Television shows of the 1960's

Answer 1

Gilliagan's Island

My three sons

Andy Griffin Show

I love Lucy

The honeymooners

Ed Sullivan show

Danny Thomas show

Bonanza

Wonderful world of Disney

The Wild Wild West

Underdog

Tennesee Tuxedo

Answer 2

In the UK television was black-and-white until 1967. There were only three channels - Two operated by the BBC (BBC 2 began broadcasting in 1964) and one independent commercial channel. It wasn't on a lot of the time, during the afternoon and overnight there was something called the 'Test Card', set of patterns and also a small girl. Allocation of channels was strictly controlled at the time, hence the limited number of channels. All three channels were largely national with regional inserts for news and local affairs programming.

In the US, color television was the norm, having been around since 1954. Commercial channels dominated the airwaves and far more channels were available because of the far less restrictive channel allocation. A lower proportion of the channels were national. The size of the country made national programming more problematic than in the UK. the commercial nature of broadcasting and lack of regulation allowed far more hours of programming to be broadcast each day than in the UK.

Although television quality has been developed significantly over the decades since then, the image resolutions and color systems employed at that time remain in use today, half a century on. It is only now that high definition is making a major change in the broadcast standards.