Television is a medium that transmits sound and vision over long distances.
This page features some of the most iconic TV shows, sorted by year of debut.
Note that in the Here Be Dragons multiverse, some TV shows (e.g., The Ed Sullivan Show) are much the same as their counterparts in the real world. Others are docudramas based on actual events, using actors to portray real people, like Maverick or The Lone Ranger. Some shows that are fictional in the real world are instead unscripted reality TV--like I Love Lucy or The Honeymooners. Some shows do not exist at all in the HBDverse, notably programs like Bewitched or Gilligan's Island that involve secrets kept from the world at large.
1940s[]
1947[]
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Howdy Doody
1948[]
Bozo the Clown
Candid Camera
Ed Sullivan Show
1950s[]
1950[]
The Jack Benny Program
Your Show of Shows
You Bet Your Life
1951[]
Amos 'n' Andy
1952[]
American Bandstand
Ernie Kovacs Show
Ozzie and Harriet
1953[]
Romper Room
1954[]
Father Knows Best
1955[]
Benny Hill Show
Captain Kangaroo
Lawrence Welk Show
Mickey Mouse Club
1956[]
As the World Turns
Edge of Night
The Price Is Right
1957[]
1958[]
The Donna Reed Show
77 Sunset Strip
1959[]
Rawhide
The Twilight Zone
1960s[]
1960[]
Coronation Street
Danger Man
The Flintstones
My Three Sons
1961[]
Car 54, Where Are You?
Hazel
1962[]
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Lucy Show
McHale's Navy
1963[]
The Fugitive
Let's Make a Deal
The Outer Limits
The Patty Duke Show
Petticoat Junction
Wild Kingdom
1964[]
Gomer Pyle
Jeopardy!
Jonny Quest
The Munsters
Underdog
1965[]
Days of Our Lives
Get Smart
Gidget
Green Acres
Hogan's Heroes
I Dream of Jeannie
I Spy
Lost in Space
Thunderbirds
1966[]
Family Affair
Mission Impossible
That Girl
Ultraman
1967[]
The Carol Burnett Show
The Flying Nun
Ironside
Mannix
The Prisoner
1968[]
Adam-12
Land of the Giants
Laugh-In
60 Minutes
1969[]
H.R. Pufnstuf
Medical Center
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Night Gallery
Sesame Street
1970s[]
1970[]
All My Children
Josie and the Pussycats
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Odd Couple
The Partridge Family
1971[]
All in the Family
McMillan & Wife
Soul Train
Upstairs, Downstairs
1972[]
The Bob Newhart Show
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Kung Fu
Maude
Sanford and Son
The Waltons
1973[]
The Young and the Restless
1974[]
Chico and the Man
Good Times
Happy Days
Land of the Lost
Little House on the Prairie
Police Woman
Rhoda
1975[]
Barney Miller
The Jeffersons
Saturday Night Live
Space: 1999
1976[]
Alice
The Gong Show
Laverne & Shirley
The Muppet Show
Quincy, M.E.
1977[]
CHiPs
Eight Is Enough
Lou Grant
The Love Boat
Three's Company
1978[]
Dallas
Diff'rent Strokes
Mork & Mindy
Taxi
WKRP in Cincinatti
1979[]
The Dukes of Hazzard
1980s[]
1980[]
1981[]
Dynasty
Falcon Crest
Hill Street Blues
1982[]
Cagney & Lacey
Family Ties
Knight Rider
Remington Steele
TJ Hooker
1983[]
Fraggle Rock
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Inspector Gadget
1984[]
The Cosby Show
Miami Vice
My Little Pony
Night Court
Transformers
1985[]
Larry King Live
Mr. Belvedere
1986[]
Designing Women
LA Law
Matlock
Peewee's Playhouse
1987[]
Full House
Married...With Children
Star Trek: The Next Generation
21 Jump Street
1988[]
China Beach
Murphy Brown
Roseanne
The Wonder Years
1989[]
Baywatch
Doogie Howser, MD
Quantum Leap
Saved by the Bell
Shining Time Station
The Simpsons
1990s[]
1990[]
Beverly Hills, 90210
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Northern Exposure
1991[]
Aeon Flux
Home Improvement
Ren & Stimpy
1992[]
Melrose Place
1993[]
Beavis and Butt-Head
Deep Space Nine
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers