Great pilot episodes
- The Sopranos
- Lost
- The Shield
- Hill Street Blues
Set the tone for everything that was to follow.
Great pilot episodes
- The Sopranos
- Lost
- The Shield
- Hill Street Blues
- Doctor Who (2005)
- Game of Thrones
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
Encounter at Farpoint, with Q.
Great pilot episodes
- The Sopranos
- Lost
- The Shield
- Hill Street Blues
- Doctor Who (2005)
- Game of Thrones
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Arrested Development
- Frasier
Perfect setup for a witty, very good sitcom.
Great pilot episodes
- The Sopranos
- Lost
- The Shield
- Hill Street Blues
- Doctor Who (2005)
- Game of Thrones
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Arrested Development
- Frasier
- Pushing Daisies
Brilliantly sets up and explains the premise, and establishes the quirky tone of the series’ universe.
Next:
TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
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TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
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TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
- I Dream of Jeannie (switched to color for its second season, in 1966)
TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
- I Dream of Jeannie (switched to color for its second season, in 1966)
- The Avengers (switched to color in it’s 5th season in 1966 though still broadcast in black and white in Britain until 1969.)
- Walt Disney Presents (became Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in 1961)
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TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
- I Dream of Jeannie (switched to color for its second season, in 1966)
- The Avengers (switched to color in it’s 5th season in 1966 though still broadcast in black and white in Britain until 1969.)
- Walt Disney Presents (became Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in 1961)
- Lost in Space (switched to color for the second season in 1966)
TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
- I Dream of Jeannie (switched to color for its second season, in 1966)
- The Avengers (switched to color in its 5th season in 1966 though still broadcast in black and white in Britain until 1969)
- Walt Disney Presents (became Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in 1961)
- Lost in Space (switched to color for the second season in 1966)
- Gilligan’s Island (per Wiki, all 36 episodes of the first season were filmed in black and white and later colorized for syndication)
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TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
- I Dream of Jeannie (switched to color for its second season, in 1966)
- The Avengers (switched to color in its 5th season in 1966 though still broadcast in black and white in Britain until 1969)
- Walt Disney Presents (became Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in 1961)
- Lost in Space (switched to color for the second season in 1966)
- Gilligan’s Island (per Wiki, all 36 episodes of the first season were filmed in black and white and later colorized for syndication)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (broadcast in black and white; it’s first color broadcast was on Sept 19, 1965)
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TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
- I Dream of Jeannie (switched to color for its second season, in 1966)
- The Avengers (switched to color in its 5th season in 1966 though still broadcast in black and white in Britain until 1969)
- Walt Disney Presents (became Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in 1961)
- Lost in Space (switched to color for the second season in 1966)
- Gilligan’s Island (per Wiki, all 36 episodes of the first season were filmed in black and white and later colorized for syndication)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (broadcast in black and white; it’s first color broadcast was on Sept 19, 1965)
- Gunsmoke (Black and white Sept., 1955 through May, 1966. In Color from Sept., 1966 through Feb. 1975)
TV Series That Started Out in Black and White, and Transitioned to Color
- Bewitched (switched from B&W to color for its third season, in 1966)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (switched to color in its fourth season: 1965)
- I Dream of Jeannie (switched to color for its second season, in 1966)
- The Avengers (switched to color in its 5th season in 1966 though still broadcast in black and white in Britain until 1969)
- Walt Disney Presents (became Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in 1961)
- Lost in Space (switched to color for the second season in 1966)
- Gilligan’s Island (per Wiki, all 36 episodes of the first season were filmed in black and white and later colorized for syndication)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (broadcast in black and white; it’s first color broadcast was on Sept 19, 1965)
- Gunsmoke (Black and white Sept., 1955 through May, 1966. In Color from Sept., 1966 through Feb. 1975)
- Andy Griffith Show (switched to color in its 6th season in 1965)
Next: Side plots of the week
- CHiPs - In “Roller Disco Part 1,” Ponch is on the committee for the annual Skate with the Stars charity.
It seemed like CHiPs always had some goofy side plot going on but they weren’t the only show that did this.