If you think it's the best show from the '60s... - The Fugitive (1963) Discussion

How about Route 66.

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The Untouchables, Route 66, Star Trek, Wild Wild West, and The Big Valley are five of mine that could possibly be along with The Fugitive
We can DO IT ALLLL DAY LONG, (We'll have to pay more for the light bill if we do it at night!)

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[–] p_luzar 13 years ago

I agree with you Jeff ... One of my favorites was The Big Valley also ... It is really a shame what Fox did by not releasing the whole series ... Seems to me like greed ...

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[–] sabunassar 13 years ago

Big Valley is one of my favorites also. I own the official Season 1 DVDs and am very disappointed they aren't releasing more.

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[–] Deluge69-663-991830 13 years ago

Boris Karloff's THRILLER, which finally receieved a complete and concise DVD release.

A few of THRILLER's writers and directors later worked on FUGITIVE.

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[–] Goldwater64 13 years ago

The Twilight Zone (even though it began in 1959), and Route 66 are two on the top of my list.

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[–] jarth-2 13 years ago

Boris Karloff's THRILLER, which finally receieved a complete and concise DVD release.

A few of THRILLER's writers and directors later worked on FUGITIVE.

That's funny, because there isn't a TV series called FUGITIVE.

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[–] ynot-16 13 years ago

Have Gun Will Travel?

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[–] waldenpond88 13 years ago

Peyton Place definitely my # 2, followed by
A Man called Shenandoah
Bronco
The Farmer's Daughter
Lassie
Checkmate
Bourbon Street Beat
Honey West
Flipper
Sea Hunt
M Squad

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[–] whackagnat 12 years ago

Two shows stand alone at the top - The Fugitive & The Twilight Zone
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Next grouping, several others rank among my favorites - the problem becomes how do you rank one excellent show ahead of the next? Could list about a dozen more but suffice to say most anything circa the 1960's is better than the television dreck being foisted today.

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[–] Clintessence 12 years ago

For me, "The Fugitive" was the second best series of the 60's. My favorite was "Combat".

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[–] waldenpond66 9 years ago

I agree with Clintessence, "Combat" was absolutely great!

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[–] mikethemartian 12 years ago

Twilight Zone would be my number one. I am new to the original Fugitive but I have come to really like it. Peter Gunn as well.

Is it me, or were TV shows more adult and sober in the early 60s than they are now? Everything now seems like it is trying to be cool and extreme.

I watch Mad Men and it seems to me to have the same feel as an early 60s show.

The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

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[–] Clintessence 12 years ago

Hey mikethemartian,

I think television has always been the same. There have always been exception shows with sober, adult themes running at the same time as the garbage shows.

Today, there are some very good shows, but you have to find these gems amongst all the wasteful debris parading as primetime fare.

I agree with you however, that "Mad Men" has the feel of the 60's. They have done an exceptional job of recreating the time period. I grew at that time, and I remember it well. For awhile, I thought they were overdoing the smoking and drinking bit, but then I watched a couple of shows that were made in the early 60's, and it looked exactly the same.

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[–] waldenpond88 7 years ago

Very few really good shows today:

1. Prison Break (with the exception of season 3)
2. 24 (Kiefer Sutherland)
3. Person of Interest
4. Blue Bloods (but I prefer Jessie Stone)
5. Rizzoli & Iles

I can easily do without any reality TV.

Thanks to my husband we enjoyed "Spenser" with Robert Urich tremendously (he liked it when it was aired way back then), but that's an older TV series which I just discovered last year on DVD.

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[–] mtlukie 12 years ago

one of the best '60s shows was the BRITISH hit THE AVENGERS with EMMA PEEL and STEAD.

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[–] davidwile 12 years ago

Hey folks,

I have a tough time picking my top three or four or five shows, but I have no problem picking my number 1 show. Like Clintessence, my favorite TV show of all time would be Combat! Then again, it seems that Clint and I share a lot of other favorite shows. I just have a problem naming #2 and #3 and so on. The Fugitive would also be one of my favorites, but then I see someone mention another show, and I remember how much I liked it. So, picking #2 is tough for me, but #1 would easily be Combat!

Best wishes,
Dave Wile

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[–] manage-932-700755 12 years ago

1. The Fugitive.
2. The Untouchables.
3. FBI.
4. Run for Your Life.
5. Ironside.
6. Gunsmoke.

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[–] raymond_chandler 12 years ago

1. The Fugitive
2. Star Trek
3. Twilight Zone
4. The Avengers
5. The Dick van Dyke Show

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[–] Deluge69-663-991830 10 years ago

NAKED CITY, which some felt rivalled THE FUGITIVE as the very best.

Then, its TWILIGHT ZONE (obviously), OUTER LIMITS, HITCHCOCK HOUR & THRILLER.

And, yes THE INVADERS.

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[–] george-695-323782 10 years ago

I prefer the half hour "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

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[–] kcflanagan 10 years ago

The Fugitive was my favorite. I also loved "I Spy." The movie version of that series was awful, though

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[–] phrumpster 10 years ago

Twilight Zone, Route 66 and ( I can't believe no one has mentioned it) The Prisoner.

Poets are made by fools like me, but only God can make STD.

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[–] wheresjohnny 10 years ago

In terms of a show that's similar to this, with thoughtful stories and a great lead performance, I'd say Then Came Bronson. When I consider the best performance ever on TV in an hour long drama, I think of Janssen and Michael Parks. No one was better than DJ, but no one was more natural than Parks.

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