‘The Green Hornet’ series debuts on ABC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1966)


Video: 'The Green Hornet episode 01 - The Silent Gun (09 Sep 1966)' (Sep. 9, 1966)

(Friday, September 9, 1966, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EDT)The Green Hornet, an action television series that follows the adventures of playboy-media mogul Britt Reid, the owner and publisher of The Daily Sentinel, as the masked Green Hornet with the assistance of his martial-artist partner Kato (starring Van Williams, Bruce Lee, Walter Brooke, Lloyd Gough and Wende Wagner), premiered tonight on ABC.