Category Archives: Television 1960s

‘The Wild Wild West’ series debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (Sep 17 1965)


Video: 'The Wild Wild West Full Episode Season 1 Episode 1 - The Night of the Inferno' (Sept. 17, 1965)

(Friday, September 17, 1965, 7:30-8:30 p.m. EDT)The Wild Wild West, a television series conceived as “James Bond on horseback” about Secret Service agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin), premiered tonight on CBS-TV.

‘The Dean Martin Show’ series debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour (Sep 16 1965)


Video: 'Dean Martin Show & Frank Sinatra - FIRST episode. part I'

(Thursday, September 16, 1965, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT)The Dean Martin Show, a TV variety-comedy series hosted by entertainer Dean Martin, premiered tonight on NBC-TV. Continue reading ‘The Dean Martin Show’ series debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour (Sep 16 1965)

‘Coast to Coast Big Mouth’ episode airs on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ 50 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)


Video: 'The Dick Van Dyke Show: Coast to Coast Big Mouth'

(Wednesday, September 18, 1965, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — A game show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show.

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #8 among the “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.”

‘Lost in Space’ series debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)


Video: 'Lost in Space Season 1 Episode 01 The Reluctant Stowaway'

(Wednesday, September 15, 1965, 7:30-8:30 p.m. EDT)Lost in Space, a science fiction television series created and produced by Irwin Allen that chronicles the travels the Robinson family as they travel through space on a flight toward the Alpha Centauri star system, premiered tonight on CBS-TV.