I wondered about the first season of Gilligan's Island.

was the episodes in B&W all this time?

I can't remember watching B&W episodes as a kid in the 70's and 80's.

I always thought all of them was COLOUR.

Yes the first season was definitely in B&W. In fact I remember as a kid that GI was unique because it was the only show I knew where some shows were in B&W and some were in color!

Maybe your TV station only showed the color ones. That's too bad, because many of the B&W episodes were really good.

yeah, the first season was all in black and white. That's to bad you can't remember those episodes from the 70's and 80's. You missed Wrongway Feldman and Physical Fatness. Two of my favorite episodes.

Don't forget a young Kurt Russell aka jungle boy.

The 1965-1966 TV season was THE big year for shows to start transitioning from black and white to color. Besides GI, "I Dream of Jeannie," "Bewitched," and "The Wild, Wild West" went color. The final season of "The Fugitive" was in color. All the networks had multi-colored logos that would pop up just before a show and announce "CBS presents this show in color" or "NBC brings you this show in living color!" Shows that premiered that season (like "Get Smart" and "Hogan's Heroes") often have a black and white pilot, but all the other episodes are in color. By the 1966-1967 season black and white shows were practically extinct.

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I remember sometime back in the 80's, Ted Turner was on some sort of campaign to colorize as many old black and white shows and movies as he could; and GI was among them. I remember watching the colorized versions of the first season and not caring for them very much. I always thought that the first season episodes had a special charm of their own; and being in black and white was one part of that charm.

The 1965-1966 TV season was THE big year for shows to start transitioning from black and white to color. Besides GI, "I Dream of Jeannie," "Bewitched," and "The Wild, Wild West" went color. The final season of "The Fugitive" was in color. All the networks had multi-colored logos that would pop up just before a show and announce "CBS presents this show in color" or "NBC brings you this show in living color!" Shows that premiered that season (like "Get Smart" and "Hogan's Heroes") often have a black and white pilot, but all the other episodes are in color. By the 1966-1967 season black and white shows were practically extinct.

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not quite, CBS showed "Gunsmoke" in black-and-white until the start of the 67-68 season. That's also when they moved it to Mondays from it's Saturday timeslot.

not quite, CBS showed "Gunsmoke" in black-and-white until the start of the 67-68 season. That's also when they moved it to Mondays from it's Saturday timeslot.

actually the 66-67 season of Gunsmoke is in color.

I remember watching it back in the 60s and when the reruns started in sydnication later; then in the early 70s when we got our first color set, that was the first time I saw it in color. Then later, when I saw some of the black-and-white episodes; that was the first I knew that it was in black-and-white at one time!

I remember sometime back in the 80's, Ted Turner was on some sort of campaign to colorize as many old black and white shows and movies as he could; and GI was among them. I remember watching the colorized versions of the first season and not caring for them very much. I always thought that the first season episodes had a special charm of their own; and being in black and white was one part of that charm.
exactly! That's why I don't want to see the colorized DVDs of "Bewitched" & "I Dream of Jeannie"

...wasn't filmed in color during its first season because, as I've mentioned in other posts, CBS did NOT telecast ANY color shows until the fall of 1965. Incidentally, "GILLIGAN" was one of the network's first series to be "converted" to full color. I do like the black and white episodes because they seem more "grounded" in reality (even WITH the exaggeration and special effects). In color, everything became more bizarre and surreal [as "LOST IN SPACE" eventually became].

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was the island ever named? If so what was the name?

I'm pretty sure it wasn't.

Unless you're asking if anyone ever said the name of the place where they filmed it. They did; it was a soundstage at CBS!!!:lol: :lol:
But, parts of it were filmed at a place in Calif. called "Echo Lake Park"; which; I think is still there.

And the exteriour shots were of an island off of Hawai.