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The
Time Tunnel (1966-1967)
The U.S. government has a $7 billion project to build a device to
allow travelling in time. A senator is sent by congress to the installation
in order to inspect the situation and decide if the government should
spend more money on it.
As the senator
seems to be disappointed, Prof. Tony Newman takes his chances
and uses the Time Tunnel in a
trip to the past to demonstrate the device's efficiency. He arrives
aboard the Titanic in 1912 a few hours before it sank. Prof.
Douglas Phillips goes to rescue him, but things go wrong and
both become
lost in time.
Irwin Allen Prod.
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Lost
in Space (1965-1968)
In the year 1997, Earth is suffering from massive overpopulation.
Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, their children (Judy,
Penny and Will) and Major Don West are selected to go to the third
planet in the Alpha Centauri star system to establish a colony so
that other Earth people can settle there.
They are to go there on
a ship of Professor Robinson's design, christened the Jupiter 2.
However, Doctor Zachary Smith, an agent for an enemy government,
is sent to sabotage the mission. He is successful in reprogramming
the ship's robot, but in the process becomes trapped on the ship,
and because of his excess weight, the ship and all on board become
hopelessly lost and it now becomes a fight for survival as the
crew tries to find their way back home.
Written by
Brian Washington
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Invaders (1967-1968)
David Vincent, an architect returning home after a hard, hard, day
parks his car in an old ghost town in order to rest for a while before
continuing on home. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, something
wakes him: a strange object, nonhuman, that is landing in front of
his eyes.
From this moment
he will be trying to persuade a skeptical world that the invasion
of our planet is going on, that the nightmare
has begun... Written by Luis Carvacho
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Dragnet (1967-1970)
The classic police drama is updated for the 1960s. No-nonsense Sgt.
Joe Friday and his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, tackle traditional
police cases and face new challenges such as LSD, race riots, and
public service TV shows. Written by Eric Sorensen
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Ironside (1967-1975)Ironside is confined to a wheel chair (an attempted assassination
left him paralyzed). With his former assistants Brown and Whitfield
(later Belding) and former delinquent (and later lawyer) Mark, he
combats crime for the San Francisco police from his mobile office
(a van) while leaving a pot of chili cooking back at headquarters.
Written by Ed Stephan
Robert Ironside: Raymond Burr
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Gilligan's
Island (1964-1967)
In Hawaii, Gilligan (Bob Denver) and The Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.) are
giving out tours. Five passenger: A movie star from Hollywood (Tina
Louise), a General Store Sale's clerk in Kansas (Dawn Wells), a professor
(Russell Johnson), and the millionaries (Natalie Schafer and Jim Backus)
aboard the SS Minnow for three hour tour.
A storm comes in and the
crew are unable to handle the boat. The castaways wake up on a desserted
Island. They live in huts made from sticks and leaves. They eat plants
and fruits found in the island. They will encounter many advantures
while trying to make it back to civiliation. Written by Jonathan
Chun
Willy Gilligan: Bob Denver
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The
Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978) Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy
troupe.
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The
Prisoner (1967-1968)
"The Prisoner" is
a unique piece of television. It addresses issues such as personal
identity and freedom, democracy, education,
scientific progress, art and technology, while still remaining
an entertaining drama series.
Over seventeen episodes we witness a war
of attrition between the faceless forces behind 'The Village' (a
Kafkaesque community somewhere between Butlins and Alcatraz) and
its most strong willed inmate, No. 6. who struggles ceaselessly
to assert his individuality while plotting to escape from his captors.
Written by Stuart Berwick
Numéro
6: Patrick McGoohan
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The
Big Valley (1965-1969)
Victoria Barkley heads her adult brood on the Barkley Ranch in California's
San Joaquin Valley, near Stockton, in the 1870s. Heath is the illegitimate
son of Victoria's husband Tom (who is dead at the time of the series).
Bank robbers, horse thieves, revolutionaries and land grabbers keep
the Barkley's hopping.
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Family
Affair (1966-1971)
A highly paid consulting engineer, Bill Davis'
carefree existence as a swinging bachelor was just about perfect. Maintaining
an elegant apartment off Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, he had his domestic
needs cared for by a very English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. French.
Into this life of independence came three young orphans, whose parents,
Davis' relatives, had died in an accident.
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Mission
: Impossible (1966-1973)
Jim Phelps is
the head of a super-secret government agency ("Impossible
Missions"), and is often given secret anonymous covert missions
to attempt; quite often they are unmasking of criminals or the rescuing
of hostages. He picks his team depending on which tasks need to be
done. One thing is vital on an Impossible Mission: the mission must
be carried out in entire secrecy, often relying on high-tech equipment
and elaborate deceptions.
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Star
Trek (1966-1969)
Capt. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore space
and defend the United Federation of Planets.
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Captain
Scarlet and the Mysterons: (1967-1968)
A misunderstanding on Mars provokes an alien race called the Mysterons
to declare a war of nerves on Earth. Throughout the series, they
continually make terrorist threats and attempt to follow through
with their ability to create obedient duplicates of anyone they kill.
Their key opponent is the international intelligence organization,
Spectrum, whose agents are code-named according to various colours.
Their top agent in this war is Captain Scarlet, an agent who was
subjected to the duplication process, but was still alive at the
time. As a result, his clone was able to shake off the Mysterons'
control, but leaving being him indestructible and able to survive
any wound. Together with his partners, Captain Blue and Spectrum's
fighter squadron, The Angels, the now immortal Captain Scarlet must
constantly struggle to thwart the Mysterons' ever present threats.
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Man
in a Suitcase (1967-1968) McGill
(known as "Mac") was a former U.S. intelligence
agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something
he did not do, he finds his "false" reputation has preceded
him everywhere he goes.
To make ends
meet he takes odd and intriguing "private
eye" type jobs all over Europe, all the while trying to clear
his name.
Written by Kevin Steinhauer
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Spider-Man (1967-1970)
The 1967 'Spider-Man' series displayed the web-slinging crime-fighter
for the first time outside the comic book. Peter Parker, an ordinary
college student, is bitten by a radioactive spider and soon finds
he has the spider's ability to climb across buildings and swing
across streets.
After his Uncle
Ben is murdered by a thief he surprised, Peter assumes the identity
of Spider-Man to go after the low-lifes
who plague Manhattan's streets. For 3 years, he battled with
such villains as Dr. Octopus, the Green Goblin, the Kingpin,
Mysterio,
the Radiation Specialist, Clive, and the Rhino - always putting
an end to their criminal ambitions. Written by Derek O'Cain
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George
of the Jungle (1967-1970)
George is the king of the jungle and protector of all who live
there. George may be dim-witted. He may be clumsy. But what do
you expect from someone who swings into trees habitually? Besides,
he still manages to save the jungle and it's inhabitants from the
numerous threats that besiege them.
George is aided
by his friend, an ape named Ape, Ursula, and his pet dog/elephant
Shep. Other
cartoons with George of the Jungle include Tom Slick, a gallant
race car driver and Super Chicken, a fowl super hero who dips
into the Super Sauce. Written by Brian D. Switzer
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American
Bandstand ( 1952-1989 ) On this show, Dick Clark hosts a daily to weekly dance show that
features the latest hit music for the attending teens to dance to.
In addition, the show has performances by popular musicians and audience
members rate songs.
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