Television

**Television** is a medium for that transmits sound and vision over long distances.

This page features some of the most iconic TV shows, sorted by year of debut.

### 1947

*Kukla, Fran and Ollie*

*Howdy Doody*

### 1948

*Bozo the Clown*

*Candid Camera*

*Ed Sullivan Show*

### 1950

*The Cisco Kid*

*The Jack Benny Program*

*The Lone Ranger*

*Your Show of Shows*

*You Bet Your Life*

### 1951

*Amos 'n' Andy*

*Dragnet*

*I Love Lucy*

### 1952

*Adventures of Superman*

*American Bandstand*

*Ernie Kovacs Show*

*Ozzie and Harriet*

### 1953

*The Quatermass Experiment*

*Romper Room*

### 1954

*Father Knows Best*

*Flash Gordon*

*Lassie*

### 1955

*Benny Hill Show*

*Captain Kangaroo*

*Gunsmoke*

*The Honeymooners*

*Lawrence Welk Show*

*Mickey Mouse Club*

### 1956

*As the World Turns*

*Edge of Night*

*My Friend Flicka*

*The Price Is Right*

### 1957

*Have Gun -- Will Travel*

*Leave It to Beaver*

*Maverick*

*Perry Mason*

### 1958

*Bat Masterson*

*The Donna Reed Show*

*Peter Gunn*

*The Rifleman*

*77 Sunset Strip*

### 1959

*Bonanza*

*Rawhide*

*The Twilight Zone*

### 1960

*The Andy Griffith Show*

*Coronation Street*

*Danger Man*

*The Flintstones*

*My Three Sons*

### 1961

*The Avengers*

*Ben Casey*

*Car 54, Where Are You?*

*The Dick Van Dyke Show*

*Hazel*

*Mister Ed*

### 1962

*The Beverly Hillbillies*

*The Lucy Show*

*McHale's Navy*

*The Virginian*

### 1963

*Astro Boy*

*Doctor Who*

*The Fugitive*

*General Hospital*

*Let's Make a Deal*

*The Outer Limits*

*The Patty Duke Show*

*Petticoat Junction*

*Wild Kingdom*

### 1964

*The Addams Family*

*Bewitched*

*Flipper*

*Gilligan's Island*

*Gomer Pyle*

*Jeopardy!*

*Jonny Quest*

*The Man From UNCLE*

*The Munsters*

*Peyton Place*

*Underdog*

### 1965

*Days of Our Lives*

*Get Smart*

*Gidget*

*Green Acres*

*Hogan's Heroes*

*I Dream of Jeannie*

*I Spy*

*Lost in Space*

*Thunderbirds*

*The Wild Wild West*

### 1966

*Batman*

*Dark Shadows*

*Family Affair*

*The Green Hornet*

*Mission Impossible*

*The Monkees*

*Star Trek*

*That Girl*

*Ultraman*

### 1967

*The Carol Burnett Show*

*The Flying Nun*

*Ironside*

*Mannix*

*The Prisoner*

### 1968

*Adam-12*

*Hawaii Five-O*

*Julia*

*Land of the Giants*

*Laugh-In*

*The Mod Squad*

*60 Minutes*

### 1969

*The Brady Bunch*

*H.R. Pufnstuf*

*Marcus Welby, M.D.*

*Medical Center*

*Monty Python's Flying Circus*

*Night Gallery*

*Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!*

*Sesame Street*

### 1970

*All My Children*

*Josie and the Pussycats*

*The Mary Tyler Moore Show*

*The Odd Couple*

*The Partridge Family*

### 1971

*All in the Family*

*Columbo*

*McMillan & Wife*

*Soul Train*

*Upstairs, Downstairs*

### 1972

*The Bob Newhart Show*

*Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids*

*Kung Fu*

*M\*A\*S\*H*

*Maude*

*Sanford and Son*

*The Waltons*

### 1973

*Barnaby Jones*

*Kojak*

*The Young and the Restless*

### 1974

*Chico and the Man*

*Good Times*

*Happy Days*

*Kolchak: The Night Stalker*

*Land of the Lost*

*Little House on the Prairie*

*Police Woman*

*Rhoda*

*The Rockford Files*

### 1975

*Baretta*

*Barney Miller*

*Fawlty Towers*

*The Jeffersons*

*Saturday Night Live*

*Space: 1999*

*Welcome Back, Kotter*

*Wonder Woman*

### 1976

*Alice*

*The Bionic Woman*

*Charlie's Angels*

*The Gong Show*

*Laverne & Shirley*

*The Muppet Show*

*Quincy, M.E.*

### 1977

*CHiPs*

*Eight Is Enough*

*Lou Grant*

*The Love Boat*

*Three's Company*

### 1978

*Dallas*

*Diff'rent Strokes*

*Fantasy Island*

*Mork & Mindy*

*Taxi*

*WKRP in Cincinatti*

### 1979

*The Dukes of Hazzard*

*Knots Landing*

### 1981

*Dynasty*

*Falcon Crest*

*Hill Street Blues*

### 1982

*Cagney & Lacey*

*Family Ties*

*Knight Rider*

*Newhart*

*Remington Steele*

*St. Elsewhere*

*TJ Hooker*

### 1983

*The A-Team*

*Fraggle Rock*

*He-Man and the Masters of the Universe*

*Inspector Gadget*

### 1984

*The Cosby Show*

*Miami Vice*

*Murder, She Wrote*

*My Little Pony*

*Night Court*

*Transformers*

### 1985

*Larry King Live*

*MacGyver*

*Mr. Belvedere*

*Moonlighting*

### 1986

*ALF*

*Designing Women*

*LA Law*

*The Oprah Winfrey Show*

*Peewee's Playhouse*