Barney Fife     Marshal Dillon     Don Knots     Andy Griffith      Bugs Bunny      My Three sons     Fred McMurray    William Frawley     Jack Paar    Shari Lewis    Edward R. Murrow     Martin Milner     George Maharis    Chet Huntley     David Brinkley     Raymond Burr     flintstones     Fred Flintstone     Rod Serling

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Clips from The Andy Griffith Show, Kellog's Cornflakes American Gothic ad, Mattel Tommy- Blast toy gun ad, The Flintstones, 3 Stooges Simoniz ad

 

 

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The Andy Griffith Show
(1960-1968) Don Knotts steals the show and Ron Howard becomes one of the few child star success stories. The Andy Griffith Show.
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The Bugs Bunny Show
(1960 - 2000) with different titles but all beginning with "Bugs Bunny..." The history of the Bugs Bunny Show
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My Three Sons
(1960-1972)

Fred Mc Murray plays a single father with William Frawley from I LOVE LUCY as the mother figure. Health reasons caused Frawley to be replaced by William Demarest. My Three Sons

 

 

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The
Flintstones (1960-1966)

Hanna-Barbera riding the success of Huckleberry Hound makes it big with the first prime time cartoon show starring Fred Flintstone. The Flintstones. speaker 1960

 



 

 

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Route 66 (1960 to 1964) Staring Martin Milner and
George Maharis who travel the roads of America in a black and white Corvette. Route 66

 

 

Chet Huntly 1960

 

 

Huntley-Brinkley Report (NBC). Chet Huntley and David Brinkley News show from NBC which begins moving nightly news from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Huntley-Brinkley Report


 

CBS Sports Spectacular
The Flintstones
My Three Sons
Pete and Gladys
The Roaring Twenties
The Shari Lewis Show
Tate
Thriller

 

More on each new show of 1960 at Wikipedia

 

 

Most Watched 1960 - 1961

 

1. Gunsmoke CBS
2. Wagon Train NBC
3. Have Gun Will Travel CBS
4. The Danny Thomas Show CBS
5. The Red Skelton Show CBS
6. Father Knows Best CBS
7. 77 Sunset Strip ABC
8. The Price is Right NBC
9. Wanted: Dead or Alive CBS
10. Perry Mason CBS
11. The Real McCoys ABC
12. The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
13. The Rifleman ABC
14. The Ford Show NBC
15. The Lawman ABC
16. Dennis the Menace CBS
17. Cheyenne ABC
18. Rawhide CBS
19. Maverick ABC
20. The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp ABC

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Television News 1960

 

87% of households have TV, up from 9% in 1950

 

 

remote control 1960This was the year the remote control came into our many of our lives! Children were no longer required to sit on the floor within reach of the television to turn the dials at the command of the larger people on the couch. History of the Channel changer.

 



jack parr 1960

 

Talk-show host Jack Parr breaks down in tears as he walks off the live NBC Tonight Show when network censors removed a toilet joke he told the previous night. He leaves the show for a month before returning. Jack Parr Story

 

 

 

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Ventriloquist puppeteer Shari Lewis and her famous simple sock puppet Lambchop win the Peabody Award for entertaining children. Shari Lewis Ventriloquist

 







harvest of shame 1960

 

Edward R. Murrow's last program, Harvest of Shame aired. An expose on the plight of migrant workers in Florida, it forever changed the nature of TV news by setting in motion the tone for the generation of investigative journalists to come. Harvest of Shame.
 

Taking a food order by telephone, Domino's delivers a pizza.

 

 

The Emmy's for 1960 - 1961

 

Outstanding Actor - Series Raymond Burr for Perry Mason

 

Outstanding Actress - Series Barbara Stanwyck, Barbara Stanwyck Show

 

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Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role By an Actor or Actress in a Series - Don Knotts, The Andy Griffith Show

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Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor - Jack Benny Show (CBS)

 

Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series - Fred Astaire, Astaire Time

 

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News - Huntley-Brinkley Report (NBC).

 

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Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone

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Series End 1960

 

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1960).
Howdy Doody (1947-1960).
The Gale Storm Show (1956-1960).
The Steve Allen Show (1956-1960).

 

TV Guide Schedule 1960

 

 

Pete and Glayds 1960

 

Strange TV 1960

 

1960 Philco Continental

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