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01-14-2026, 02:16 AM
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January 12, 1966, 60 years ago: Batman premieres on ABC. The villain in the 1st 2-part episode is the Riddler, played by noted impressionist Frank Gorshin, and the episodes are titled "Hi Diddle Riddle" and, the next night, "Smack in the Middle." Most of the halves of the 2-part episodes had rhyming titles.
Batman had appeared in live-action before, in a 1943 film serial, titled simply Batman, starring Lewis Wilson, and Douglas Croft as Robin; and a 1949 serial, Batman and Robin, starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan. But this was Batman's, and Robin's, 1st TV appearance.
The show ran for 120 episodes, 3 seasons, over the next 2 years, and became the only successful live-action TV series featuring a superhero between The Adventures of Superman's last airing in 1958 and The New Original Wonder Woman's premiere in 1975.
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January 12, 1966, 60 years ago: Batman premieres on ABC. The villain in the 1st 2-part episode is the Riddler, played by noted impressionist Frank Gorshin, and the episodes are titled "Hi Diddle Riddle" and, the next night, "Smack in the Middle." Most of the halves of the 2-part episodes had rhyming titles.
Batman had appeared in live-action before, in a 1943 film serial, titled simply Batman, starring Lewis Wilson, and Douglas Croft as Robin; and a 1949 serial, Batman and Robin, starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan. But this was Batman's, and Robin's, 1st TV appearance.
The show ran for 120 episodes, 3 seasons, over the next 2 years, and became the only successful live-action TV series featuring a superhero between The Adventures of Superman's last airing in 1958 and The New Original Wonder Woman's premiere in 1975.
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'Batman' Turns 60: The Villains, The Camp, The Craze (https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2026/01/12/batman-turns-60-the-villains-the-camp-the-craze/)
Happy Anniversaries & SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! (http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9508)
The 60th Anniversary of the TV Series Batman (http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-60th-anniversary-of-tv-series-batman.html)
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