Best TV Shows of 1968

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Best TV Shows of 1968
Best TV Shows of 1968
TOP TV Shows: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968), Hawaii Five-O (1968), Dad's Army (1968), Adam-12 (1968), One Life to Live (1968), The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968), The Mod Squad (1968), Julia (1968), The Name of the Game (1968), The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968), Land of the Giants (1968), The Champions (1968), Here's Lucy (1968), The Doris Day Show (1968), The Adventures of Batman (1968), Lancer (1968), The Outcasts (1968), Mayberry R.F.D. (1968), Marty (1968), The Archie Show (1968).
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' ...
Style: retro, serious, feel good, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot: puppet, love, talking cat, child prodigy, asexual, prodigy, mentor, magic, urbanization, music, youth, toys ...
Time: 1900s, 60s, 90s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant ...
Style: captivating, tense, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, fighting crime, multiple suspects, workplace, investigation, police protagonist, police officer, honor, suspect ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
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 8.1
 7K
Dad's Army (1968)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
Style: sitcom, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, soldier, sergeant, captain, volunteer, british military, seaside town, war, military, warden, disorder, hapless soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, united kingdom
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 7.7
 5K
Adam-12 (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by R. A. Cinader and Jack ...
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, sincere, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, lapd, police protagonist, police officer, car, workplace intrigue, police investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, working undercover, price of justice, police detective ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
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One Life to Live (1968)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: One Life to Live is an American soap opera broadcast on television for more than 43 years on the ABC network, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network since April 29, ...
Style: soap opera, emotional, sentimental, serious, sincere ...
Plot: couple relations, love and romance, family life, parents and children, friendship, family problems, infidelity, family feud, family relations, borderline personality disorder, lesbian, women ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: pennsylvania
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The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC 2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour, following the duo's move to the ...
Style: sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: sketch, silly humor, partner, disorder, friends, odd couple, artists and showbiz, comedy team, duo, celebrity guests
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: england
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The Mod Squad (1968)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence ...
Style: retro, detective, telenovela, vintage
Plot: police, investigation, woman with a gun, cop, die hard, hippie, superhero, female police officer, interracial relations, counterculture, police captain, police station ...
Time: 60s, 70s
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 7.7
 675
Julia (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role. Previous television series featured African American lead characters, but the characters were usually ...
Style: sitcom, telenovela
Plot: black, black sitcom, nurse, single mother, african american, widow, female protagonist, vietnam war, war widow, sexy nurse
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
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The Name of the Game (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones ...
Style: anthology, vintage
Plot: reporter, journalist, magazine, multiple storylines, politics, investigative reporter, businessman, biosphere, magazine editor, organized crime
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s
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The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is an American situation comedy based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by R. A. Dick. It premiered in September 1968 on NBC. After NBC canceled the series, it aired on ABC for one season ...
Style: sitcom, retro, comfort, vintage
Plot: ghost, afterlife, heaven, secret relationship, shame, descendant, unrequited love, coward, dog, landlord, tomboy, blonde ...
Time: future, 60s
Place: maine
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Land of the Giants (1968)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Land of the Giants is an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of ...
Style: saga, epic, serious, clever, offbeat ...
Audience: kids
Plot: space and aliens, giant, space travel, kaiju, outer space, intergalactic, future war, dystopia, space opera, space, survival, rescue ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, near future, year 1983
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The Champions (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, eurospy
Plot: spy, female warrior, occult, espionage, monster, secret agent, superhuman powers, paranormal activity, agent, alien encounter, life turned upside down, supernatural ability ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: himalaya, china
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 6.9
 2K
Here's Lucy (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball's third network television sitcom. It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974.
Style: sitcom
Plot: employment agency, love, women, single mother, brother in law, sister in law, brother in law sister in law relationship, secretary, widow, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, live audience
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: los angeles, california
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The Doris Day Show (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for ...
Style: sitcom, retro, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: parents, single mother, single parent, ranch, couples, family relations, friends, city life, countryside, terminal illness, workplace romance, wooing ...
Time: 60s
Place: san francisco, usa
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The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television variety program featuring The Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four funny animal characters. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera, and ran for 31 episodes on ...
Style: anthology, anime, weird
Audience: kids
Plot: sketch, rock band, three musketeers, aunt nephew relationship, professor, island, pirate ship, father daughter relationship, anthropomorphism, father, sword fight, sword ...
Time: 70s, 60s
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The Adventures of Batman (1968)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Batman is an animated television series produced by Lou Schiemer's Filmation studios. It showcased the 12-minute Batman segments from The Batman/Superman Hour, sometimes broken up by and surrounding another cartoon from ...
Style: retro, semi serious, exciting, stylized, humorous
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot: batman, superhero, superman, woman with a gun, secret identity, fighting crime, gotham city, superpower, partner, heroes, master villain, escapades ...
Time: 60s
Place: new york, new jersey
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 7.1
 412
Lancer (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on ...
Plot: ranch, blended family, parent child relationship, family relations, half brother, father son relationship
Time: 19th century
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 7.3
 178
The Outcasts (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Outcasts is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series stars Don Murray and Otis Young. It is most notable for being the first television Western with an African American co-star.
Style: hood
Plot: slavery, civil war, arizona desert, apache indian, indian burial ground, apache territory, us military, union, wild west, old west, barber, equestrian ...
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona, tucson arizona, texas, new mexico ...
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Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: humour, town, single father, farm, small town, father son relationship, family relations, optimism, hotshot lawyer, rise to the top, curses spells and rituals, family life ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: north carolina, usa
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 7.8
 150
Marty (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Marty is a British television sketch comedy series, with Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Roland MacLeod, Mary Miller and Peter Pocock which was made in 1968. There was a second series made in 1969, titled "It's ...
Style: sketch comedy
Plot: sketch, joke, comedian, british, actress playing multiple roles
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The Archie Show (1968)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Archie Show is a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation. Based on the Archie comic books, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show debuted on CBS in September 1968 and lasted for one season. A total of 17 half-hour ...
Audience: kids
Plot: high school, fictional band, comic book, superhero, teenage girl, teenage boy, television, surrealism, male female relationship
Time: 60s
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The Adventures of Gulliver (1968)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Gulliver is a television cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, created in 1968. The show is based on the novel Gulliver's Travels. The show originally aired Saturday mornings on ABC-TV between September 14, 1968 and ...
Audience: kids
Plot: fantasy world, missing father, giant, surrealism, captain, king, good versus evil, shipwreck, dwarf, ship captain
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Arabian Knights (1968)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: Arabian Knights is an animated segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series is based on Arabian Nights, a classic work of Middle Eastern literature.
Plot: arabian nights, wizard, magic, thief, royalty, fugitive, desert, princess, strongman, prince, donkey, resistance fighter
Place: middle east, arabia
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series created by John McCallum, produced from 1966–1968, telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park ...
Style: sitcom, children's program, semi serious, offbeat, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: kangaroo, friendship, partner, animal life, friends, danger, young heroes, pets, unlikely partners, save the day, amateur detective, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: australia
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It Takes a Thief (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: It Takes a Thief is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC for two and a half seasons between January 9, 1968, and March 24, 1970. It starred veteran movie actor Robert Wagner in his television debut as sophisticated thief ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot: thief, undercover, spy, espionage, government agent, heist, law enforcement, erotic scene, wartime, secret agent, government agency, danger ...
Time: future, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa
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Beyond Our Control (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Beyond Our Control was the title of an American youth-produced television series that aired on local NBC affiliate WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana for 20 seasons from 1967 to 1986. Usually televised from late-January to mid-May of each year, the ...
Plot: sketch, teenager, satire, driving lesson, television, shark, tv news, tv station, tv commercial, drive in movie
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 8.5
 852
The Odyssey (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 109 min.
TV show
Story: Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.
Style: scenic, epic, heroic, breathtaking, enigmatic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: ancient, odyssey, greek mythology, mythology, cyclops, greek island, god, underworld, rivalry, desire, sacrifice, danger ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, mediterranean sea
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The Shield and the Sword (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany
Duration: 191 min.
TV show
Story: Soviet spy film , based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union.
Plot: soviet spy, world war two, nazism, spy, secret agent, concentration camp, recruitment, memory loss, liberation, amnesia, parachuting, recruiting ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, east germany, russia
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: Romania, France, West Germany
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, sentimental
Audience: family outing
Plot: coming of age, small town, homeless, ship, stolen money, rebellion, misfit, youth, buddies, mischievous children, young heroes, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century
Place: missouri, mississippi, usa, st. petersburg russia
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