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Back in the '50s and '60s, there were only three broadcast TV networks (plus Dumont, for a while) and no cable networks.  There were also local independent stations that tended to show reruns, movies, children's programs, and cartoons.  Overall, though, the viewing choices were fairly slim.  So we had much more of a shared viewing experience than we encounter with today's wide range of entertainment choices.
Also see Actors, Cartoons, Humor, Regional TV/Radio, and Commercials.

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Chickenman radio series Chickenman radio series

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The $64,000 Question The $64,000 Question
12 O'Clock High 12 O'Clock High
21 Beacon Street 21 Beacon Street
77 Sunset Strip 77 Sunset Strip

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Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello

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Adam-12 Adam-12

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The Addams Family The Addams Family
The Adventures of Jim Bowie The Adventures of Jim Bowie

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Adventures of Superman Adventures of Superman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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American Bandstand American Bandstand

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Amos 'n' Andy Amos 'n' Andy
The Andy Griffth Show The Andy Griffth Show
Andy's Gang Andy's Gang
The Ann Sothern Show The Ann Sothern Show
Annie Oakley Annie Oakley
Appointment with Adventure Appointment with Adventure
Art Linkletter's House Party Art Linkletter's House Party

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The Avengers The Avengers
Bachelor Father Bachelor Father
Bat Masterson Bat Masterson

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Batman Batman
Beat the Clock Beat the Clock
Ben Casey Ben Casey

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Beulah Beulah
The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies
Bewitched Bewitched
The Big Valley The Big Valley
Blondie Blondie
Blue Angels Blue Angels
The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob) The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob)
Bonanza Bonanza

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Boston Blackie Boston Blackie
Bourbon Street Beat Bourbon Street Beat
The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch
Branded Branded
Broken Arrow Broken Arrow
Bronco Bronco
Burke's Law Burke's Law
Camp Runamuck Camp Runamuck
Candid Camera Candid Camera

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Captain Kangaroo Captain Kangaroo

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Captain Midnight Captain Midnight
Captain Video and His Video Rangers Captain Video and His Video Rangers
Car 54, Where Are You? Car 54, Where Are You?

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The Carol Burnett Show The Carol Burnett Show

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Casey Jones Casey Jones
Checkmate Checkmate
Cheyenne Cheyenne
Circus Boy Circus Boy

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Cisco Kid Cisco Kid
Code 3 Code 3
Colgate Comedy Hour Colgate Comedy Hour
Colt 45 Colt 45
Combat! Combat!
Concentration Concentration

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Convoy Convoy
Courtship of Eddie's Father Courtship of Eddie's Father
Daktari Daktari
Daniel Boone Daniel Boone

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Dark Shadows Dark Shadows

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The Dating Game The Dating Game
The David Susskind Show The David Susskind Show

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December Bride December Bride

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The Defenders The Defenders
Dennis the Menace Dennis the Menace
The Detectives The Detectives
The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show The Dick Van Dyke Show
Diver Dan Diver Dan

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Doctor Who Doctor Who
The Donna Reed Show The Donna Reed Show
Dr. Kildare Dr. Kildare
Dragnet (TV) Dragnet (TV)
The DuMont television network The DuMont television network
The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show

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F Troop F Troop
The F.B.I. The F.B.I.
Family Affair Family Affair
Father Knows Best Father Knows Best
Fireball XL5 Fireball XL5
Flipper Flipper
The Flying Nun The Flying Nun
The French Chef The French Chef
The Fugitive The Fugitive

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Fury Fury
The Gary Moore Show The Gary Moore Show
GE College Bowl GE College Bowl
Gentle Ben Gentle Ben
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The George Gobel Show The George Gobel Show
Get Smart Get Smart
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Gilligan's Island Gilligan's Island
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Goldbergs The Goldbergs

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Gomer Pyle - USMC Gomer Pyle - USMC
Green Acres Green Acres
The Green Hornet The Green Hornet

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Grindl Grindl

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Gunsmoke Gunsmoke
Have Gun - Will Travel Have Gun - Will Travel

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Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O
Hawaiian Eye Hawaiian Eye
Hazel Hazel
Here's Lucy Here's Lucy
Hey, Landlord! Hey, Landlord!
The High Chaparral The High Chaparral
Highway Patrol Highway Patrol
Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes
Honey West Honey West
The Honeymooners The Honeymooners
Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy
How to Marry a Millionaire How to Marry a Millionaire
Howdy Doody Howdy Doody

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Hullabaloo Hullabaloo
The Huntley-Brinkley Report The Huntley-Brinkley Report
I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy I Love Lucy

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I Married Joan I Married Joan
I Remember Mama I Remember Mama
I Spy I Spy
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
I've Got a Secret I've Got a Secret
Ironside Ironside
It Takes A Thief It Takes A Thief
It's About Time It's About Time

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The Jackie Gleason Show The Jackie Gleason Show
The Jimmy Durante Show The Jimmy Durante Show
The Joey Bishop Show The Joey Bishop Show

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Julia Julia
Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie

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Laredo Laredo
Lassie Lassie
The Lawman The Lawman
The Lawrence Welk Show The Lawrence Welk Show

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Learn to Draw Learn to Draw

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Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver
Let's Make a Deal Let's Make a Deal
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life of Riley The Life of Riley
The Little Rascals The Little Rascals
The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger
Lost In Space Lost In Space
Love, American Style Love, American Style
The Lucy Show The Lucy Show
Make Room for Daddy Make Room for Daddy
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Mannix Mannix
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D.
Maverick Maverick
Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry R.F.D.
McHale's Navy McHale's Navy

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Mickey Mouse Club Mickey Mouse Club

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The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show
The Millionaire The Millionaire
Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible

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Mister Ed Mister Ed
The Monkees The Monkees

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Mr. Novak Mr. Novak
Mr. Peepers Mr. Peepers
The Munsters The Munsters
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
My Favorite Martian My Favorite Martian
My Friend Flicka My Friend Flicka
My Little Margie My Little Margie
My Living Doll My Living Doll
My Mother the Car My Mother the Car
My Three Sons My Three Sons
Naked City Naked City
Name of the Game Name of the Game
Name That Tune Name That Tune
National Educational Television (NET) National Educational Television (NET)

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NBC chimes NBC chimes
No Time for Sergeants No Time for Sergeants
Occasional Wife Occasional Wife
One Step Beyond One Step Beyond
Our Man Higgins Our Man Higgins
Our Miss Brooks Our Miss Brooks
The Outer Limits The Outer Limits
Ozzie and Harriet Ozzie and Harriet
The Patty Duke Show The Patty Duke Show
The People's Choice The People's Choice
Perry Mason Perry Mason
Person to Person Person to Person
Peter Gunn Peter Gunn
Petticoat Junction Petticoat Junction
Peyton Place Peyton Place
Playhouse 90 Playhouse 90
The Price Is Right The Price Is Right
The Prisoner The Prisoner
Private Secretary Private Secretary
Queen for a Day Queen for a Day

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The Range Rider The Range Rider
The Rat Patrol The Rat Patrol
Rawhide Rawhide
The Real McCoys The Real McCoys
The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show
The Rifleman The Rifleman
Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin

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The Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties
Romper Room Romper Room

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Room 222 Room 222
Room for One More Room for One More
Rootie Kazootie Rootie Kazootie
Route 66 Route 66
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

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The Roy Rogers Show The Roy Rogers Show
Run For Your Life Run For Your Life
The Saint The Saint
Sea Hunt Sea Hunt

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Secret Agent Secret Agent
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Sesame Street Sesame Street
Sgt. Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show) Sgt. Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show)
Shannon Shannon
Shindig! Shindig!
Sing Along With Mitch Sing Along With Mitch

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Sky King Sky King
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

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Star Trek Star Trek

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The Steve Allen Show The Steve Allen Show
Steve Canyon Steve Canyon
Sugarfoot Sugarfoot
Supercar Supercar
Supermarket Sweep Supermarket Sweep
Surfside 6 Surfside 6
Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour
The Television Code Seal of Good Practice The Television Code Seal of Good Practice

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Texaco Star Theater Texaco Star Theater
That Girl That Girl
That Was The Week That Was (TW3) That Was The Week That Was (TW3)

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Then Came Bronson Then Came Bronson
This is Your Life This is Your Life
The Three Stooges The Three Stooges
Tic-Tac-Dough Tic-Tac-Dough

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The Time Tunnel The Time Tunnel
To Tell the Truth To Tell the Truth
Topper Topper

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Trackdown Trackdown
Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences
The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone
The Untouchables The Untouchables
Victory at Sea Victory at Sea
Video Village Video Village

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The Virginian The Virginian
Wackiest Ship in the Army Wackiest Ship in the Army
Wagon Train Wagon Train
Walter Cronkite Walter Cronkite
Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive
Watch Mr. Wizard Watch Mr. Wizard
What's My Line? What's My Line?
Whirlybirds Whirlybirds
Wild Bill Hickok Wild Bill Hickok
Winky Dink and You Winky Dink and You
Wolfman Jack Wolfman Jack
The Wonderful World of Disney The Wonderful World of Disney
You Asked For It You Asked For It
You Bet Your Life You Bet Your Life
Your Show of Shows Your Show of Shows
Zorro Zorro

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There are 11 general comments for this gallery.

Posted by Lana at 2:16 pm (PDT) on Wed August 12, 2009   
The Monkees
Laugh In
Posted by Duff at 8:09 pm (PDT) on Wed August 12, 2009   
Got 'em, thanks!
Posted by Lana at 4:28 am (PDT) on Fri August 14, 2009   
Boy, you're right on the ball! Thanks.

Lana
Posted by columbus at 7:00 pm (PDT) on Tue September 15, 2009   
what about razzle dazzle with howard the turtle...........
Posted by columbus at 7:04 pm (PDT) on Tue September 15, 2009   
dr.kildare..........my favorite martian...........hawaii five o
Posted by columbus at 6:27 pm (PDT) on Thu September 17, 2009   
wild wild west..............marcus welby md.
Posted by columbus at 6:32 pm (PDT) on Thu September 17, 2009   
danny thomas....green acres....peyton place..............jack benny show,,,,,the bob hope show.........ironside...palidon
Posted by columbus at 3:07 pm (PDT) on Sun September 20, 2009   
front page challenge..........friendly giant........emergency 911.............C.H.I.P.S
Posted by Duff at 1:47 am (PDT) on Mon September 21, 2009   
You'll find many of "The [so-and-so] Show" hosts over in the Performers gallery, as they were also often movie stars or recording artists.

As for Friendly Giant, Front Page Challenge, and some others you've mentioned, I guess I'm not that familiar with Canadian shows; I'll see what I can do.

But CHiPs went on the air in 1977, and thus lies somewhat out of the bounds of this web site.

And did you mean Paladin? In the States, at least, the show was called Have Gun Will Travel.
Posted by Gary Pillsbury at 8:03 pm (PDT) on Sat May 1, 2010   
Hey Duff! Question for you. When was Whirlybirds on and how long did it run for? I did like that show I and I do wish that they would put it back on the air. I will say that you do have alot of my favorite shows that I did like. That is so cool!
Posted by Duff at 12:34 am (PDT) on Sun May 2, 2010   
Thanks, Gary. According to "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (sixth edition)" by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, Whirlybirds was a syndicated show, consisting of 111 30-minute episodes produced 1956-1959. I can't begin to tell you how tough it was to locate a photo.

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