60s TV Shows
TV Shows from the 1960s
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The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, bu
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 8 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Sheldon Leonard, Aaron Ruben |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (50) |
A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Jackie Gleason |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8.1 / 10 (33) |
The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch F
Genres: | Animation, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Networks: | ABC, NBC |
Created By: | David DePatie, Friz Freleng |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (73) |
A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 12 |
Network: | CBS |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.6 / 10 (12) |
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is l
Genres: | Western, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 20 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | John Meston |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (46) |
Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
Genres: | Drama, Soap |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Doris Hursley, Frank Hursley |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 4.8 / 10 (132) |
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterpris
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | NBC |
Created By: | Gene Roddenberry |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8.1 / 10 (449) |
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birt
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.8 / 10 (7) |
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ITV |
Created By: | Patrick McGoohan, George Markstein |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (70) |