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The year 1965 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1965.
The year 1964 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events which occurred in that year.
The year 1963 involved some significant events in television. Below are lists of notable TV-related events.
The year 1962 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of notable events of that year.
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television, where it continued its success, initially running simultaneously on radio and TV. In terms of seasons, it was the longest running live-action sitcom in U.S. television history until It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia surpassed it on December 1, 2021. The series starred the entertainment duo of Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their sons, David and Ricky. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' neighbor "Thorny".
The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary and Jeff. The show originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1958, to March 19, 1966.
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Z Living is an American digital cable and satellite television network. The channel previously focused on health and wellness programming, but after a 2020 ownership change from Essel Group to NIA Broadcasting, the network shifted focus to classic TV series (much of it shared by family-oriented sister network FOLK TV and low-profile contemporary entertainment and lifestyle programming from independent producers.
History of the Sitcom is an eight-part CNN documentary television series that traces the development of the American situation comedy show from the 1950s to the 21st Century. The show features 184 interviews with creatives, actors and directors including Norman Lear, Mel Brooks, Yvette Lee Bowser, Marta Kauffman, and Carl Reiner. The series follows a similar format of the CNN Original Series The History of Comedy.
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