Classic TV Shows

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was really very popular among children as well as adults in the 1960s. The program actually consisted of two different series. The first was Rocky and His Friends which aired from 1959 to 1961; then came The Bullwinkle S...

Mighty Mouse was another one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. I actually enjoyed cartoons like Mighty Mouse, Underdog and Rocky and Bullwinkle more than I did the Loony Tunes or even Tom and Jerry. Although it was in reruns to me it was brand new, a...

The Munsters aired on CBS from 1964 to 1966. There are 70 episodes This kooky sitcom was like a cross between the popular monster movies and sappy TV series such as Ozzie And Harriet. What would a family of real monsters be like in their day to day...

Fred Gwynne, better known as Herman Munster, is one of my favorite actors. His full name was Frederick Hubbard Gwynne Jr. He was born on July 10, 1926 in New York City to Frederick and Dorothy Gwynne. Fred Gwynne was a graduate of Harvard University...

The Electric Company was a creation of Children's Television Workshop (Later the CTW was changed to Sesame Workshop) and was aired on PBS from 1971 to 1977 for a total of 780 episodes. From 1977 to 1985 the program was still shown, but only in reruns...

Captain Kangaroo aired on CBS for just under 30 years from 1955 to 1984. Captain Kangaroo was played by Bob Keeshan.It is interesting to note that Bob played the part of Clarabell the Clown on the old Howdy Doody show, which although Howdy Doody was...

Hee Haw aired for more than 20 years from 1969 to 1992. Roy Clark and Buck Owens hosted the country music variety show until Buck left in 1986. The show was built around rural humor, live country music performers, and the Hee Haw Honeys. Most episode...

The Original Mickey Mouse Club show aired on ABC from 1955 to 1959. The Mickey Mouse Club featured the Mouseketeers which was a cast of young teenagers. Walt Disney was the original creator of the program and actually appeared on the show many times....

I have always been a big fan of The Muppet Show. Jim Henson was a master in the art of creating muppets and I will always be thankful for the great contributions he made to children's television. It would be difficult for me to choose a favorite mup...

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp was a Saturday morning live action series that was shown on ABC from 1970 to 1972. Altogether there were only 17 different episodes and the second season consisted of reruns. During the first season of Lancelot Link, Secre...

Our Gang was first created in 1922 by Hal Roach. In the beginning Our Gang was silent, sound wasn't added until 1929. In 1938 Roach sold the program to MGM which continued to produce new episodes until the show was canceled in 1944. In the 1950s MGM...

The Howdy Doody Show aired on NBC from 1947 to 1960 for a total run of 2,343 episodes! Howdy was one of the very first children's programs and as such it inspired the creation of many other TV programs geared toward the entertainment and education of...

Welcome to Classic Children's TV where we gather together the best lenses devoted to children's televison programs of yesteryear. If you are looking for some really cool stuff about the TV programs you enjoyed as a child you have come to the right p...