Video: 'I Spy: So Long, Patrick Henry' (Sept. 15, 1965)
(Wednesday, September 15, 1965, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — I Spy, a secret-agent adventure television series starring Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott, premiered tonight on NBC-TV.
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.”
Video: 'The Big Valley: Palms Of Glory' (Sept. 15, 1965)
(Wednesday, September 15, 1965, 9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT) — The Big Valley, a western television series starring Barbara Stanwyck as the widow of a wealthy 19th century California rancher, premiered tonight on ABC-TV.
Video: 'Green Acres: Oliver Buys a Farm'
(Wednesday, September 15, 1965, 9:00-9:30 p.m. EDT) — Green Acres, a sitcom television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm, premiered tonight on CBS-TV.
Video: 'Gidget - 'Dear Diary-et al' - FIRST and FULL Episode (Aired September 15, 1965)'
(Wednesday, September 15, 1965, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Gidget, a sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called “Gidget” (Sally Field) and her widowed father UCLA professor Russ Lawrence (Don Porter), premiered tonight on ABC-TV.
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.
Video: 'MY MOTHER THE CAR - 1965'
(Tuesday, September 14, 1965, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EDT) — My Mother the Car, a fantasy sitcom television series about the spirit of a man’s dead mother (voiced by Ann Sothern) inhabiting an old automobile starring Jerry Van Dyke, premiered tonight on NBC-TV.
(Sunday, September 12, 1965, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Hallmark Hall of Fame dominated the 17th Emmy Awards tonight, winning three awards, including Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment. Continue reading ‘Hallmark Hall of Fame,’ ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ big winners at Emmy Awards 50 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1965)
Video: 'Paul McCartney (The Beatles) - Yesterday 1965'
(Sunday, September 12, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed six songs spread over two sets (including “I Feel Fine,” “I’m Down,” “Act Naturally,” “Ticket To Ride,” “Yesterday” and “Help!;” all taped Aug. 14, 1965, at CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City), on tonight’s 19th season premiere of the CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show. Continue reading The Beatles, Cilla Black perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1965)
(Wednesday, September 8, 1965) — Screen Gems ran an advertisement today in the trade publications Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter seeking “Folk & Roll Musicians-Singers for acting roles in new TV series” that would eventually become The Monkees.
