Was the third season filmed in colour? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

ph1l · 01-13-2013, 08:03 PM

After watching quite a few episodes from the DVD's I'm wondering if these have been colourised from black and white prints. Compared to the "Gilligan's Island" DVD's these look very washed out.

TV Knowledge Fan · 01-19-2013, 12:19 AM

....was filmed in black and white durings its first two seasons because CBS, the network it was originally scheduled on, wasn't telecasting ANY color programs during that period [and they were a production partner with Jack Chertok]. In the fall of 1965, they began scheduling about half of their prime-time schedule in color...and "MY FAVORITE MARTIAN" was one of their first series to be "converted" to color. Unfortunately, it was cancelled before a second color season could be produced. However, the negatives of those color episodes weren't properly stored over the years, and there are variations in color quality, depending on the episode.

My Favorite Martian · 01-19-2013, 03:56 AM

Having transferred one color show from our master color negatives..they are in great shape, but we need to perform a new transfer from our negatives.
These set come from a 1984 1 inch transfer that was upconverted to master DigiBetas..so we had source that was pushed one step..hence we have color issues..

Which I will resolve very soon with a new HD transfer this year..

ph1l · 01-19-2013, 04:45 AM

Thanks for the info.

My Favorite Martian · 01-22-2013, 10:29 PM

Your Welcome..

01-13-2013, 08:03 PM	#1
ph1l Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1,362	Was the third season filmed in colour? After watching quite a few episodes from the DVD's I'm wondering if these have been colourised from black and white prints. Compared to the "Gilligan's Island" DVD's these look very washed out.
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01-19-2013, 12:19 AM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	The series.... ....was filmed in black and white durings its first two seasons because CBS, the network it was originally scheduled on, wasn't telecasting ANY color programs during that period [and they were a production partner with Jack Chertok]. In the fall of 1965, they began scheduling about half of their prime-time schedule in color...and "MY FAVORITE MARTIAN" was one of their first series to be "converted" to color. Unfortunately, it was cancelled before a second color season could be produced. However, the negatives of those color episodes weren't properly stored over the years, and there are variations in color quality, depending on the episode.

01-22-2013, 10:29 PM	#5
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01-19-2013, 03:56 AM	#3
My Favorite Martian Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 16, 2006 Location: LA Posts: 204	Having transferred one color show from our master color negatives..they are in great shape, but we need to perform a new transfer from our negatives. These set come from a 1984 1 inch transfer that was upconverted to master DigiBetas..so we had source that was pushed one step..hence we have color issues.. Which I will resolve very soon with a new HD transfer this year..

01-19-2013, 04:45 AM	#4
ph1l Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1,362	Thanks for the info.