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Were these television shows adapted from a radio series?
How many of your favorite television shows began on the radio?
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When an incredible radio show is adapted into an incredible television series, fans get double the content and double the joy! But there are a lot of television series that are based on radio shows.
We're willing to bet that you didn't know that some of your favorite TV shows were actually originally based on a radio series! We're so confident that we put together this quiz for you. We'll give you a television series, and you've got to tell us whether it was adapted from radio or not!
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The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950-1958)
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The Lone Ranger (1949-1957)
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Bonanza (1959-1973)
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The Goldbergs (1949-1956)
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The Rifleman (1958-1963)
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Bewitched (1964-1972)
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Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
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Rawhide (1959-1965)
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Dragnet (1951-1959)
Were these television shows adapted from a radio series?
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112 Comments
1 wrong. Not too bad
I listen to a lot of otr online -- 10/10!
Took a few guesses but 10/10.
10/10.
10 out of 10.I have Sirius XM so I know my radio dramas and comedies. And I used to have a cassette tape I got from the library from their annual book sale and Molly Goldberg was the star of a soap opera. Who knows? My grandma may have listened to The Goldbergs.
I don't remember a "Goldbergs" OTR. I'll have to ask Steve Darnell.
Hey! 9 out of 10! Not bad!
8/10
10 out of 10. Hy- ho-Silver!
9/10. I still listen to some old radio shows on a Chicago radio station at night. Luv the Bickersons!!
9 out of 10
Some Gunsmoke episodes were a little too violent ( sad ) for my taste.
Did you know the man from.the television show Cannon was the original Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke?
Hi love me tv my fav Gunsmoke
10/10. I listen to a lot of old radio.
10/10
You got 9 out of 10
* Perfect Score!
10/10
Radio classics on Sirius XM
Listening paid off
Radio classics on Sirius XM
Listening paid off
8/10. I've never heard of the Goldbergs, and I mis-clicked The Rifleman.
only goldbergs i know was just cancelled
9/10 and I don’t remember which one I missed!!