Best TV Shows of 1963

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Best TV Shows of 1963
Best TV Shows of 1963
TOP TV Shows: Doctor Who (1963), General Hospital (1963), The Fugitive (1963), The Outer Limits (1963), Petticoat Junction (1963), Burke's Law (1963), My Favorite Martian (1963), The Patty Duke Show (1963), East Side/West Side (1963), The Judy Garland Show (1963), The Doctors (1963), Arrest and Trial (1963), The Greatest Show on Earth (1963), The Mighty Hercules (1963), The Telegoons (1963), That Was The Week That Was (1963), Astro Boy (1963), The Dick Emery Show (1963), Ken the Wolf Boy (1963), Call Fire for Ourselves (1963).
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Doctor Who (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor—who explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in ...
Style: cliffhanger, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: time travel, doctor who, benign alien, space travel, escapades, space, time machine, human alien, companion, reincarnation, time traveler, earth ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: england, britain, europe, london, arizona
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General Hospital (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
Style: soap opera, medical drama, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: hospital, medical, rivalry, twists and turns, parents and children, manipulation, dishonesty, siblings relations, family life, family business, family in crisis, doctor ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 2020s, 60s, 90s ...
Place: usa, new york
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The Fugitive (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor who is falsely convicted of his ...
Style: captivating, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, false accusation, on the run, chase, escape, murder, uncover truth, dishonesty, fugitives, injustice, twists and turns, death sentence ...
Time: 20th century, future, 60s
Place: tucson arizona, indiana, chicago, arizona, phoenix arizona ...
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The Outer Limits (1963)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: The Outer Limits is an American television series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1965. The series is often compared to The Twilight Zone, but with a greater emphasis on science fiction stories. The Outer Limits is an anthology of self-contained ...
Style: anthology, serious, psychotronic, scary, bleak ...
Audience: kids
Plot: space travel, dystopian future, supernatural ability, save the world, danger, space and aliens, alien encounter, space wars, alien, science, dystopia, alternate reality ...
Time: 20th century, future
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Petticoat Junction (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Wayfilms that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning. Petticoat Junction ...
Style: sitcom, retro, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: hillbilly, hotel, small town, town, parents, humour, village life, redheaded woman, female protagonist, three sisters, train engineer, dating ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
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Burke's Law (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured ...
Style: retro, detective
Plot: spy, camp, police, rolls royce, police detective, murder, millionaire, police officer, police captain, police sergeant
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My Favorite Martian (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes. The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara. John L. Greene created the central ...
Style: sitcom, retro, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mars, spaceship, alien, martian, time travel, intergalactic, invasion, alien disguised as human, friendly alien, friendship, fish out of water, reporter ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Patty Duke Show (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke. A total of 104 episodes were produced, ...
Style: sitcom, retro, intellectual
Audience: kids
Plot: villain, high school, parents, female protagonist, slumber party, doppelganger, scotsman, messenger, union, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship ...
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East Side/West Side (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden Chiles. The series aired for only one season and was shown Monday nights on CBS. TV Guide ranked it #6 on their 2013 list ...
Style: vintage
Plot: black, social worker, social problems, social work, urban setting, controversy, interracial relations
Place: new york
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The Judy Garland Show (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental, humorous
Audience: girls' night
Plot: variety show, jazz, music, artists and showbiz, performer's life, concert, strong female presence, interview, vaudeville, celebrity guests, show tunes, variety
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa
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The Doctors (1963)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Doctors is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC Daytime from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982. There were 5280 episodes produced, with the 5000th episode airing in November 1981. The series was set in Hope Memorial Hospital in ...
Style: soap opera, informative, medical drama
Plot: doctor, hospital
Time: 80s, 60s, 70s
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Arrest and Trial (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
Style: detective, vintage
Plot: legal, crime investigation, courtroom, trial, police, criminal trial, police detective, defense attorney
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The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Greatest Show on Earth is an American drama series starring Jack Palance about the American circus, which aired on ABC from September 17, 1963, to April 28, 1964. It was produced by Desilu, the production company founded by Lucille Ball and Desi ...
Style: vintage
Plot: circus, traveling circus, animal trainer, accountant, cane
Time: 60s
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The Mighty Hercules (1963)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Mighty Hercules is a low-budget animated series based loosely on the Greek mythological character of Heracles, under his Roman Mythology name, Hercules. It was created in 1962 and then debuted on TV in 1963 and ran until 1966 coinciding with the ...
Audience: kids
Plot: hercules, sword and sorcery, peplum, mythology, centaur, blonde, witch, sorcerer, magical ring, superhuman powers, parrot, monster ...
Place: ancient greece, greece
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The Telegoons (1963)
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: The Telegoons is a comedy puppet show, adapted from the highly successful BBC radio comedy show of the 1950s, The Goon Show produced for BBC television and first shown during 1963 and 1964. Two series of 13 episodes were made. The series was briefly ...
Style: sketch comedy, spoof, parody
Audience: kids
Plot: puppet, satire, british, joke, innocence, irreverence, stand up comedian, entertainment, admiral, absurdism, social satire, cowardice ...
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That Was The Week That Was (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Topical political satire program that poked fun at the events of the week. A series of musical numbers, skits, and irreverent humor. It prided itself on being controversial.
Style: political, sketch comedy
Plot: sketch, comedian, political satire, joke, stand up comedian, guest, journalism, journalist, monologue, topical humor, politics, entertainment ...
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Astro Boy (1963)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: This show is about a robot boy who fights crime and other robots not mega man
Style: anime, mecha, adult anime, vintage
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, robot, surrealism, humanoid robot, androids, heroes, child, sentient robot
Time: 60s, future
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The Dick Emery Show (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
Style: parody, sketch comedy, spoof
Plot: sketch, cross dressing, comedian, british, joke
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Ken the Wolf Boy (1963)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Ken is a young boy who was raised by wolves in a jungle in the Himalayan Mountains. One day a meteor hits the jungle, causing a drastic change. This eventually leads to famine and a need for certain animals to relocate. Ken tries to help the animals ...
Style: anime
Plot: friendship, friend, interspecies friendship, human animal friendship, young boy, animal that acts human, cartoon wolf, friends who live together, cartoon bear, feral child, child protagonist, predator ...
Time: 60s
Place: himalaya
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Call Fire for Ourselves (1963)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 317 min.
TV show
Story: In the Soviet village occupied by the Germans, a resistance group occurs, led by a modest girl Anna Morozova. For each victory (important, albeit small on a scale of the war) they have to pay a heavy price.
Style: rough, bleak, thought provoking, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, espionage, partisan, behind enemy lines, fight, diversion, occupation, bombing, danger, life is a bitch, brutality, violence ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, russia
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