(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.
Category Archives: Television 1960s
‘Green Acres’ series debuts on CBS-TV 60 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)
(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.
‘Gidget’ series debuts on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Sep 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.
‘Lost in Space’ series debuts on CBS-TV 60 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)
(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.
‘My Mother the Car’ series debuts on NBC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Sep 14 1965)
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.
The Beatles’ final exclusive performance for ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ airs 60 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1965)
Video: 'THE BEATLES | LIVE: The Ed Sullivan Show (Complete Performance) Aired 9.12.1965'
(Sunday, September 12, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles headlined the 18th season premiere of The Ed Sullivan Show tonight with a six-song set taped Aug. 14, 1965, inside CBS Studio 50 at 1697–1699 Broadway, between 53rd and 54th streets, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. Continue reading The Beatles’ final exclusive performance for ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ airs 60 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1965)
Screen Gems seeks ‘4 insane boys’ for ‘The Monkees’ TV series 60 years ago today (Sep 8 1965)
Video: 'The Monkees: How Four Outsiders Changed the Sound of the ’60s'
(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.
The Beatles tape fourth performance for ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour (Aug 14 1965)
Video: 'THE BEATLES | LIVE: The Ed Sullivan Show (Complete Performance) Aired 9.12.1965'
(Saturday, August 14, 1965, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed six songs tonight on tape for the Sep. 12, 1965, (and final black and white) edition of the CBS variety television series The Ed Sullivan Show at CBS Studio 50 in New York City. Continue reading The Beatles tape fourth performance for ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour (Aug 14 1965)
The Beatles perform live on ‘Blackpool Night Out’ on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Aug 1 1965)
The Beatles interviewed during rehearsals in London 60 years ago today (July 30 1965)

(Friday, July 30, 1965) — The Beatles were interviewed today by Dibbs Mather (click here to listen to a 0:46 second clip) for a BBC Transcription Service disc titled The Beatles during rehearsals for a live TV broadcast scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 1, 1965, from Saville Theatre in London.
