Category Archives: Television 1960s

‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’/’If I Fell’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 60 years ago this hour (Oct 2 1965)

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Video: 'The Beatles Cartoon TV Series - Episode 2'

(Saturday, October 2, 1965, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles take a much needed vacation to Dublin, Ireland, on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.

Donovan makes American TV debut on ‘Shindig!’ 60 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1965)

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Video: 'Donovan - Catch The Wind (Shindig)'

(Thursday, September 30, 1965, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EDT) — British singer-songwriter Donovan made his American television debut tonight on ABC’s Shindig!, performing “Colours” and “Catch the Wind.” Continue reading Donovan makes American TV debut on ‘Shindig!’ 60 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1965) →

Sonny & Cher, Komazuru Tsukushi perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 60 years ago this hour (Sep 26 1965)

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Video: 'Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe, Where Do You Go & But You're Mine" on The Ed Sullivan Show'

(Sunday, September 26, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Sonny & Cher performed three songs, including “I Got You Babe,” “Where Do You Go?” (Cher solo) and “But You’re Mine,” tonight from the color TV studios at CBS’s Television City in Hollywood, on tonight’s live edition of the CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show. Continue reading Sonny & Cher, Komazuru Tsukushi perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 60 years ago this hour (Sep 26 1965) →

‘The Beatles’ animated television series debuts on ABC 60 years ago this hour (Sep 25 1965)

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Video: 'The Beatles Cartoon Episode 1'

(Saturday, September 25, 1965, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles are in Transylvania rehearsing in a haunted house with “monstrous” visitors on the debut episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC that featured recordings by The Beatles but not their voices.

‘The F.B.I.’ series debuts on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Sep 19 1965)

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Video: 'Introduction and title theme of The F.B.I. S01E01 - "The Monster"' (Sept. 19, 1965)

(Sunday, September 19, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The F.B.I., a scripted television series based on F.B.I. cases and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine, premiered tonight on ABC-TV.

‘Get Smart’ television comedy series debuts on NBC 60 years ago this hour (Sep 18 1965)

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Video: 'Get Smart S01E01 (Mr. Big)'

(Saturday, September 18, 1965, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Get Smart, a comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon and Edward Platt, premiered tonight on NBC.

‘Hogan’s Heroes’ television sitcom series debuts on CBS 60 years ago this hour (Sep 17 1965)

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Video: '[PART 1 6 Pilot] The Informer - Hogan's Heroes 1x1' (Sept. 17, 1965)

(Friday, September 17, 1965, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Hogan’s Heroes, a sitcom television series set in a German prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II, starring Bob Crane as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, premiered tonight on CBS-TV.

‘The Wild Wild West’ Western television series debuts on CBS 60 years ago this hour (Sep 17 1965)

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Video: 'wild wild west season 1 episode 1'

(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’ TV variety-comedy series debuts on NBC 60 years ago this hour (Sep 16 1965)

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Video: 'The Dean Martin Show 1965 09 16'

(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.