1960 TV Series and Shows

The Westerner

Written by: Sam Peckinpah

Directed by: William Wyler

Starring: Brian Keith

Country: United States of America

Outline: Laconic cowboy Dave Blasingame wanders the Wild West with his faithful dog Brown and the occasional companionship of pal Burgundy Smith.

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The Andy Griffith Show

Written by: Sheldon Leonard, Aaron Ruben, Danny Thomas

Starring: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Don Knotts

Country: United States of America

Outline: Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.

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The Tall Man

Written by: Samuel A. Peeples

Starring: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager

Country: United States of America

Outline: Fictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.

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The Case of the Dangerous Robin

Written by: John Abernathy, Leo Gordon

Starring: Jean Blake Fleming, Rick Jason

Country: United States of America

Outline: Robin Scott is a wealthy, Oxford-educated freelance insurance investigator, skilled in karate and judo, who travels all over the world investigating claims made against insurance companies,...

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Hong Kong

Written by: Robert Buckner

Starring: Rod Taylor, Lloyd Bochner

Country: United States of America

Outline: Glenn Evans, a two-fisted journalist in Hong Kong, follows up stories involving smugglers, spies, murderers, and beautiful women in distress, with the help of his friend Chief Inspector Neil Campbell.

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The Chevy Mystery Show

Country: United States of America

Outline: Anthology series featuring a different mystery each week.

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National Velvet

Starring: Lori Martin, Ann Doran, James McCallion, Arthur Space

Country: United States of America

Outline: Velvet Brown lives on a dairy farm with her parents Martha and Herbert, an ex-jockey, Mi Taylor, her brother Donald and her sister Edwina. Teddy is Edwina's boyfriend. Velvet owns a ...

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Here's Hollywood

Starring: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter

Country: United States of America

Outline: Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.

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The Bugs Bunny Show

Starring: Mel Blanc, June Foray

Country: United States of America

Outline: Bugs Bunny, the famous, Oscar-winning cartoon rabbit, hosts his first weekly television series, along with all his fellow Warner Brothers cartoon stars, including Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, ...

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Coronado 9

Starring: Rod Cameron

Country: United States of America

Outline: A former Naval intelligence officer works as a private detective in San Diego, California.

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Two Faces West

Starring: Charles Bateman, Francis De Sales, Joyce Meadows, Paul Comi

Country: United States of America

Outline: Marshal Ben January and his twin brother, Dr. Rick January (both played by Charles Bateman) fight to establish law and order in the wild frontier town of Gunnison in the 1860s.

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The Best of the Post

Starring: John Conte

Country: United States of America

Outline: A syndicated anthology series adapted from stories published in the Saturday Evening Post magazine.

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Thriller

Starring: Boris Karloff

Country: United States of America

Outline: Anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff that originally told ordinary tales of crime and mystery, but later became a showcase for gothic horror stories, many of which were based on works ...

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The Aquanauts

Starring: Ron Ely, Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate

Country: United States of America

Outline: Professional salvage divers Larry and Drake (later replaced by Mike) made their livings braving the dangers of the deep recovering sunken wrecks off the Southern California coast. ...

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The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Starring: Barbara Stanwyck

Country: United States of America

Outline: An anthology series usually starring Miss Stanwyck with her character either facing difficulties or overcoming peril. Several of the episodes were pilots, none of them turned into series.

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Surfside 6

Starring: Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra, Troy Donahue

Country: United States of America

Outline: Ken, Dave, and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on, and working out of, a houseboat in Miami, Florida. A yacht, belonging to socialite Daphne, is anchored next to their ...

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The Roaring 20's

Starring: Dorothy Provine, Donald May, Gary Vinson, Mike Road

Country: United States of America

Outline: The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.

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Westinghouse Playhouse

Written by: Ranald MacDougall

Starring: Nanette Fabray, Wendell Corey, Bobby Diamond, Jacklyn O'Donnell

Country: United States of America

Outline: Nan, a successful Broadway star, marries Dan McGovern a widower. On their way home, Dan tells her that he had not told his two children, Buddy and Nancy, that he was getting married. Nan is...

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Guestward Ho!

Starring: J. Carrol Naish, Joanne Dru, Mark Miller, Flip Mark

Country: United States of America

Outline: Babs Hooten, husband Bill and son Brook escape the frantic pace of NYC, buying dude ranch Guestward Ho in New Mexico. Their neighbor is Hawkeye who gives them bad advice he wants the Indians to reclaim the land if the Hootens fail.

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Stagecoach West

Starring: Wayne Rogers, Robert Bray, Richard Eyer, James Burke

Country: United States of America

Outline: Luke Perry and Simon Kane run a stagecoach line in the Old West, where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers, and ladies in distress. They are accompanied by Simon's young son...

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Harrigan and Son

Starring: Roger Perry, Pat O'Brien

Country: United States of America

Outline: James Harrigan and his son run a law firm, but have different ways of proving their clients' innocence.

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The Comedy Spot

Written by: Carl Reiner, Ronald Alexander

Starring: Carl Reiner, Mamie Van Doren, Candy Moore, Barbara Britton

Country: United States of America

Outline: Summer replacement series for "The Red Skeleton Show" during their annual hiatus from 1960-1962, this series featured unsold pilots for comedy series as well as reruns from other comedy anthology series.

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Checkmate

Written by: Eric Ambler

Directed by: Don Weis

Starring: Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot

Country: United States of America

Outline: Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.

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Insight

Starring: Ellwood Kieser

Country: United States of America

Outline: American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology shedding light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.

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