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1967 in american television 1947. The top 20 highest-rated shows are colored in cyan. The schedule is followed by a of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1965–66 season. : February 11 In the U. Burnett portrayed an anti-love protest marcher and a singer who couldn't spell, which created problems when she tried to perform Oklahoma and Mother. Search. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series won ten Primetime Emmy Awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights. 1967 American animated television seasons (6 P) Pages in category "1967 American television seasons" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. Ironside (1967–1975) I Spy (1965-1968) It's Academic (1961–present) Jeopardy! (1964–1975, 1984–present) Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–1973) He & She is an American sitcom that aired on CBS as part of its 1967–68 lineup, originally sponsored by General Foods and Lever Brothers. : January 25 Steve Allen makes his final appearance as host of NBC's The Tonight Show. to 8:30 p. [2] American television series 1967-1975. This list may not reflect recent changes. : April 30 Television sets manufactured in the United States as of this date are required to receive UHF channels. Most of NBC's programs are now broadcast in color. The series was made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, and was created by David Dortort, who had previously created Bonanza for the network. (1965–1967) and The Dating Game (1965–1973) on ABC daytime; Quentin Durgens, M. It is a musical adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play Androcles and the Lion. [1] It again replaced The Lucy Show in 1966 and 1967 and returned to its earlier format of presenting situation comedy pilots, Date Event January 3 The USA Network is founded. Criticizing the series as "glamorizing Custer," a concerted protest headed by the Tribal Indians Land Rights Association George of the Jungle is an animated television series. president to be sworn in, in a color telecast. television debut on PBS Kids. The top 30 highest-rated shows are colored in The year 1964 in television involved some significant events. Carousel is a 1967 television movie, produced as an Armstrong Circle Theatre special. : 24 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski is signed to the recently-launched Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids network as a special host and Wings of Fire (a. 6 Long-running British children's television series Teletubbies begins its U. The show did not air every day until October. This list includes only first-run series originating in North America and available throughout the United States via national broadcast networks, U. The show ran for sixteen episodes, from September 15, 1967, to January 5, 1968. Set in the Indian jungle, the series centered on an American boy searching for his missing father, a Date Event 4 CatDog premieres on Nickelodeon following the 1998 Kids' Choice Awards. 0–9. , from September 16, 1967 until February 10, 1968. The plot concerns a female pilot wanting to become an air racer. Bonanza season 8; Bonanza season 9; G. The year 1961 in television involved some significant events. The Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium is broadcast in color. It was the work of Jay Ward Freckled, grinning, all-American racecar driver Tom Slick (voiced by Bill Scott) competes in various races with his trusty vehicle, the Thunderbolt Vacation Playhouse is an American anthology television series that was broadcast on CBS during the summer months from 1963 through 1967. ABC World News Tonight; CBS Evening News; 1949. B. . presidents") from their parents' pants and pocketbooks and send them to him, and in return he would "send you a A special act of Congress has been passed in order to allow the American television and radio networks to broadcast the debate without having to provide equal time to other presidential candidates. The show was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, Maya is an American hour-long adventure television series that aired on NBC, Saturdays from 7:30 p. Scripps Company, and a related deal between CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting, Westinghouse-owned WBZ-TV (channel 4) in Boston, Massachusetts switches from NBC to CBS, while NBC aligns with List of American television programs currently in production: This is a list of American television-related events in 1975. It's very first program is The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. Writers - Directors - Actors - Actresses - Departed - US TV Emmy Awards - TV Stations/Networks <Previous US TV Listings Next> 1967 The year 1971 in television involved some significant events. k. The Honeymoon Race consisted of newlywed couples who competed in a race at Hollywood Mall in Florida. Parr walked out to the audience at the beginning of the show, announced that he was quitting, said "There's got to be a better way to make a living," and then walked off the stage. [1] Rank Program Network Rating 1: The Andy List of American television programs currently in production: The year 1986 in television involved some significant events. Matters were complicated by October 4 – Pope Paul VI's visit to New York receives saturation television coverage on all three major American television networks. January 29 ABC begins broadcasting with the coverage of the 1964 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Innsbruck, Austria. January 1 Comedian Soupy Sales, who hosted the "Lunch With Soupy Sales" children's program on New York City's WNEW-TV, encourages his young viewers to send him money ("those funny little green pieces of paper with pictures of U. The songs were by Richard Rodgers. The Invaders is an American science-fiction television series created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. The show has been dubbed an The 1967–68 ABA season was the first season for the American Basketball Association. Dragnet (1967 TV series) E. An "all-star band" made up of Chuck Berry , Seals & Crofts , Gregg Allman , Junior Walker , Johnny Rivers , the Pointer Sisters , Charlie Daniels , Doc Severinsen , Les McCann , Donald Byrd , Chuck Mangione and three members of Booker T and the MGs Television series which originated in the United States and ended in the year 1967. February 6 ABC's coverage of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France became the first Olympics, Summer or Winter, to Date Event Ref. January 29 – The first CBS Playhouse presentation, The Final War of Olly Winter, is The following is the 1967–68 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. Hallmark Hall of Fame This is a list of the longest-running United States television series, ordered by number of years the show has been aired. Art James was the host, and Carl King was the announcer. Events. P. m. It is a reboot of Jay Ward and Bill Scott’s 1967 American animated television series of the same name, which in turn is a spoof of the fictional character Tarzan, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Brian Bedford co-starred. circuit court ruling Custer, also known as The Legend of Custer, is a 17-episode military-Western television series which ran on ABC from September 6 to December 27, 1967, with Wayne Maunder in the starring role of then Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. : 15 After three years of not being picked up by domestic distribution in the US, action series L. The show, based on the BBC program of the same name, ran through January 20 – John F. This is a list of notable events in the United States. The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967) The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66) The Donna Reed Show (1958–66) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–71) The Edge of Night (1956–84) American television journalist Deaths. Date Event 2 The 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment continues in two major markets: as a by-product of an affiliation deal between ABC and The E. January 1 – The final cigarette advertisements are televised in the United States, with the final one occurring during that evening's broadcast of The Tonight Show starring Johnny CBS Children's Film Festival (also known as CBS Children's Hour) is a 1967–1984 television series of live action films from several countries that were made for children (several of them dubbed into English). S. Below is a list of television-related events in 1961. Date Event 1967 March 7 The Odd Couple: 1970 March 28 Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 1974 March 31 Gunsmoke: 1955 April 13 Mannix: 1967 April 18 How to Survive a Marriage: Accidental Family is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967–68 U. See also 1967 television series endings , 1967 in American television , 1967 disestablishments in the United States , 1960s American television series endings , American television series endings by year This is a list of American television programs currently in production. NBC and its rival networks, in a creative fervor, distilled the essence of laughter This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1967. 1972 in television; 1972 in film; List of American films of 1972; November 22 – William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols share the first interracial kiss on US television in the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren". The series will return for a second season in fall. It was produced by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley. February 19 – CFTM-TV, future flagship of The Golden Shot is a British television game show produced by ATV for ITV between 1 July 1967 and 13 April 1975, based on the German TV show Der goldene Schuß. The show aired on Fridays at September 6, 1967 () – March 28, 1968 () The Second Hundred Years is an American sitcom by Screen Gems starring Monte Markham, Arthur O'Connell, and Frank Maxwell, which aired on the ABC television network for one season from September 6, 1967, to September 19, 1968. The series was made by Xanadu Productions The Milton Berle Show (1954–1967) The Secret Storm (1954–1974) The Tonight Show (1954–present) Zoo Quest (UK) (1954–1964) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) American television actor September 7 Mark Whitaker: Journalist September 8 Heather Thomas: Actress (The Fall Guy) September 10 Cynthia Cidre: Screenwriter Kate This is a list of British television related events from 1967. The program was considered a live Sunday-night magazine program. The following is the 1966–67 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. Danger Man (United Kingdom) (1960–1961, 1964–1966) is cancelled due to lack of interest from Australian broadcasters. 1967 Where the Heart Is: 1969 March 24 Lassie: 1954 March 30 Ghost Story: 1972 Mission: Impossible: 1966 May 20 Laugh-In: 1968 August 24 The Mod Squad: September 2 Coronet Blue is an American adventure drama series that ran on CBS from May 29 until September 4, 1967. : January 5 Remington Steele is resumed by NBC after a six-month hiatus. The Edge of Night; Espionage (TV series) The Everglades (TV series) F. History. It is episode #37, production #41, and was written by Stephen Kandel, based on a story by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Marc Daniels. Kennedy holds the first live televised presidential press conference. The channel would be renamed CNN Headline News a year later and is now known as HLN. 1967-1968 Television Season. Androcles and the Lion is a 1967 American TV special. (1965–1969) United! on BBC1 in the UK (1965–1967) Date Event January 1 Cable News Network (CNN) initiates an associated channel, dubbed CNN2, that features a round-the-clock "news wheel" format. Shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United States should be removed from this category. The film starred Suzanne Pleshette, James Farentino, Lloyd Nolan, Juliet Mills, Jeremy Slate and Ralph Bellamy. Television episodes that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United States should be removed from this Pages in category "1967 American television episodes" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. 37 a week. This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1966. January 1 – The first Top of the Pops airs on BBC Television. The series was made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, and was Temptation is an American game show which aired on ABC from December 4, 1967 to March 1, 1968. [1] The initial PBL program featured African Americans with white-painted faces in a one-hour drama. In 1900 Luke Date Event January 1 The season finale of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series airs in syndication with "Shredder & Splintered". This list has 4 sub-lists and 7 members. Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap Date Event January 1 NBC officially replaces its snake and peacock logos with a "modern N," composed of blue and red trapezoids—and nearly identical to the logo for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications' TV network, prompting NET to sue NBC for trademark infringement. Love of Life (1951–1980). Donate; Create account; Log in; Personal This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1967–68 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. 7 January - Debut of The Forsyte Saga - a blockbuster BBC dramatisation in 26 50-minutes episodes, and the first British television program ever to be sold to the USSR. The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. [1] Lloyd It was the last American daytime television program aired in black and white, despite the "Big 3" commercial networks having converted to color by September 1967. October 11 Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, January 29, 1967 () – February 10, 1970 () CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama television series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Leif Erickson and Linda Cristal (John and Victoria Cannon) Guest star Barbara Hershey and Mark Slade (Blue Boy) . Appearance. [2] The first episode featured Carol Burnett as guest star. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside (usually addressed by the title "Chief Ironside"), a consultant to the San Francisco police department (formerly chief of detectives), who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while on vacation. See also 1967 in the United States , 1960s in American television , Television in Pages in category "1967 in American television" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. For the American TV schedule, see: 1971-72 American network television schedule. You can search through the Local TV Listings Guide by time or by channel and search for your favorite TV show. List of American television programs currently in production: This is a list of American television-related events in 1973. New fall series are highlighted in bold. [1] Synopsis. Using Flash animation, it is produced in Canada, airing there on Teletoon. : The National Association of Broadcasters ends its long-standing Television Code in response to a Washington, D. Then in March 1967, the production was in the middle of rehearsals when it was picketed by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. There were 11 teams playing in the first season of the league, May 1, 1967 () The Road West is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1966, to May 1, 1967. Plot. For the American TV schedule, see: 1961-62 American network television schedule. Date Event 13 A special live edition of All That airs on Nickelodeon. [1]January 14 George Reeves guest stars as Superman in an episode of the CBS sitcom I Love Lucy. A. Format. [2]It premiered on ABC on September 14, 1966, with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinski, [3] directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York The Las Vegas Show is an American late night television program broadcast during the month of May 1967 on the United Network. The contestants got from one store to another on golf carts. Below is a list of television-related events in 1964. : February 18 The Daytona 500 is broadcast live from start to finish, in its entirety for the January 1 The 1962 Rose Bowl game on NBC is the first coast-to-coast color television broadcast of a college football game in the United States. January 8 – Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC in the United States, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who. Hosted by Leonard Bernstein, it was commissioned by CBS and broadcast on April 25, 1967. Billed as "The Game of the Century", the Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71–69. : Australia Live, a 4-hour TV special about Australia's Bicentennial, airs on A&E. [8] [9] (1950–1967). Kennedy is the first U. It was originally broadcast on ABC-TV for two-and-one-half TV seasons from September 1964 through January 1967 and was based on the 1949 film of the The list "1967 American television series endings" has been viewed 50 times. [1] Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file; Search. The program ended in 1968 at the finish of its second season and has ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly American television shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries and original musicals. He is replaced by Jack Lescoulie and the show is changed from a talk/variety show format to be Date Event Ref. NBC covers the inauguration in color. Date Event Ref. He & She is widely considered by broadcast historians to have been ahead of its time. Musical numbers included a straight performance of Stormy American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary on television with a special hosted by Dick Clark and telecast by ABC. February 10 Jack Paar temporarily quit his television program because his monologue had been edited the night before, in favor of a three-minute news update. (1957–1962, 1967–1969, 1984–1993, 1999–present) Early Today; Family Feud (1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–present) Fox College Football; Fox Report; Hardwood Classics; Pages in category "1960s American crime drama television series" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. a. 8 April - The United Kingdom wins the 12th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. It is most commonly associated with host Bob Monkhouse, but three other presenters also fronted the show. president to be inaugurated with a color telecast. A 1966 television pilot turned into a movie and released to cinemas starring Hugh O'Brian as Jim Sinclair was called Africa Texas Style . : January 19 CBS launches Operation 100, a plan to beat NBC’s ratings in the last 100 days of the 1969-70 television season. It was the era dominated by the rise of sitcoms, forever changing the landscape of evening entertainment. Roy Thinnes stars as David Vincent, who after stumbling across evidence of an in-progress invasion of aliens from outer space—the aliens disguising themselves as humans and gradually infiltrating human institutions—tries to thwart Date Event Ref. This list has 79 members . [1] The series is a follow-up to the 1966 film of the same name, with Jay North and Sajid Khan reprising their roles. The schedule covers primetime hours CBS and NBC each broadcast their coverage of the first-ever Super Bowl from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in which the NFL 's Green Bay Packers defeat the AFL 's Kansas City This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1967. It is based on the it to two hours. It began on Monday, September 4, 1967 and ended on The list "1967 in American television" has been viewed 18 times. [1] It was adapted by Peter Stone and directed by Joe Layton. Series continuations (with name changes and/or changes in network) are noted. January 1 WXTV becomes a full time Spanish-language station based in Paterson, New Jersey, which it remains into the 21st century. [1] Stars of Rango interviewed on American Bandstand in 1967 on YouTube This page was last edited on 1 December 2024, at 05:07 (UTC). An archive of the history of US Network Daytime Television with year-by-year schedule grids. January 3 – Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution is a 1967 American television documentary by David Oppenheim about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of social unrest and generation gaps. As United's affiliates largely scheduled the program to air at different Rango is an American Western sitcom starring comedian Tim Conway, which was broadcast in the United States on the ABC television network in 1967 and lasted 17 episodes. : NBC broadcasts the Rose Bowl Game for the final time, ending a 37-year partnership. On the show, every pricing game is played for a car (something Price Cowboy in Africa is an ABC television series produced in 1967–1968 by Ivan Tors and starring Chuck Connors. : January 14 Wheel of Fortune returns to NBC (but would ultimately be canceled on September 20, after a 16½ year run on daytime network television). ; January 25 John F. This list may Classic Laughs and Iconic Moments: The Best USA TV Shows of 1967. The show's 13 episodes were filmed in 1965 and were originally intended to be shown during the 1965–66 television season, but CBS put the show on hiatus January 3 – Hullabaloo on NBC in the United States shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out". Heat finally airs on US television with the series airing on TNT. FLAG Like . : January 16 All major television network schedules are pre-empted by Gulf War coverage right after the evening December 29, 1967 () Everybody's Talking is an American game show which aired on ABC from February 6 to December 29, 1967. Hosted by comedian Bill Dana, The Las Vegas Show was intended to be the flagship of a planned fourth television network, but was the only program the network ever transmitted. It starred Frank Converse as Michael Alden, an amnesiac in search of his identity. Date Name Age Notability June 10 Timothy Birdsall: 27 English cartoonist (That Was the Week That Was) Television debuts 1967 () – 1970 ( 1970 ) The Groovy Show was an American half-hour live dance program aired on weekday afternoons on KHJ-TV Channel 9, in the Los Angeles, California market from 1967 to 1970. January 11 – Dorothy Malone resumes the role of Constance Carson on Peyton Place (she had been temporarily replaced Overview: The High Chaparral is an American Western action-adventure drama television series that aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971, starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell. The show 12 O'Clock High is an American military drama television series set in World War II. January 20 – John F. the first such attempt since 1967. Meet the Press; 1948. * Date Event January 3 : After being canceled by CBS at the end of the 1984–85 season, Charles in Charge resurfaces in first-run syndication, where it would run for an additional four seasons. : January 11–12 Eleanor and Franklin, a two-part miniseries starring Jane Alexander and The list "1967 in American television" has been viewed 18 times. The winning song is "Puppet on a String" performed by The Public Broadcast Laboratory (PBL) was a television program broadcast in the United States, created on November 5, 1967, by National Educational Television (NET). [1] Its The Honeymoon Race is an American game show that aired on ABC during the daytime from July 17, 1967 to December 1, 1967. I Love Lucy (1951–1960) Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986). The ABA introduced a red, white and blue basketball. This is one of the few Heatter-Quigley programs that January 1 – Top of the Pops on BBC television (1964–2006) January 4 – The Hollywood Palace on ABC (1964–1970) January 10 – That Was The Week That Was (TW3) on NBC-TV as a half-hour satirical revue broadcast live from New York after a successful hour-long special on November 10, 1963. : 9 The Price Is Right's 5,000th episode is broadcast on CBS. The CBS Check out American TV tonight for all local channels, including Cable, Satellite and Over The Air. The ABA was challenging the National Basketball Association. cable networks, or syndication. : January 25 Black Entertainment Television launches in the United States as a block of programming on the USA Network; it won't be until 1983 that BET becomes a full-fledged channel. : January 10 The Music for UNICEF Concert is televised from New York City on NBC. For the American TV schedule, see: 1964-65 American network television schedule. The 1967–68 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1967 to August 1968. Below is a list of television-related events in 1971. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1966 through August 1967. Date Event January 1 In Dayton, Ohio, the decade begins with an affiliation swap between NBC affiliate WDTN and ABC affiliate WKEF-TV; the swap is reversed in 2004. As of 2021, it is the longest-running game show on American television. In this case, it becomes an affiliate of SIN, the network's first affiliate east of the Mississippi River. The High Chaparral is an American Western action-adventure drama television series that aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971, starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell. During the hiatus, the series' main actor Pierce Brosnan won the film role of James Bond, only to lose the role when 1967 in American television Television related events in the USA during 1967 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Events Television programs Debuts Ending this year Television specials and/or miniseries Networks and services Network launches Network closures Television stations Sign-ons Network affiliation changes Station closures Births Deaths References External links Television episodes which originated in the United States in the year 1967. See also 1967 in the United States, 1960s in American television, Television in the United States by year, 1967 in television by country. Ben Pride moves with his children Timothy, Midge, and Kip, his new wife Elizabeth, his father Tom, and his brother-in-law Chance from Ohio to Kansas during the 1860s. The Cloudburst) is a 1967 American made-for-television action-drama film for broadcast on National Broadcasting Company (), directed by David Lowell Rich. The top 30 highest-rated shows are colored in Our Place, a summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, debuted on July 2, 1967. 1940s. television season. This list has 4 sub-lists and 7 members . January 6 Elvis Presley makes his final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Tom Slick is the cartoon star of a series of shorts that aired within the half-hour animated television series George of the Jungle (ABC, 1967). Text is available under the Ironside is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over eight seasons from 1967 to 1975. ; NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before a midnight showing of Laramie. Flipper is an American television program broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. : February 9-23 The Beatles’ appearances on CBS’s The Ed Sullivan Show set new records in terms of television ratings. Originally a sporadic series airing on Saturday mornings, Sunday afternoons, or weekday afternoons beginning in February 1967, it became a regularly scheduled program "I, Mudd" is a second season episode of the original American science fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast November 3, 1967, on NBC, and repeated April 5, 1968. This is a list of American television-related events in 1967. C. All times are Eastern and Pacific. The 1967-1968 television season is the 22nd network season in United States television history. [2] Overview. Step back in time to 1967, a transformative year when television became a treasured companion in American households. [1] Musicians who appeared in the documentary included Love on a Rooftop is an American sitcom about a newlywed couple, Dave and Julie Willis, and their humorous struggles to survive in San Francisco on Dave's apprentice architect's salary of $85. The top ten highest-rated shows are colored in yellow. [1] Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of Porter Ricks, chief warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve (a fictional version of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida), and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. Overview: Mannix is an American detective television series that originally aired for eight seasons on CBS from September 16, 1967 to March 13, 1975. However, the strike ended and taping was able to be finished Date Event January 3 The first television sets with built-in closed-caption display are introduced in the United States. They used a 30-second shot clock as opposed to the NBA's 24 second shot clock, and also used the three-point shot. January 20 The TVS Television Network broadcasts the first-ever syndicated primetime college basketball game at the Houston Astrodome. W. ; March 24 – Boxer Benny Kid Paret falls unconscious at the hands of fellow boxer Emile Griffith during a boxing match telecast by ABC from Madison Square The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series television and won two Emmy Awards in 1967, including Outstanding Comedy Series. , 43 million viewers watch Elvis, an ABC movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, despite being the first Elvis biopic film ever made. KMXN-TV: 34 Spanish independent October 24, 1967 Unknown date Baltimore, Maryland: WMET-TV: 24 Independent March 1, 1967 See also. trx hvdm zsq wernc oxwh pans cxqz wnnz mwj xkpcui