TV Shows from 1961

As Schools Match Wits

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

📺 Network: PBS

🎬 Starring: Beth Ward

📖 Synopsis:

Debuting in 1961, the television quiz show "As Schools Match Wits" pitted high school academic teams against one another in a battle of knowledge over the course of six seasons. The program featured host Beth Ward, who guided the young contestants through various rounds o...

Ben Casey

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

CBS Evening News

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

🎭 Genre: News

📺 Network: CBS

🎬 Starring: Tony Dokoupil, Jericka Duncan

📖 Synopsis:

In a world where information is power, "CBS Evening News" stands as a beacon of journalistic integrity and timely reporting. Anchored by the insightful Tony Dokoupil and the compelling Jericka Duncan, the show delivers a comprehensive overview of the day’s most pres...

Dr. Kildare

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

📖 Synopsis: The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine....

Hazel

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 28, 1961 until April 11, 1966 and was produced by Screen Gems. The show aired on NBC for its first fo...

Hessenschau

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

Mister Ed

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilb...

The Avengers

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

📖 Synopsis: A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel...

The Dick Van Dyke Show

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

📖 Synopsis: The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley....

The Mike Douglas Show

📅 Years: 1961 - Present

📖 Synopsis: The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed...