Did these classic TV shows begin or end the same year?

They were all on at the same time – but at the beginning or the end?

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So many great shows were on all at the same time during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Many debuted the same year, even the same month, while others started at different times but ended the same year.

We’ve paired up classic series that were on around the same time. Can you guess if each one started or ended the exact same year? Be careful, a few might have started AND ended the same years!

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  1. Did Gunsmoke and Alfred Hitchcock Presents begin or end the same year?
  2. Did The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres begin or end the same year?
  3. Did The Andy Griffith Show and My Three Sons begin or end the same year?
  4. Did The Addams Family and The Munsters begin or end the same year?
  5. Did The Waltons and M*A*S*H begin or end the same year?
  6. Did Hogan’s Heroes and Lost in Space begin or end the same year?
  7. Did Perry Mason and The Dick Van Dyke Show begin or end the same year?
  8. Did Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and Gilligan’s Island begin or end the same year?
  9. Did The Brady Bunch and Adam-12 begin or end the same year?
  10. Did The Big Valley and Star Trek begin or end the same year?
  11. Did Have Gun – Will Travel and Leave it to Beaver begin or end the same year?
  12. Did Rawhide and Wagon Train begin or end the same year?

Did these classic TV shows begin or end the same year?

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43 Comments

Dario 35 months ago
Are the people at MeTV stupid or something?!? The Brady Bunch ended its five-year run on ABC in March of 1974; Adam-12 ended its seven-year run on NBC in May of 1975. What buffoons! 😡😡😡😡😡
Jon 42 months ago
BRADY BUNCH ended in 1974, not 1975. so it shouldn't have been asked alongside ADAM-12.
MatthewMalehorn Jon 42 months ago
Exactly. The two shows didn't even begin the same year. The Brady Bunch ran from 1969-74; Adam-12 ran from 1968-75.
dodgebob 42 months ago
Masterful MeTV, that one blew my mind, 3/12
Muleskinner 42 months ago
7/12. That is another tough one! 😵‍💫
Moriyah 42 months ago
8/12! At least Gomer was mentioned in it, right?!
retro6 42 months ago
7/12 I need to just go to bed!
ScotHeyYo 42 months ago
Re: #9, The Brady Bunch ended in 1974, not 1975.
HowieManheimer ScotHeyYo 42 months ago
That's correct, five seasons, 1969-1974
DIGGER1 42 months ago
Did these classic TV shows begin or end the same year?
You got 11 out of 12
You started and ended this quiz very well!
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I missed Question #4. It was one of two questions in this quiz in which both T.V. shows in them "aired" the same year: "THE ADDAMS FAMILY" & "THE MUNSTERS"--1964--, and ended the same year--1966. The other question in which the two shows aired at the same time and ended simultaniously was #12: "RAWHIDE" and "WAGON TRAIN" both aired in 1959, and ended in 1965. Heck of a coincidence, don't you think? LOL!
HowieManheimer DIGGER1 42 months ago
Wagon Train ran from 1957-1965, Rawhide was 1959-1965
FLETCH 42 months ago
8 out of 12 ... a few guesses in there
TheDavBow3 42 months ago
Missed the Have Gun/Beaver question. Made a good guess on Rawhide/Wagon Train.
OldTVfanatic 42 months ago
The Brady Bunch and Adam-12 question is incorrect. Adam-12 ended in 1975 whereas The Brady Bunch ceased in 1974.
TheDavBow3 OldTVfanatic 42 months ago
Yeah, I thought that too.
JanFresh 42 months ago
6/12...at least I got half anyway.
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