also see Actors, Cartoons, Humor, Regional TV/Radio, and Commercials.

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	Chickenman radio series 9 member comments
	The $64,000 Question 3 member comments
	12 O'Clock High
	21 Beacon Street
	77 Sunset Strip 4 member comments
	The Abbott and Costello Show 2 member comments
	Adam-12 2 member comments
	The Addams Family 1 member comment
	The Adventures of Jim Bowie 1 member comment
	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 2 member comments
	Adventures of Superman 2 member comments
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 3 member comments
	American Bandstand 4 member comments
	Amos 'n' Andy
	The Andy Griffth Show
	Andy's Gang
	The Ann Sothern Show
	Annie Oakley
	Appointment with Adventure
	Art Linkletter's House Party 1 member comment
	The Avengers
	Bachelor Father
	Bat Masterson 2 member comments
	Batman 3 member comments
	Beat the Clock 1 member comment
	Ben Casey 2 member comments
	Beulah
	The Beverly Hillbillies
	Bewitched 1 member comment
	The Big Valley 2 member comments
	Blondie 1 member comment
	Blue Angels
	The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob)
	Bonanza 1 member comment
	Boston Blackie
	Bourbon Street Beat 2 member comments
	The Brady Bunch
	Branded
	Broken Arrow 2 member comments
	Bronco
	Burke's Law
	Camp Runamuck
	Candid Camera 2 member comments
	Captain Kangaroo 9 member comments
	Captain Midnight
	Captain Video and His Video Rangers
	Car 54, Where Are You? 3 member comments
	The Carol Burnett Show 3 member comments
	Casey Jones 1 member comment
	Checkmate
	Cheyenne
	Circus Boy 2 member comments
	Cisco Kid
	Code 3
	Colgate Comedy Hour
	Colt 45
	Combat!
	Concentration 3 member comments
	Convoy
	The Courtship of Eddie's Father 1 member comment
	Daktari
	Daniel Boone 3 member comments
	Dark Shadows 2 member comments
	The Dating Game 1 member comment
	The David Susskind Show 1 member comment
	December Bride 2 member comments
	The Defenders
	Dennis the Menace
	The Detectives
	The Dick Cavett Show 1 member comment
	The Dick Van Dyke Show 1 member comment
	Ding Dong School
	Discovery 1 member comment
	Diver Dan 4 member comments
	Doctor Who
	The Donna Reed Show
	Dr. Kildare
	Dragnet (TV)
	The DuMont television network
	The Ed Sullivan Show 6 member comments
	Ethel and Albert
	F Troop 1 member comment
	The F.B.I.
	Family Affair
	Father Knows Best 4 member comments
	Fireball XL5
	Flipper
	The Flying Nun
	The French Chef 1 member comment
	The Fugitive 2 member comments
	Fury 2 member comments
	The Gary Moore Show
	GE College Bowl
	Gentle Ben
	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
	The George Gobel Show
	Get Smart
	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
	Gilligan's Island
	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
	The Goldbergs 1 member comment
	Gomer Pyle - USMC
	Green Acres
	The Green Hornet 1 member comment
	Grindl 1 member comment
	Gunsmoke
	The Hathaways
	Have Gun - Will Travel 2 member comments
	Hawaii Five-O
	Hawaiian Eye
	Hazel
	Hennesey 1 member comment
	Here's Lucy
	Hey, Landlord!
	The High Chaparral
	Highway Patrol 1 member comment
	Hogan's Heroes
	Hollywood a Go Go
	Honey West
	The Honeymooners
	Hopalong Cassidy
	How to Marry a Millionaire
	Howdy Doody 2 member comments
	Hullabaloo 1 member comment
	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	I Dream of Jeannie
	I Love Lucy 2 member comments
	I Married Joan
	I Remember Mama
	I Spy
	I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
	I've Got a Secret
	Ironside
	It Takes A Thief
	It's About Time 1 member comment
	The Jackie Gleason Show
	The Jimmy Durante Show 4 member comments
	The Joey Bishop Show 1 member comment
	Julia
	Kukla, Fran and Ollie 1 member comment
	Laredo
	Lassie
	The Lawman
	The Lawrence Welk Show 1 member comment
	Learn to Draw 2 member comments
	Leave It to Beaver
	Let's Make a Deal
	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
	The Life of Riley
	Life with Elizabeth 3 member comments
	The Little Rascals
	The Lone Ranger
	Lost In Space 1 member comment
	Love, American Style
	The Lucy Show
	Make Room for Daddy
	The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
	Mannix
	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
	Marcus Welby, M.D.
	Maverick
	Mayberry R.F.D.
	McHale's Navy 1 member comment
	Mickey Mouse Club 1 member comment
	The Mike Douglas Show
	The Millionaire
	Mission: Impossible 2 member comments
	Mister Ed
	Monitor 1 member comment
	The Monkees 6 member comments
	Mr. Novak
	Mr. Peepers
	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
	The Munsters
	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
	My Favorite Martian 1 member comment
	My Friend Flicka
	My Little Margie
	My Living Doll
	My Mother the Car 3 member comments
	My Three Sons
	Naked City
	Name That Tune
	The Name's the Same
	National Educational Television (NET) 2 member comments
	NBC chimes 1 member comment
	No Time for Sergeants
	Occasional Wife
	One Step Beyond
	Our Man Higgins
	Our Miss Brooks
	The Outer Limits
	The Patty Duke Show
	Paul Harvey 1 member comment
	The People's Choice
	Perry Mason
	Person to Person
	Peter Gunn
	Petticoat Junction
	Peyton Place
	Playhouse 90
	The Price Is Right
	The Prisoner
	Private Secretary
	Queen for a Day 2 member comments
	The Range Rider
	The Rat Patrol
	Rawhide
	The Real McCoys
	The Red Skelton Show
	The Rifleman
	Rin Tin Tin 1 member comment
	The Roaring 20's
	Romper Room 4 member comments
	Room 222
	Room for One More
	Rootie Kazootie 1 member comment
	Route 66 3 member comments
	Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In 8 member comments
	The Roy Rogers Show
	Run For Your Life
	The Saint
	Sea Hunt 1 member comment
	Secret Agent
	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
	Sesame Street
	Sgt. Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show)
	Shannon
	Shenanigans 1 member comment
	Shindig! 1 member comment
	Sing Along With Mitch 2 member comments
	Sky King
	The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 2 member comments
	Space Patrol 1 member comment
	Star Trek 3 member comments
	The Steve Allen Show
	Steve Canyon
	The Stu Erwin Show
	Sugarfoot
	Super Circus Contributed by Bob Wilson Jr 2 member comments
	Supercar
	Supermarket Sweep
	Surfside 6
	T.H.E. Cat 1 member comment
	Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour 4 member comments
	The Television Code Seal of Good Practice 1 member comment
	Texaco Star Theater
	That Girl
	That Was The Week That Was (TW3) 2 member comments
	Then Came Bronson
	TheName of the Game
	This is Your Life
	The Three Stooges
	Tic-Tac-Dough 1 member comment
	The Time Tunnel
	To Tell the Truth
	Topper 1 member comment
	Trackdown
	Truth or Consequences 1 member comment
	The Twilight Zone
	The Untouchables
	Victory at Sea 1 member comment
	Video Village 6 member comments
	The Virginian
	Wackiest Ship in the Army
	Wagon Train
	Walter Cronkite
	Wanted: Dead or Alive
	Watch Mr. Wizard
	What's My Line?
	Whirlybirds
	Wild Bill Hickok
	The Wild Wild West
	Winky Dink and You
	Wolfman Jack
	The Wonderful World of Disney
	You Asked For It 1 member comment
	You Bet Your Life
	Your Show of Shows
	Zorro 2 member comments

There are 23 general comments for this gallery.

Posted by Lana at 2:16 pm (PDT) on Wed August 12, 2009
The Monkees Laugh In
Posted by Duff at 8:09 pm (PDT) on Wed August 12, 2009
Got 'em, thanks!
Posted by Lana at 4:28 am (PDT) on Fri August 14, 2009
Boy, you're right on the ball! Thanks. Lana
Posted by columbus at 7:00 pm (PDT) on Tue September 15, 2009
what about razzle dazzle with howard the turtle...........
Posted by columbus at 7:04 pm (PDT) on Tue September 15, 2009
dr.kildare..........my favorite martian...........hawaii five o
Posted by columbus at 6:27 pm (PDT) on Thu September 17, 2009
wild wild west..............marcus welby md.
Posted by columbus at 6:32 pm (PDT) on Thu September 17, 2009
danny thomas....green acres....peyton place..............jack benny show,,,,,the bob hope show.........ironside...palidon
Posted by columbus at 3:07 pm (PDT) on Sun September 20, 2009
front page challenge..........friendly giant........emergency 911.............C.H.I.P.S
Posted by Duff at 1:47 am (PDT) on Mon September 21, 2009
You'll find many of "The [so-and-so] Show" hosts over in the Performers gallery, as they were also often movie stars or recording artists. As for Friendly Giant, Front Page Challenge, and some others you've mentioned, I guess I'm not that familiar with Canadian shows; I'll see what I can do. But CHiPs went on the air in 1977, and thus lies somewhat out of the bounds of this web site. And did you mean Paladin? In the States, at least, the show was called Have Gun Will Travel.
Posted by Gary Pillsbury at 8:03 pm (PDT) on Sat May 1, 2010
Hey Duff! Question for you. When was Whirlybirds on and how long did it run for? I did like that show I and I do wish that they would put it back on the air. I will say that you do have alot of my favorite shows that I did like. That is so cool!
Posted by Duff at 12:34 am (PDT) on Sun May 2, 2010
Thanks, Gary. According to "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (sixth edition)" by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, Whirlybirds was a syndicated show, consisting of 111 30-minute episodes produced 1956-1959. I can't begin to tell you how tough it was to locate a photo.
Posted by joycen123 at 4:00 pm (PDT) on Fri June 24, 2011
You have the Brady Bunch and Catain Kanga roo. What about Catain Noah. Send your pictures to Dear Old Captain Noah; Send today, send right away. Come on people you don't remember this. I loved this show. Well the reason I am telling this is because Captain Noah's wife just passed away. Love and Best Wishes for a Graet Weekend Everyone.
Posted by Duff at 7:09 pm (PDT) on Fri June 24, 2011
Many, if not all, of the programs you mentioned were network shows originating in New York and broadcast nationwide. Growing up in New York, I found it difficult to know which ones were network and which ones weren't, as there were also local New York programs, such as The Merry Mailman with Ray Heatherton. Anyhow, Captain Noah appears to have been local to the Philadelphia area. I've added him to the Regional TV gallery.
Posted by ELENTARI at 3:00 am (PDT) on Sun July 10, 2011
Hi all....when I was a kid in Sydney, Australia, their was an American programme on tv which was like a situation comedy I guess. There was an average sort of couple and they had chimpanzees instead of children. I cannot remember why they had them.....but it was a cute and funny show and I cannot remember the name of it. Does anyone here remember what I am talking about????
Posted by mykpart at 12:21 am (PDT) on Thu July 14, 2011
Hennessy Get Christy Love Honey West Mannix
Posted by Hildy Toohey at 6:40 pm (PDT) on Fri September 30, 2011
The name of the show with the chimpanzees was "The Hathaways" and the chimps were "The Marquis Chimps". Hope this helps! By the way, the actress is one of my favorite comedic actresses, Peggy Cass who portrayed Miss Gooch in "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell.
Posted by Helen at 11:56 pm (PDT) on Fri September 30, 2011
Thank you so much for the that. I have tried and tried to remember the name of this programme, to no avail. No one ever knew what I was talking about. It got to the point where I thought I had imagined it. I am very grateful. The extra info was also most welcome. I agree about Ms Cass.....she was a very funny woman.
Posted by COAK at 9:05 pm (PDT) on Wed October 12, 2011
I remember a television show Terry and the Pirates, based on the comic strip. This would have been early 50s, and I think their sponsor was Canada Dry.
Posted by Camden at 1:47 pm (PST) on Tue November 29, 2011
How 'bout "Shenanigans" - a fun Saturday morning kids show/contest hosted by Stubby Kaye '64/'65
Posted by Camden at 8:48 pm (PST) on Sun December 4, 2011
"A Charlie Brown Christmas"....best Christmas special even today (for many of us) Cartoon with insight, actual religious reference, and some of the best jazz of the times by Vince Guaraldi. Groundbreaking for TV in 1965!
Posted by joycen123 at 4:11 pm (PDT) on Wed April 18, 2012
What Happened to Bandstand, Please put this up it started in the 50's and Dick Clark an American Icon just passed away.
Posted by RonM at 7:39 am (PDT) on Thu April 11, 2013
I have memories of a couple of kid shows from the early 60's. One had Mark Wilson and his wife Nani Darnell...I think it was The Magical Land of Alakazam. Great show! Another one that I feel like I imagined, but my siblings confirm was a kiddie show called Pip the Piper.
Posted by Kids TV Kid at 1:36 am (PDT) on Sat April 13, 2013
I remember "Pip The Piper"..the enchanting fellow who lived in a magical kingdom in the clouds..where things grew on trees. And he and his musical friend "Miss Merry Note" had to deal with the antics of their bumbling friends "Paul The Pirate", "Mr.Leader" and "Floogle Fish". The show was on sunday mornings on ABC TV and then it was rerunned on NBC TV during the early 1960's.

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