Posts Tagged ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
Primetime Monday 1963
You wonder if anything else happened in 1963. The assassination of President Kennedy in November was such a shock to the nation that it seems to have overshadowed all other news of the year. It created a touchstone for a generation, much like 9/11, or the Challenger explosion, everyone asked, “where were you when you heard President Kennedy was dead.” Jeff takes us through that period with some poignant clips and talks about the Monday TV schedule for 1963. Then click on any of the images in the schedule below to watch a full length episode from one of the Primetime series of 1963.
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Primetime Monday 1965 Rollover and click on any image below to watch an episode from that series
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8:00 |
8:30 |
9:00 |
9:30 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
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ABC |
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Wagon Train |
Breaking Point |
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CBS |
To Tell the Truth |
I’ve Got a Secret |
The Lucy Show |
The Danny Thomas Show |
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East Side/West Side |
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NBC |
NBC Monday Night at the Movies |
Hollywood & the Stars |
Sing Along with Mitch |
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Primetime Monday 1962
If we weren’t hiding under our desks during the Cuban Missile Crisis, we were watching The Andy Griffith Show or The Rifleman. Watch Jeff Grimshaw’s intro to Monday’s Primetime lineup in 1962 and the retro-mercial from Pepsi with everyone enjoying impossibly small 6oz cups of soda. Click on any of the images in the schedule below to watch a full length episode from that series.
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Primetime Monday 1962 Rollover and click on any image below to watch an episode from that series
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7:30 |
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10:00 |
10:30 |
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ABC |
Cheyenne |
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Stoney Burke |
Ben Casey |
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CBS |
To Tell the Truth |
I’ve Got a Secret |
The Lucy Show |
The Danny Thomas Show |
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The New Loretta Young Show |
Stump the Stars |
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NBC |
It’s a Man’s World |
Saints and Sinners |
The Price is Right |
David Brinkley’s Journal |
Local |
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The Andy Griffith Show
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The Andy Griffith Show ran on CBS from 1960 to 1968. The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and when Andy Griffith decided to move on to other projects and the series ended, it finished its final season at number one. The show was piloted as an episode of The Danny Thomas Show, and created two spin-off series: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and Mayberry R.F.D. The series was just as much a success in syndication, first on broadcast and local TV and later on cable television.
