Take a gander at this sample Prime Time TV schedule from 1966:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1966_TV_programs.jpg
As a fan of classic television and '60s TV in particular, I knew there were some great shows on the airwaves back then...but I had no idea how many were on all at once!
Imagine, all in one week, the following shows gracing the tube:
THE WILD, WILD WEST
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
THE TIME TUNNEL
THE FUGITIVE
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
BATMAN
I SPY
THE BIG VALLEY
BONANZA
GUNSMOKE
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
GET SMART
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
COMBAT
LOST IN SPACE
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
BEWITCHED
STAR TREK
TARZAN
THE RAT PATROL
THE VIRGINIAN
THE F.B.I.
FLIPPER
DAKTARI
...and on a mere three channels, yet!
The mind boggles. I mean, I'd be the first to say that we've got some fantastic shows on TV right now, but can anyone seriously say that 40 years from now people will be able to look back at a typical weekly TV schedule and be able to come up with even half as many as above?
I think not a snowball's chance in hell.
At least we have a fair representation of most of the above-mentioned series on DVD (or in the pipeline). Although so many others are still M.I.A....
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1966_TV_programs.jpg
As a fan of classic television and '60s TV in particular, I knew there were some great shows on the airwaves back then...but I had no idea how many were on all at once!
Imagine, all in one week, the following shows gracing the tube:
THE WILD, WILD WEST
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
THE TIME TUNNEL
THE FUGITIVE
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
BATMAN
I SPY
THE BIG VALLEY
BONANZA
GUNSMOKE
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
GET SMART
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
COMBAT
LOST IN SPACE
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
BEWITCHED
STAR TREK
TARZAN
THE RAT PATROL
THE VIRGINIAN
THE F.B.I.
FLIPPER
DAKTARI
...and on a mere three channels, yet!
The mind boggles. I mean, I'd be the first to say that we've got some fantastic shows on TV right now, but can anyone seriously say that 40 years from now people will be able to look back at a typical weekly TV schedule and be able to come up with even half as many as above?
I think not a snowball's chance in hell.
At least we have a fair representation of most of the above-mentioned series on DVD (or in the pipeline). Although so many others are still M.I.A....