Aired: 1955–1960
Budget: $20,000 per episode
“The Adventures of Robin Hood” was a black-and-white television show that aired on BBC and consisted of 143 episodes that starred Richard Greene as the legendary outlaw.
The show consisted of a few dramatized tales from the books, but most of the show’s storylines were new and created by the show’s writers and producers. The half-hour episodes ran for five years and followed Robin Hood as he is forced into a life of an outlaw.
The Pink Panther Show
Aired: 1969–2011
Budget: $10,000 per episode
We can't read the words "The Pink Panther" without the catchy theme song popping into our heads! Season one of the comedy-mystery show was made up of short animated episodes created by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng. The shorts came out after the live-action movies that were released in the sixties.
The first "The Pink Panther Show" episode featured two Panther cartoons and one Inspector cartoon. The show made history by becoming NBC's first production to have a fitted laugh track for broadcast television.
The Addams Family
Aired: 1973
Budget: $50,000 per episode
"The Addams Family" has had its fair share of televisions series and movies, with the first airing in 1964. The 1973 version of "The Addams Family" aired nearly ten years later in 1973 and was broadcast on NBC's Saturday mornings.
The show took the Addams family on tour in a Victorian-style RV - weird even for the Addams family, right?! One of the most intriguing facts about this reboot is that it featured a ten-year-old Jodie Foster.
The All-New Popeye Hour
Aired: 1978–1983
Budget: $10,000 per episode
The "The All-New Popeye Hour," was produced by the celebrated studios of Hanna-Barbera, which tried to cling to the original starred the famous comic book strip character. Though the show had several themes that fans had grown accustomed to from the comics, the show was a lot less violent.
Due to restrictions on violence on television cartoons for children at the time, Popeye did not throw punches at Bluto but would instead lift him and hurl him away.
Davey and Goliath
Aired: 1960–2004
Budget: $500 per episode
A claymation classic, "Davey and Goliath," was a kids' show that was based on the Bible Story. The United Lutheran Church in America produced the show, and though it was a children's show, it dealt with some pretty severe issues.
The show shined a light on racism, religious intolerance, prejudice, and many more serious subjects that were considered taboo. At first, the thought of a religious show caused hesitance, but it quickly vanished because the show did not reference the Lutheran Church directly.