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  • Опубликовано: 18 авг 2024
  • What are your favorite television shows of the 1960s? And after you've finished watching this video, let us know if you were surprised to learn that any of the programs we discussed held number one positions during their respective years.
    ▬Contents of this video▬
    00:00 - Intro
    00:37 - 1960 - Gunsmoke
    01:40 - 1961 - Wagon Train
    02:24 - 1962-1963 - The Beverly Hillbillies
    03:33 - 1964 - 1966 - Bonanza
    04:31 - 1967 - The Andy Griffith Show
    05:24 - 1968-1969 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
    07:03 - Outro
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    The 1960s was a decade that saw a tremendous amount of societal, cultural, political, and technological changes transpire - especially during the latter half of the decade. The first chunk of the 60s weren't that much unlike the late 1950s, but as we all know, the counterculture movement that gave us iconic things such as Woodstock and the Beatles changed all of that.
    It was a particularly groundbreaking time for the world of television especially. During this era, social factors played a role in the decline of more traditional family-friendly programming that viewers were used to in the previous decade, but that wasn't necessarily as reflected in the ratings as it would be in the 70s.
    The swinging 60s were an era that embraced a willful departure from orthodoxy. At the same time, some viewers still clung to the sensibilities and values that were held dear in the 1950s. As such, what you got in the 60s, was a bit of a mixed bag of old-school ideals combined with fresh new material that challenged the status quo - albeit a bit more subtly than the following decade
    Westerns dominated the ratings during the early years of the 60s, while sitcoms and variety shows would prove to be quite popular in the second half of the decade. By the final year of the 60s, however, one sketch comedy show would burst on to the scene that would lay the groundwork for the future of shows in this category. If you're interested in learning what that show was, be sure to watch this video in full.
    The Most Watched TV Series of the 1960s (By Year)

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  • @robertgorton3856
    @robertgorton3856 2 года назад +10

    My favorites was Bonanza and Beverly Hillbillies. I loved both of these and , have them in DVD collections that allow me to watch them anytime I want. Wished they still made shows like that.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +3

      Thank you for sharing your favorite TV shows. Sadly, they don't make those kind of shows nowadays.

    • @robertgorton3856
      @robertgorton3856 2 года назад +2

      @@FactsVerse Your very welcome!! Yes, sadly they don't make these type of shows now a days. Other shows I liked not mentioned in this video. Are the shows "Brady Bunch", and "Happy Days", " Lavern & Shirley", and "Lassie & Timmy".

    • @robertgorton3856
      @robertgorton3856 2 года назад +1

      @@FactsVerse Very Welcome!! Yes, sadly they don't make shows like that now a days. Other shows I liked similar to these are "Brady Bunch", "Happy Days", "Lavern & Shirley", and "Lassie & Timmy"

    • @janinecox256
      @janinecox256 2 года назад +1

      Touché

    • @williambishop2384
      @williambishop2384 3 месяца назад

      In the mid 60s in the fall, when the new season was beginning, people would actually tune in because their major sponsor was Chevrolet so they could see what the new models looked like.

  • @anngilbert4250
    @anngilbert4250 2 года назад +11

    My favorite of these was Beverly Hillbillies. I liked them all. My dad did not miss Gunsmoke.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +2

      Who was your favorite Beverly Hillbillies character?

    • @janinecox256
      @janinecox256 2 года назад +1

      Granny because as old as she was, she was a spit fire!

  • @bobwallace9814
    @bobwallace9814 2 года назад +8

    A person in the 60's only had a handful of channels to watch that went off the air around midnight until 6am so there were actually far less shows to view. Even shows like the Flintstones were prime time viewing.

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад +2

      There was no remote control, either. After midnight all you could watch was the test pattern.

    • @JohnLee-pt5jz
      @JohnLee-pt5jz 2 года назад +1

      Like in Australia in the seventies.

  • @joefaber1381
    @joefaber1381 2 года назад +9

    My favorite show of this era was Hogan's Heroes.

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад +3

      "I know nothing!"

    • @1927su
      @1927su 2 года назад

      Mine too! Ha! Listen to this!Back in the day ,
      IF I didn’t have to work at ponderosa steak house after school, I WOULD FLY HOME in my cool 1968 junker AMC JAVELIN , (loved that car!) and make my favorite peanut butter sandwich , & settle in for the 4:00 pm glorious Hogans Heroes episode .
      On my 17 Birthday I had the day all planned!
      No matter what I wanted to make sure I would be home for the daily afternoon episode. That day, all my friends kept wanting to come over and “ hang out”. I told them NO , and what I wanted to do.
      They kept insisting and finally i just got fed up & pissed , but said “ Fine. You can come over but I AM WATCHING HOGANS HEROES no MATTER WHAT and guys can do what you want!”
      Well… they all came over, and to MY HORROR, my poor Mother had planned a big SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!
      Here were like 20 kids gathered at the house, and tho we were poor, my single Mom with three kids, scrimped and saved and had ordered pizza , soda and baked a special cake.
      In those days you respected your parents when it came down to it , and of course I had to then “play along” & pretend to enjoy the surprise.
      Only another Hogans Heroes fan would understand how secretly I was NEVER SO PISSED!!! Lol!
      I had my perfect Birthday all planned in my head & couldn’t follow thru, without hurting my Mother’s feelings and looking the complete asshole to my friends.
      I’m 60 now, not nearly as self absorbed, lol, but I still catch an episode now & then when I I can. I loved Bob Crane & all the other characters almost as much. Just curious, Do you still ever watch? Lol what a memory - what a show

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад

      @@1927su I know nothing! Hogan's Heroes was great. A friend named his German Shepherd Schultz. I watch it sometimes if I'm surfing and it's on. I wonder what ever happened to Klink's secretary. Helga? She was hot.
      You had an AMC Javelin and loved it? You might have been the only one who could say that. lol
      I was a latch key kid before we knew what latch key kids were. I would come home and get some peanut butter (we got commodities from the county who got it from the USDA because we were poor and it was before food stamps), and I"d take PB and syrup and mix it together. Then I'd put it on bread, and that was my after-school snack every day. Still eat PB every day and I'm almost 70.

  • @kve1247
    @kve1247 2 года назад +11

    What about The Big Valley & Green Acres?! Those were great shows too!👍🏽👍🏽👌🏽

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад +2

      Linda Evans made The Big Valley worth watching.

    • @kve1247
      @kve1247 2 года назад +2

      @@slundgr Lee Majors too🤩

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад +2

      @@kve1247 And who can forget his wife, Farrah.

    • @ferdinandfrancis9673
      @ferdinandfrancis9673 2 года назад +2

      Also Shiloh, High Chaparral, The Untouchables, Wagon Train. Daniel Boone, Get Smart.

    • @JP-ur9zp
      @JP-ur9zp 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@slundgr what about the great Barbara Stanwyck

  • @karenoengland9859
    @karenoengland9859 2 года назад +6

    Still watch Gunsmoke.

    • @soxfan
      @soxfan 2 года назад +3

      don't forget rawhide

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      We do too! Be on the lookout for our next video!

  • @jameslowe3489
    @jameslowe3489 2 года назад +6

    Andy Griffith show was my two boys and myself watched every week

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      Happy to hear that you and your two boys love the Andy Griffith Show! Which character appealed to you the most?

  • @shaynestephens
    @shaynestephens 2 года назад +6

    My favorite show of the 1960's? The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It was replaced by Laugh-In in the time slot on NBC.

  • @avejoe
    @avejoe 2 года назад +12

    Get Smart, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke are magnificent shows. Gunsmoke is my favorite show.

    • @z-z-z-z
      @z-z-z-z 2 года назад +2

      did miss kitty give you impure thoughts?

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +2

      Great picks! What other types of videos would you like to see?

  • @charliejamz.
    @charliejamz. 2 года назад +9

    I’m surprised that Andy Griffith was most popular by the end of its run. The early seasons are the best in my opinion. Honorable mentions would be cool. Green Acres, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, Carol Burnette, etc..

  • @merecdeslove6593
    @merecdeslove6593 2 года назад +6

    I remember all of them but I loved Dark Shadows from 66 to 71

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      Glad you were able to remember all of them 😊

    • @harperstacey9604
      @harperstacey9604 2 года назад +1

      I loved Barnabas Collins on dark shadows. He was my favorite character. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

  • @greatfilmmaker
    @greatfilmmaker 2 года назад +3

    Rowan and Martin's laugh in

  • @rayfridley6649
    @rayfridley6649 2 года назад +4

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh In was at least partly inspired by The Smoother's Brothers, that ran for about six seasons before 1968.

  • @bookaufman9643
    @bookaufman9643 2 года назад +4

    Green acres was not a spin-off of The Beverly hillbillies as you stated. Green acres was a spin-off from petticoat junction which is a very different rural themed show.

    • @shaynestephens
      @shaynestephens 2 года назад +1

      True. But they were created and produced by the same team and eventually the three shows crossed over.

    • @bookaufman9643
      @bookaufman9643 2 года назад +1

      @@shaynestephens yes but it's been off involves taking one character from a show and starting another show with him or her.

  • @slundgr
    @slundgr 2 года назад +7

    Bonanza was the first TV show I ever saw in living color. My all-time favorite show from the sixties was Combat! Laugh-In was a great hit, and it helped Goldie Hawn get her start. Judy Carnes, who was married to Burt Reynolds was also on the show.

    • @harperstacey9604
      @harperstacey9604 2 года назад

      Judy carne was the sock it to me girl on laugh-in. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

    • @charliedelacruz8395
      @charliedelacruz8395 2 года назад +1

      Judy carne also played captain Healy"s girlfriend on l dream of Jeannie during the first season in 1965.

    • @carolynking5470
      @carolynking5470 2 года назад +1

      Bonanza had the best colour of any TV show of that time, when they were just starting to produce colour TV. So many of the shows had very bad colour.

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад +1

      @@carolynking5470 Yes, the technology was not very advanced at that time. I think people were just glad to have color instead of B&W TV

    • @janinecox256
      @janinecox256 2 года назад +1

      I loved Laugh In because it grabbed u by the throat but u were laughing so hard that u didn’t even noticed!

  • @michaelmcbreen4025
    @michaelmcbreen4025 2 года назад +11

    In my opinion the best western of the early 60s was "Rawhide" and of course another one I liked was "Bronco".👍

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад +2

      Mine was The Rifleman. Combat! was my favorite show of the era.

  • @malkaringel7864
    @malkaringel7864 2 года назад +4

    Hillbillies, I love Lucy, & some Western

  • @leesashriber5097
    @leesashriber5097 2 года назад +3

    Love me some Gunsmoke!!

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +1

      We do agree! Gunsmoke is one of the best Western 💗

  • @whiterabbit5356
    @whiterabbit5356 2 года назад +4

    Green Acres still rocks.

    • @whiterabbit5356
      @whiterabbit5356 2 года назад

      Used to really like “My world and welcome to it” with William Windom, Lisa Gerritsan and ? but only ran for a short time in the late 60’s.

  • @roxmattern60
    @roxmattern60 2 года назад +2

    Funny I find myself watching the 60's TV shows instead of what is on today.
    Sixties TV had a little bit of everything.

  • @carlacrawford9349
    @carlacrawford9349 Год назад +1

    My favorites were Hogan's Heroes, Wagon Train, Laugh In, The Fugitive, Carol Burnett, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Larado, The Virginian, Gomer Pyle and a whole bunch others. These were entertaining. Copared to the majority of what 's showing today. 8:01

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  Год назад

      Thank you so much for sharing! What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

  • @CaptainAmerica-jw2xh
    @CaptainAmerica-jw2xh 5 месяцев назад +1

    BONANZA is my favorite from the 60's.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  5 месяцев назад +1

      We're happy to know that you're a fan of Bonanza. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @seunarinemaharaj8474
    @seunarinemaharaj8474 2 года назад +2

    i love the shows in the 60's and the 70's gunsmoke bonanza mr ed

  • @BlueSky-eb7ru
    @BlueSky-eb7ru 6 месяцев назад +1

    In 1960's we had a wealth of good TV shows . Its hard to pick out a favourite when all the TV Shows were good
    But I think BONANZA was my overall favourite TV Show with THE RIFLEMAN at a close 2nd in 1960's
    Everybody loved HOSS on Bonanza and MARK on The Rifleman .

  • @janinecox256
    @janinecox256 2 года назад +2

    It was a simpler time back then and maybe that’s why I like it so much!

  • @teslarawks1673
    @teslarawks1673 2 года назад +5

    Granny: Jethroooo! You avert your eyes young whippersnapper , Goldie You go put some clothes on young lady.

  • @josephjohnson8520
    @josephjohnson8520 2 года назад +10

    I like Mission: Impossible, Lost In Space and Star Trek. The 60's had some great shows. Star Trek is the best show.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +1

      Great picks! What other types of videos would you like to see?

    • @josephjohnson8520
      @josephjohnson8520 2 года назад +1

      @@FactsVerse The Ladies of Petticoat Junction

  • @BlueberryStinkFinger62
    @BlueberryStinkFinger62 10 месяцев назад

    I liked Mrs Flem and her dogs.. excellent show!

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  10 месяцев назад

      One of our favorites too, you've got fine taste! What other types of video would you like to see?

  • @randyrogers8568
    @randyrogers8568 3 месяца назад

    Far and away my fav of the 60's as well as all time was "I Dream of Jeannie"

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for sharing! Which episode of I Dream of Jeannie appealed to you the most?

  • @mutantryeff
    @mutantryeff 2 года назад +4

    What? No "My Favorite Martian"?

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 4 месяца назад

    I loved Hazel as a kid in the 60's. Batman, dark shadows, voyage to the bottom of the sea, land of the giants.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  4 месяца назад

      Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

  • @gerimitchell5066
    @gerimitchell5066 2 года назад +2

    Still like the westerns

  • @davidjaap2130
    @davidjaap2130 4 месяца назад

    An honorable mention is " Sugarfoot", with Will Hutchins. The 60s seemed to be run by westerns, doctor shows,& police type shows. 🙏❤☺

  • @orangehoof
    @orangehoof 2 года назад +4

    Some claimed Laugh-In helped to elect Richard Nixon in 1968 when Nixon did a three-second cameo where he looked stunned and said "Sock it to ME??". Laugh-In offered equal time to Hubert Humphrey but Humphrey turned it down saying it "looked stupid". And it was but it was considered "hip" to be on Laugh-In just as it was considered hip for Bill Clinton to play the saxophone for Arsenio Hall.

    • @janinecox256
      @janinecox256 2 года назад +1

      When Bill Clinton put on those shades and played that saxophone, he was literally handed the presidency in 1992

  • @jennahelminski627
    @jennahelminski627 2 года назад +4

    Gunsmoke. then Bonanza

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      Great choice 👍What other types of videos would you like to see?

  • @mred9361
    @mred9361 2 года назад +2

    An actor named frank cady played a character called Sam Drucker, he appeared or is mentioned in Pettycoat Junction, Green acres, and Beverly hillbillies, always as Sam the general store owner

  • @eugeneriddle4697
    @eugeneriddle4697 2 года назад +2

    Gunsmoke

  • @quiricomazarin476
    @quiricomazarin476 4 месяца назад +1

    Catholic Bishop Fultons Sheens " Life is worth Living"!!!

  • @JohnLee-pt5jz
    @JohnLee-pt5jz 2 года назад +3

    Beverly hillbillies, my favourite show of all time.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      Simply irreplaceable 😉

  • @CaptainAmerica-jw2xh
    @CaptainAmerica-jw2xh 5 месяцев назад

    Favorite Shows:
    1960's BONANZA
    1970's THREE'S COMPANY
    1980's THE COSBY SHOW
    1990's XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS and FRIENDS
    2000's SUPERNATURAL

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  5 месяцев назад

      Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! What is your favorite episode of Bonanza?

  • @johnmatzye6633
    @johnmatzye6633 2 года назад +1

    60's was know as the three B's - The Beatles - Bonds - Batman.

  • @paultournier3099
    @paultournier3099 2 года назад +1

    WHAT ABOUT THAT GIRL, I REMEMBER I LOVED THAT SHOW.

  • @alg11297
    @alg11297 2 года назад +2

    What about Gomer Pyle USMC which never once hinted at the fact that we were at war in Viet Nam? Ed Sullivan, a variety show that basically told us what songs to listen to.

  • @dennisbraulick3727
    @dennisbraulick3727 2 года назад +3

    Me, just watched Gunsmoke and its reruns

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +1

      We're happy to know that you love Gunsmoke. Which episode is the most memorable to you?

  • @yhwh4ps374
    @yhwh4ps374 2 года назад +2

    Andy Griffith was the best of the listed. I wonder if Laugh in reruns play on any networks.

  • @Dorthy-wx9fq
    @Dorthy-wx9fq 2 месяца назад

    Laugh In, definitely. Made me laugh and just when I was getting the jokes and the political humor. It was pulled.

  • @humdrumdontsuccumb
    @humdrumdontsuccumb 2 года назад +3

    How could you not mention Goldie Hawn when you covered Laugh-In?

    • @slundgr
      @slundgr 2 года назад +1

      That's where she got her start. And Judy Carnes was married to Burt Reynolds.

  • @denniswhite166
    @denniswhite166 2 года назад +2

    My favorite 60's show was The Smothers Brothers.

  • @dem96
    @dem96 2 года назад +2

    What about Batman it started in 66.

    • @cdgates1
      @cdgates1 2 года назад +2

      Batman was the hottest thing on tv in '66. When u have veteran actors begging can they get on the show then u know u are a hit

    • @dem96
      @dem96 2 года назад +1

      @@cdgates1 absolutely

  • @susanmccormick6022
    @susanmccormick6022 2 года назад +2

    What Bonanza wives??

  • @kimbrey65
    @kimbrey65 2 года назад +1

    I'm surprised you didn't say anything more about Green Acres, other than mentioning Mr. Haney. You forgot about Petticoat Junction.

    • @mred9361
      @mred9361 2 года назад +1

      The great thing about these shows was they could be funny without swearing, politics,sexual references and just plain filth

  • @shishiranair4095
    @shishiranair4095 Год назад +1

    I was born in 1986 . I am an Indian lady . I wish I was born in the 40's . I wish I could have met John F Kennedy in the 1960's as a beautiful white lady . Life would have been awesome in 1960's .

  • @beyourself2444
    @beyourself2444 2 года назад +1

    Wasn’t born in the 60s but Star Trek TOSand Twilight Zone are my fav tv shows from the US

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      Glad to know that you're a fan of Star Trek! Which episode is the most memorable for you?

  • @kathleenmink2110
    @kathleenmink2110 Год назад +1

    Hands down...The Flying Nun

  • @janinecox256
    @janinecox256 2 года назад +1

    None of those 4 men were married but they came close though on Bonanza!

  • @Outlaw-Josey-Wales
    @Outlaw-Josey-Wales 2 года назад +2

    I liked grizzly Adams and Beretta and welcome back kotter

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +1

      Thank you for sharing what you like! What other types of videos would you like to see?

    • @Outlaw-Josey-Wales
      @Outlaw-Josey-Wales 2 года назад

      @@FactsVerse video of lassie or famous pets

  • @jacquelinekemp4074
    @jacquelinekemp4074 2 месяца назад

    Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek

  • @HawklordLI
    @HawklordLI 2 года назад +1

    All the Gunsmoke clips were from the 70's.

  • @silverchan9999
    @silverchan9999 2 года назад

    i only have one thing to say where is batman *Pow*

  • @thebuckstopshere2186
    @thebuckstopshere2186 2 года назад

    Gilligan's Island, Star Trek and The Andy Griffith Show

  • @l.w.wallace6904
    @l.w.wallace6904 2 года назад +3

    Im second

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      Almost! Maybe on the next video, you'll be first 😀

  • @malcolmdivorty6852
    @malcolmdivorty6852 2 года назад +1

    No doubt it was Bonanza

  • @rays937
    @rays937 2 года назад

    Whoo there.... 70s.... Night gallery... SNL... Don kershew?. Rock concert.. soap... Fernwood tonight... Funny

  • @1bobsgirl
    @1bobsgirl 2 года назад

    the second hundred years and star trek the original series

  • @christofl6523
    @christofl6523 2 года назад

    Twilight Zone and Lost In Space. I had a huge crush on Judy (Marta Kristen).

  • @vandercecil9449
    @vandercecil9449 2 года назад

    Wow! That was some dreay shit...