Top Tv Shows Of 1960
Top TV Shows of the 1960s These are the top television programs from the 1960-61 season through the 1969-1970 season. Many shows (like Bonanza') led the ratings for more than one year. 75 of the Most Popular Films of 1980-1995 IMDb Top 250 Movies of All Time. 60 Most Popular Shows of the 60s. TV.com's 60 most popular TV shows of the 60s. [ TV Ratings Index] Jump to a Year: 1960, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70. > 1960 - 1961 (Households with TV: 47,200,000): RANK: SHOW: NETWORK: ESTIMATED AUDIENCE.
Anyone who was watching television in the 1960s probably remembers it as the Golden (or at least the Silver) Age of Game Shows. Quite a few classic shows -- What's My Line? To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, Password, Concentration, Jeopardy!, The Match Game -- either premiered at this time or continued their long runs.
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Top Tv Shows Of 1960
Game shows were on TV both during the day and at prime time. It seemed that someone was always playing for something. But for every memorable hit, there were other game shows which didn't do nearly as well, but still made an impression, at least on me.
What follows are ten little-known television game shows of the 60's, each of which I watched at least once, along with some personal recollections. This game show was a little spooky. It ran on NBC from 1962 to 1964 and I remember it as being one of the first game shows I watched in color. We didn't have a color TV at that time, so I watched it at the neighbors' house. There was a team of celebrity panelists -- Dennis James was one -- who were shown pictures of five other celebrities. The spooky part was that one of the five celebrities was seated in a soundproof booth up and behind them, shown only in shadow. Based on how they answered fill-in-the-blank questions, the celebrities on the floor had to guess which celebrity it was.
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The only other thing I remember about this show was that Donna Douglas of The Beverly Hillbillies was one of the five photographs in one episode (I don't remember whether she was sitting in the booth or not), and that the show was hosted by Bill Leyden, who looked a little like my pediatrician. Obviously the show didn't make much of an impression on me. The title says it all. Contestant-couples on this game show competed for a house. That's right. With a roof, four walls, a kitchen, bathrooms, everything. Not only that, but they got to choose the style they wanted.
Top Tv Shows Of 1960
Or, if they preferred, they could get a mobile home. Of course they had to answer a bunch of quiz questions in order to win. And -- here was the catch -- they could only play for one room at a time. But if they won several rooms in a row (seven in the daytime version and four at night) the house would be theirs. But even if they didn't win all the rooms, they could still walk away with a bunch of great-looking furniture and some nifty carpeting by Broyhill. The show ran on ABC from 1968 to 1970. In the last episode host Mike Darrow came on and said that a few couples actually did win a house.