Years in Television - 1960s

1960s

• 1960: First broadcast of The Andy Griffith Show, The Flintstones, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Coronation Street; American presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debate live on television
• 1961: First broadcast of The Avengers, The Defenders and The Morecambe and Wise Show
• 1962: First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Steptoe and Son, The Jetsons, University Challenge, Elgar, That Was The Week That Was, The Late Late Show (Ireland) and Sábado Gigante; first satellite television relayed by Telstar
• 1963: First broadcast of General Hospital, The Fugitive, The Outer Limits and Doctor Who
• 1964: First broadcast of Gilligan's Island, The Munsters, Bewitched, Top of the Pops, Match of the Day, Jeopardy! and the Up series. BBC 2 commences broadcasting in the UK. Its first night of transmission is curtailed by a massive power failure.
• 1965: First broadcast of Days of our Lives, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, Till Death Us Do Part, Des chiffres et des lettres, Tomorrow's World, Top of the Pops, The Magic Roundabout and The War Game; Nigeria is the first African country to receive TV
• 1966: First broadcast of Star Trek, Batman, The Monkees, Ultra Series, Cathy Come Home and Mission: Impossible
• 1967: First broadcast of The Carol Burnett Show, The Prisoner, The Phil Donahue Show, Ambassador Magma; PBS launched; PAL and SECAM colour standards introduced in Europe, with BBC2 making the first colour broadcasts
• 1968: First broadcast of 60 Minutes, One Life to Live, Dad's Army, Elvis and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• 1969: First broadcast of Sesame Street, On the Buses, Nu, pogodi! and Monty Python's Flying Circus; Apollo 11 Moon landing broadcast live worldwide; completion of Fernsehturm Berlin