Aired: 1972
Budget: $65,000 per episode
A spinoff of the ever-so-famous “The Flinstones,” “The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show,” featured two of the youngest members of the Flinstones family. Now that they’ve grown up, they’re facing all the challenges of being a teenager at Bedrock High School.
The show also featured a Bedrock Band, leading some critics to believe that the show had a lot in common with Archie. The show aired on CBS and was canceled after one season, which is surprising considering how long the original “The Flinstones” aired.
Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies
Aired: 1972-73
Budget: $20,000 per episode
"Groovie Goolies" was set in the same realm as "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," and "The Archie Show," which made for an exciting twist every time the groups crossed paths. "Sabrina" was a spinoff of the original show, "Groovie Goolies," a show about monsters that lived in a decrepit castle.
After they were canceled as a lone show, they were featured in eight "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" episodes during the shows 1972 season.
The Beagles
Aired: 1966-67
Budget: $10,000 per episode
The show aired on CBS and ABC and was originally black and white but was telecast in colors in its later episodes! "The Beagles" featured a duo of pups who parodied, The Beatles. "The Beagles" followed the adventures of the band during their troubles and triumphs on the road.
American audiences will remember it from Saturday mornings on ABC or CBS while the show was featured on Channel 9 in Australia throughout the seventies.
Shazzan
Aired: 1967-69
Budget: $10,000 per episode
Yes, you read that right; it's "Shazzan," not the superhero show, "Shazam!" The two shows have different premises, "Shazzan" features the adventures of two teen siblings, Chuck and Nancy, who use the help of a genie named, Shazzan, to help them face uncertainties and dangers as they travel around the world.
Created by Alex Toth, the show aired on CBS from 1967 to 1968. Though the show had a great storyline, it aired for a lone season, eight half-hour episodes that were made up of two 11-minute segments.
Batman
Aired: 1966–1968
Budget: $100,000 per episode
"Batman" was an adaptation from the DC comic book character, and this sixties show was one of the first live-action adaptations of the superhero! Though we may be used to a particular persona Batman portrays, this show was different from the action depictions of the superhero we know today.
The show had upbeat theme music, simplistic mortality, and humorous storylines. The show's creator, William Dozier, described the show was the only sitcom that didn't have a laugh track.