Topic Public Television PUBLIC TELEVISION U.S. public television is a peculiar hybrid of broadcasting systems. Neither completely a public service system in the European tradition, nor fully supported by commercial interests as in the dominant pattern in the United States, it has elements of both. At its base this system...
Show Outer Limits, The (1963-65) The Outer Limits is an American television series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1965. Similar in style to the earlier The Twilight Zone with more science fiction than fantasy stories, The Outer Limits is an anthology of discrete story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. The series...
Show Addams Family, The “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re altogether ooky. The Addams Family.” Those are the words from the theme song to the 1960s television series called The Addams Family . Penned by television and movie composer Vic Mizzy , the song not only describes the family...
Show Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, The The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau ran from 1968 to 1976. About Jacques Cousteau: Jacques Cousteau is television's most celebrated maker and presenter of documentaries about the underwater world. Setting the standard for such programmes for decades to come, he had a profound influence upon...
