The Monkees (TV series)

American sitcom (1966–1968)

The Monkees

Season One title card

Genre| Sitcom
Musical
Created by|

* Bob Rafelson
* Bert Schneider

Developed by|

* Paul Mazursky
* Larry Tucker

Starring|

* David Jones
* Micky Dolenz
* Michael Nesmith
* Peter Tork

Theme music composer|

* Tommy Boyce
* Bobby Hart

Opening theme| "(Theme From) The Monkees"
Ending theme| "For Pete's Sake" (season 2)
Composer| Stu Phillips (score)
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 58 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers|

* Bob Rafelson
* Bert Schneider

Producers|

* Bob Rafelson
* Bert Schneider
* Ward Sylvester (season 2)

Cinematography|

* Irving Lippman
* Richard H. Kline

Editor| Mike Pozen (and others)
Camera setup| Single-camera
Running time| 25 minutes
Production companies|

* Raybert Productions
* Screen Gems

Original release
Network| NBC
Release| September 12, 1966 (1966-09-12) –
March 25, 1968 (1968-03-25)
Related

* Head
* 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
* Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
* New Monkees

The Monkees is an American television musical sitcom that first aired on NBC for two seasons, from September 12, 1966, to March 25, 1968.[1] The series follows the adventures of four young men (The Monkees) trying to make a name for themselves as a rock 'n roll band.[2] The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series television and won two Emmy Awards in 1967, including Outstanding Comedy Series. The program ended in 1968 at the finish of its second season and has received a long afterlife through Saturday morning repeats (CBS from 1969 to 1972 and ABC from 1972 to 1973) and syndication, as well as overseas broadcasts.

It later enjoyed a 1980s revival, after MTV aired reruns of the program in 1986.[3] It aired on Sunday afternoons on MeTV beginning on February 24, 2019, three days after the death of cast member Peter Tork, and ending on April 26, 2020. The network aired four episodes on December 12, 2021, as a tribute to Michael Nesmith, who died two days earlier, followed by a 'Weekend Binge' on December 11 and 12.

## Overview

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Main article: List of The Monkees episodes

Season| Episodes| Originally released

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First released| Last released
1| 32| September 12, 1966 (1966-09-12)| April 24, 1967 (1967-04-24)
2| 26| September 11, 1967 (1967-09-11)| March 25, 1968 (1968-03-25)

The series centered on the adventures of the Monkees, a struggling rock band from Los Angeles, California consisting of Micky, Davy, Michael, and Peter.[4] The comic elements of the storyline were provided by the strange and often surreal encounters that the band would have while searching for their big break.

## Production

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### Conception and casting

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In the early 1960s, aspiring filmmakers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider had formed Raybert Productions and were trying to get a foot in the door in Hollywood. They were inspired by the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night and decided to develop a television series about a fictional rock and roll group.[5] Raybert sold the series idea to Screen Gems in April 1965,[6] and Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker completed a pilot script by August entitled "The Monkeys".[7] Rafelson has said that he had the idea for a TV series about a music group as early as 1960, but had a hard time interesting anyone in it until 1965, by which time rock and roll music was firmly entrenched in pop culture.

Trade publications Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter ran an ad on September 8, 1965, seeking "Folk & Roll Musicians-Singers for acting roles in new TV series." As many as 400 hopefuls showed up to be considered as one of "4 insane boys".[8] Fourteen actors from the audition pool were brought back for screen tests[9] and Raybert chose their final four after audience research.

Micky Dolenz, son of screen actor George Dolenz, had prior screen experience under the name "Mickey Braddock" as the 10-year-old star of the Circus Boy series in the 1950s. He was actively auditioning for pilots at the time and was told about the Raybert project by his agent.[8]

Englishman Davy Jones was a former jockey who had achieved some initial success on the musical stage, appearing with the cast of Oliver! on The Ed Sullivan Show the night of the Beatles' live American debut. He was appearing in Columbia Pictures productions and recording for the Colpix record label and had been identified in advance as a potential star for the series.[7]

Texan Michael Nesmith's mother Bette Nesmith Graham had invented a correction fluid and founded the company that became Liquid Paper. He had served a brief stint in the U.S. Air Force and had also recorded for Colpix under the name "Michael Blessing". He was the only one of The Monkees who had come for the audition based on seeing the trade magazine ad. He showed up to the audition with his laundry[8] and impressed Rafelson and Schneider with his laid-back style and droll sense of humor. He also wore a woollen hat to keep his hair out of his eyes when he rode his motorcycle,[10] leading to early promotional materials which nicknamed him "Wool Hat". The hat remained part of Nesmith's wardrobe, but the name was dropped after the pilot.[10]

Peter Tork was recommended to Rafelson and Schneider by friend Stephen Stills at his audition.[8] Tork was a skilled multi-instrumentalist who had performed at various Greenwich Village folk clubs before moving west, where he worked as a busboy.[8]

### Development

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The Monkees in the spring of 1966, shortly after production for the first season had begun

Rafelson and Schneider wanted the style of the series to reflect avant garde film techniques — such as improvisation, quick cuts, jump cuts, breaking the fourth wall, and free-flowing, loose narratives — then being pioneered by European film directors. Each episode would contain at least one musical "romp" which might have nothing to do with the storyline. In retrospect, these vignettes now look very much like music videos: short, self-contained films of songs whose style echoed the Beatles' recent ventures into promotional films for their singles. Rafelson and Schneider also believed strongly in the program's ability to appeal to young people, intentionally framing the kids as heroes and the adults as heavies.[11]

Rafelson and Schneider hired novice director James Frawley to teach the four actors improvisational comedy. Each of the four was given a different personality to portray: Dolenz the funny one, Nesmith the smart and serious one, Tork the naive one, and Jones the cute one. Their characters were loosely based on their real selves, with the exception of Tork, who was actually a quiet intellectual. The character types also had much in common with the respective personalities of the Beatles, with Dolenz representing the madcap attitude of John Lennon, Nesmith affecting the deadpan seriousness of George Harrison, Tork depicting the odd-man-out quality of Ringo Starr, and Jones conveying the pin-up appeal of Paul McCartney.

A pilot episode was shot in San Diego and Los Angeles on a shoestring budget — in many scenes, the Monkees wore their own clothes. Initial audience tests (which were just then being pioneered) produced very low responses. Rafelson then re-edited the pilot and included some of the screen tests to better introduce the band members to viewers. (Dolenz was credited in this pilot as "Micky Braddock".) The re-cut pilot tested so well that NBC placed an order for two seasons of episodes (the edited pilot was broadcast November 14, 1966, as the tenth episode of the first season, with Dolenz credited under his real last name, as for all other episodes).

### Filming

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The Monkees debuted September 12, 1966, on the NBC television network. The series was sponsored on alternate weeks by Kellogg's Cereals and Yardley of London.

The series was filmed by Screen Gems, and many of the same sets and props from The Three Stooges short films made by the studio were used on The Monkees: A pair of pajamas with a bunny design on the front that had been worn by Curly Howard in shorts such as Cactus Makes Perfect and In the Sweet Pie and Pie were the same ones worn by Peter Tork in various episodes, such as "A Coffin Too Frequent" and "Monkee See, Monkee Die".[12]

Unlike most television shows of the time, The Monkees episodes were written with many setups, requiring frequent breaks to prepare the set and cameras for short bursts of filming. Some of the "bursts" are considered proto-music videos, inasmuch as they were produced to sell the records. The Monkees Tale author Eric Lefcowitz noted that the Monkees were—first and foremost—a video group.[13]

Due to the young men routinely wandering off set and being hard to find when needed for filming, any of the four Monkees who was not needed in front of the cameras was sequestered in a repurposed meat locker.[14] In the DVD commentary, Tork noted that this had the added benefit of concealing any marijuana use that might be going on, although he admitted that he was the sole "serious 'head'" of the four of them (in the 1980s, Tork gave up alcohol and marijuana use and volunteered time to help people recovering from alcoholism). In a studio outtake included in the 1990s re-release of Headquarters, Nesmith quips, before launching into "Nine Times Blue": "Only difference between me and Peter is I'm just stone legal."[15]

Due to the loosely scripted nature of the series, some episodes would come in too short for air. The producers decided to fill time with various "extras", including the Monkees' original screen tests and candid interviews with the group (conducted by Rafelson off-camera); these interviews usually lasted one minute, hence the frequent joke, "We're a minute short as usual," though the episode "Find the Monkees" featured a three-minute epilogue interview (in which the Monkees gave their opinions on the then-recently occurred Sunset Strip curfew riots). Although the early episodes contained a laugh track, which was standard practice at the time, the show eventually did not add one and half of the episodes from Season 2 had no canned laughter.

### Music

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The theme song to The Monkees, "(Theme From) The Monkees" (released as a single in some countries in 1967), is one of the group's most well-known songs. The line "We're the young generation and we've got somethin' to say" reflected the new youth counterculture and their desire to give their own opinions on world events and choosing how to live their own lives instead of abiding by the traditions and beliefs of their elders.[citation needed]

For the second season, the show used a version of the song "For Pete's Sake" as the closing theme, which appeared on the Monkees' album Headquarters.

## The Monkees' "pad"

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The Monkees resided in a two-story beach house. The address 1334 North Beechwood Drive, Hollywood, California, was frequently given in 16 magazine as an address to contact Screen Gems and/or The Monkees. The front of the first floor was a combination of the living room, dining room and kitchen. In the back, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, was an alcove formed by massive floor-to-ceiling bay windows, where the Monkees kept their instruments and rehearsed songs. The walls were covered with various kitschy signs and posters. There were also two doors in the kitchen area; one led to a bathroom, the other to Davy and Peter's bedroom. The second floor (via spiral staircase near the front door) only consisted of Micky and Mike's bedroom. By the second season, the upstairs bedroom was occupied by all four Monkees. Also "residing" with the Monkees was Mr. Schneider, a mannequin who dispensed philosophical advice with the pull of his cord. Mr. Schneider was named after the show's co-producer Bert Schneider and was mostly voiced by main director James Frawley. During Season One, the boys also had to contend with their bad-tempered landlord Mr. Babbit, who was always yelling at them about various infractions that he thought they were responsible for or threatening to throw them out for not paying their rent.

## Monkeemobile

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Main article: Monkeemobile

The Monkeemobile

The Monkeemobile was a modified Pontiac GTO designed and built by designer Dean Jeffries. The car featured a tilted forward split two-piece windshield, a touring car T-bucket-type convertible top, modified rear quarter panels and front fenders, exaggerated tail lamps, a set of four bucket seats with an extra third row bench where the rear deck should have been and a parachute. The front grille sported the GTO emblem.[16][17]

## Awards and nominations

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The Monkees won two Emmy Awards in 1967: Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy (James Frawley, for the episode "Royal Flush"). Frawley was nominated for the same award the following season (for the episode "The Devil and Peter Tork"). Its win for Comedy Series was considered somewhat of an upset, as it bested long-time favorites The Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, Get Smart and Hogan's Heroes.

## Decline and cancellation

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For its first season (1966–1967), the series fared well in the television ratings bolstered by several hit records by the band. The Monkees became a huge pop culture sensation. However, the public did not realize the show and the band were just a regularly produced television series and the Monkees characters did not write or perform their own studio music except to provide the vocals. The only exception were their live performances. When the truth became known, there was considerable backlash from many fans and music critics. Liner notes for a 2006 re-release of More of the Monkees also noted that the album sales had consistently outperformed the TV show's Nielsen ratings; more were listening to the Monkees than watching The Monkees on TV. The West Coast American recording industry had many session musicians under contract performing for many musical acts, such as the Wrecking Crew, that recorded for the Monkees and many other music groups of this era, so this was nothing new.

However, NBC responded to the criticism and internal tensions by retooling the show in its second season with the Monkees now writing and performing much of their own music that was much less pop-oriented. Moreover, Don Kirshner, the producer for the Monkees for their first season and responsible for their first smash hits, was terminated by Colgems Records, resulting in a much less bubblegum rock sound for the band. In addition, the first season's clean cut looks were replaced by more hippy-looking attire. By 1968, both NBC and the band felt the series had run its course, as even with the changes, the formulaic premises of each episode were beginning to repeat themselves. The series was cancelled in 1968.

The series finale, Dolenz's original story "The Frodis Caper", was written as a satire of the industry and a parting shot thereto: an evil eye resembling the CBS logo is hypnotizing television viewers everywhere and the Monkees trace it to an alien plant being manipulated by a villain seeking world domination. When the plant emits smoke, it pacifies the villain, the meaning of which Dolenz stated he would leave to the imagination of the viewer. Tim Buckley, as a special guest, closes out the series with his "Song to the Siren".[18]

Had the series been renewed for a third season, the Monkees had planned on abandoning the sitcom format and retooling the series. Ideas that had been bandied about included a music-centered live show, a variety show or a sketch comedy series.[18]

In 1968, The Monkees starred in their own motion picture titled Head. Elements of the series were included in the film. The film did poorly at the box office and criticism was mostly mixed.

## Saturday Morning and Syndication

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The Monkees enjoyed a resurgence on Saturday morning/afternoon television on CBS from September 1969 to September 1972 (sponsored by General Foods' Kool-Aid) and on ABC from September 1972 to August 1973. To coincide with the releases of The Monkees Present and Changes albums during this time period, many episodes replaced the older songs with tracks from these recent releases[19] (this strategy was also employed during the summer of 1967, when many of the first-season episodes had their songs from the first two albums replaced with songs from the then-current single and from the third album Headquarters).[20]

The 58 episodes were then sold to local markets for syndication in September 1975, where they typically appeared on independent television stations on weekday afternoons (the opening title sequence seen in the syndication package for all 58 episodes is from the second season of the original run). In many cases, episodes seen in the syndication package featured the updated soundtracks of the Saturday morning run or the earlier summer 1967 repeats.

A second, massive resurgence occurred when a Monkees marathon aired on February 23, 1986, on MTV. Within months, the 58 episodes were airing regularly throughout the United States on local stations (in edited form), Nickelodeon/MTV (uncut), as well as Canada on MuchMusic and on ITV in the UK as part of its Night Network strand from September 1987. Dolenz, Tork and Jones, already reunited for a "20th Anniversary Tour", went from playing small clubs to stadiums as the series caught on and the tour drew critical praise. The popularity led Columbia Pictures to create a "reboot" version of the franchise in 1987, New Monkees, but it flopped and was cancelled after a half season.[21]

The series has aired edited versions on Antenna TV, a digital subchannel network that broadcasts classic programming from the 1950s-1990s era. IFC also picked up the series for reruns in spring 2015. FETV, a cable and satellite network, began airing the series in December 2017 until it was removed a few years later. In 2018, Canadian superstation CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario began carrying the series; the station is viewable over-the-air in areas of New York State and Michigan that border Ontario.

From March 3, 2019, to April 26, 2020, restored episodes of The Monkees aired on MeTV on Sundays at 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., following an overwhelming response to Peter Tork's death after MeTV aired two episodes on February 24, 2019, as a tribute to the late Monkee.[22]

AXS TV began airing the series on April 7, 2023, until it was removed in 2025.[23]

Catchy Comedy presented a "Catchy Binge" of the series on the weekend of August 19–20, 2023, and again on April 20, 2025.

Rhino Records now serves as the underlying rights holder for this series, as they acquired the Monkees' music catalog, TV series and official logo from Raybert and Columbia Pictures in 1994. Sony Pictures Television, which has owned Columbia Pictures since 1989, remains the television distributor for syndication and cable.

## Legacy

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The TV show Miami 7, the debut of the British 1990s pop band S Club 7, had a very similar premise. It was the second time that a manufactured band had their own TV show on American television. Likewise, the Nickelodeon sitcom Big Time Rush followed the same basic format and premise; the producers of that show acknowledged The Monkees as their primary inspiration.[24]

Dolenz said in a 2007 interview on the Roe Conn radio program that, while inspiration did come from the Beatles, the band's image was not meant to be a rip-off of them. He said that the Beatles were always depicted as superstars with legions of fans, whereas the Monkees were always depicted as unsigned and struggling to make a buck. This is reflected numerous times throughout the series, such as in the pilot, where Mike Nesmith is seen throwing darts at a Beatles poster and in the episode "Find the Monkees (The Audition)" where the Monkees struggle to see a famous television producer who is looking for a rock act for use in commercial advertisements; in the episode "I Was a 99-Pound Weakling", Micky is tricked into signing onto a bogus weight-training program, but objects by noting, "Where am I gonna get that kind of money? I'm an unemployed drummer." Also in a screen test, a Monkee asks what the Beatles have that they do not have. They sing "Thirteen million dollars!" Also, the last episode of the series, "The Frodis Caper", opens with the repetitive strains of the chorus of the Beatles' "Good Morning, Good Morning" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

When commenting on the death of Davy Jones on February 29, 2012, Time magazine contributor James Poniewozik praised the show: "Even if the show never meant to be more than entertainment and a hit-single generator, we shouldn't sell The Monkees short. It was far better TV than it had to be; during an era of formulaic domestic sitcoms and wacky comedies, it was a stylistically ambitious show, with a distinctive visual style, absurdist sense of humor and unusual story structure. Whatever Jones and The Monkees were meant to be, they became creative artists in their own right, and Jones' chipper Brit-pop presence was a big reason they were able to produce work that was commercial, wholesome and yet impressively weird."[25]

## Home video

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Six two-episode VHS volumes of the television series were distributed by Musicvision/RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video between July 15, 1986, and June 25, 1987, taking advantage of the group's 20th anniversary.

On October 17, 1995, with the Monkees' 30th anniversary looming, Rhino Home Video issued the complete series as a deluxe VHS boxed set containing all 58 episodes, plus the pilot and the 1969 special, 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee, in a total of 21 videotapes, along with a specially created full-color photo book that tells the history of the series, information about each episode and a variety of photographs from the series. First-run issues of the set also included a limited-edition wristwatch. A few months before, on May 22, Columbia House started releasing a Collector's Edition series also collecting all 58 Monkees episodes and the 1969 special; the one exception being the unaired 1965 Monkees pilot, which was available only on Rhino's video box set.

Rhino later released individual two-episode VHS volumes of the TV series between March 26, 1996, and April 11, 2000; it would be the last time The Monkees television show would be distributed on videocassette.

In 2003, Rhino Entertainment Company (under its Rhino Retrovision classic TV entertainment brand) released the complete series on DVD. Both seasons were re-released by Eagle Rock Entertainment in September 2011.[26][27]

In honor of the band's 50th anniversary, Rhino released the complete series on Blu-ray on July 8, 2016.[28][29]

## References

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* 1960s portal

1. ^ "BBC - Comedy Guide - The Monkees". January 12, 2005. Archived from the original on January 12, 2005.
2. ^ Gould, Jack (September 13, 1966). "TV: The Unpredictable Monkees Arrive on N.B.C.; Humor Played Up and Music Soft-Pedaled Jean Arthur and Jack Sheldon Also Bow". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
3. ^ Boone, Brian (November 2, 2011). "The Monkees, The Old New Monkees, and New Monkees: How to Destroy A Beloved Franchise". Vulture.
4. ^ Stone, Judy (October 2, 1966). "The Monkees Let Down Their Hair". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
5. ^ Lefcowitz (1985), pp.6–7
6. ^ Sandoval (2005), p.23
7. ^ a b Sandoval (2005), p.25
8. ^ a b c d e Sandoval (2005), p.26
9. ^ Documents reproduced in the booklet of the VHS box set (Rhino Records 1995)
10. ^ a b Baker (1986), p.10
11. ^ Lefcowitz (1985), p.3
12. ^ The Three Stooges Journal (fall 1987); published by the Three Stooges Fan Club
13. ^ Lefcowitz, Eric (1990). Monkees Tale. Berkeley, CA: Last Gasp. pp. 4, 10, 26, 66, 76. ISBN 0-86719-378-6.
14. ^ "14 Behind-the-Scenes Stories from 'The Monkees'". February 25, 2019.
15. ^ "Quotes from Mike Nesmith".
16. ^ St. Antoine, Arthur. - "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. - Motor Trend Magazine
17. ^ Keefe, Don. - "The History of the MonkeeMobile" Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. - Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine. - (c/o monkees.net) - 1997
18. ^ a b "The Monkees Final Episode". ultimateclassicrock.com. March 25, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
19. ^ "The Monkees CBS Saturday Afternoon Checklist: 1969-1970 SEASON". monkeestv.tripod.com.
20. ^ "1966-67 PREEMPTIONS & RERUNS". Monkeestv2.tripod.com. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
21. ^ Boone, Brian. "The Monkees, The Old New Monkees, and New Monkees: How to Destroy A Beloved Franchise". SplitSider. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
22. ^ MeTV Staff. "The Monkees join the MeTV lineup starting this Sunday". MeTV. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
23. ^ ""The Monkees" Highlight Axs TV's All-New Friday Night Retro Lineup Airing Every Week at 8:30 PM ET Starting April 7" (Press release). AXS TV. March 16, 2023 – via The Futon Critic.
24. ^ Martin, Denise. "Child's Play." Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2009.
25. ^ Poniewozik, James (February 2012). "RIP Davy Jones, The Monkees' Daydreamboat". Time. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
26. ^ "DVD Talk". www.dvdtalk.com.
27. ^ "DVD Talk". www.dvdtalk.com.
28. ^ "The Monkees - New Extras on the Limited Edition Blu-ray of 'The Complete Series'!". Archived from the original on June 13, 2016.
29. ^ "DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic". www.metacritic.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016.

## Bibliography

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* Baker, Glenn A. (1986). Monkeemania: The Story of the Monkees. Plexus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-312-00003-5.
* Baker, Glenn A. (2000) [1986]. Monkeemania: The Story of the Monkees. Plexus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85965-292-6.
* Lefcowitz, Eric (1985). The Monkees Tale. Last Gasp. ISBN 978-0-86719-338-1.
* Lefcowitz, Eric (1989) [1985]. The Monkees Tale. Last Gasp. ISBN 978-0-86719-378-7.
* Sandoval, Andrew (2005). The Monkees: The day-by-day story of the '60s TV pop sensation. Thunder Bay Press. ISBN 978-1-59223-372-4.

## External links

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* The Monkees at IMDb
* The Monkees at epguides.com
* The Monkees at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
* The Monkees Film & TV Vault
* Season Two episode reviews at The Anorak Zone

* v
* t
* e

The Monkees

* Micky Dolenz
* Davy Jones
* Michael Nesmith
* Peter Tork

Studio albums|

* The Monkees
* More of the Monkees
* Headquarters
* Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
* The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
* Head
* Instant Replay
* The Monkees Present
* Changes
* Pool It!
* Justus
* Good Times!
* Christmas Party

Box sets|

* Listen to the Band
* The Headquarters Sessions
* Music Box
* The Monkees: Original Album Series

Compilation
albums|

* The Monkees' Golden Album
* The Monkees' Golden Album, Vol. 2
* Greatest Hits (Colgems)
* Barrel Full of Monkees
* Re-Focus
* Greatest Hits (Arista)
* Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits)
* More Greatest Hits of The Monkees
* Monkee Business
* Monkee Flips
* Hit Factory
* Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees
* Missing Links
* Missing Links Volume Two
* Greatest Hits (Rhino)
* Barrelful of Monkees: Monkees Songs for Kids!
* Missing Links Volume Three
* I'm a Believer and Other Hits
* Daydream Believer and Other Hits
* The Monkees Anthology
* The Definitive Monkees
* The Best of The Monkees
* Monkeemania (The Very Best of the Monkees)

Live albums|

* Live 1967
* 20th Anniversary Tour 1986
* Summer 1967: The Complete U.S. Concert Recordings
* 2001: Live in Las Vegas
* Extended Versions
* The Mike & Micky Show

Singles|

* "(Theme From) The Monkees"
* "Last Train to Clarksville"
* "I'm a Believer"
* "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"
* "I Wanna Be Free"
* "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
* "Daydream Believer"
* "Valleri"
* "D. W. Washburn"
* "Porpoise Song"
* "Tear Drop City"
* "Listen to the Band"
* "Good Clean Fun"
* "Oh My My"
* "Do It in the Name of Love"
* "Christmas Is My Time of Year"
* "That Was Then, This Is Now"

Film/television|

* The Monkees (episodes)
* Head
* 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
* Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

Production/
management|

* Don Kirshner
* Bob Rafelson
* Bert Schneider
* Ward Sylvester
* Lester Sill
* Raybert Productions
* Chip Douglas
* Hank Cicalo

Related articles|

* Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story
* Discography
* Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart
* An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour
* The Monkees (book)
* The Monkeemobile
* New Monkees
* Songs

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

1950s|

* The Red Skelton Show (1952)
* I Love Lucy (1953)
* I Love Lucy (1954)
* Make Room for Daddy (1955)
* The Phil Silvers Show (1956)
* No Award (1957)
* The Phil Silvers Show (1958)
* The Jack Benny Program (season 9) (1959)

1960s|

* No Award (1960)
* The Jack Benny Program (season 11) (1961)
* The Bob Newhart Show (1962)
* The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963)
* The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964)
* The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965)
* The Dick Van Dyke Show (1966)
* The Monkees (1967)
* Get Smart (1968)
* Get Smart (1969)

1970s|

* My World and Welcome to It (1970)
* All in the Family (1971)
* All in the Family (1972)
* All in the Family (1973)
* M*A*S*H (season 2) (1974)
* The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975)
* The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1976)
* The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1977)
* All in the Family (1978)
* Taxi (1979)

1980s|

* Taxi (1980)
* Taxi (1981)
* Barney Miller (season 8) (1982)
* Cheers (season 1) (1983)
* Cheers (season 2) (1984)
* The Cosby Show (season 1) (1985)
* The Golden Girls (season 1) (1986)
* The Golden Girls (season 2) (1987)
* The Wonder Years (season 1) (1988)
* Cheers (season 7) (1989)

1990s|

* Murphy Brown (1990)
* Cheers (season 9) (1991)
* Murphy Brown (1992)
* Seinfeld (season 4) (1993)
* Frasier (season 1) (1994)
* Frasier (season 2) (1995)
* Frasier (season 3) (1996)
* Frasier (season 4) (1997)
* Frasier (season 5) (1998)
* Ally McBeal (season 2) (1999)

2000s|

* Will & Grace (season 2) (2000)
* Sex and the City (season 3) (2001)
* Friends (season 8) (2002)
* Everybody Loves Raymond (season 7) (2003)
* Arrested Development (season 1) (2004)
* Everybody Loves Raymond (season 9) (2005)
* The Office (season 2) (2006)
* 30 Rock (season 1) (2007)
* 30 Rock (season 2) (2008)
* 30 Rock (season 3) (2009)

2010s|

* Modern Family (season 1) (2010)
* Modern Family (season 2) (2011)
* Modern Family (season 3) (2012)
* Modern Family (season 4) (2013)
* Modern Family (season 5) (2014)
* Veep (season 4) (2015)
* Veep (season 5) (2016)
* Veep (season 6) (2017)
* The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 1) (2018)
* Fleabag (season 2) (2019)

2020s|

* Schitt's Creek (season 6) (2020)
* Ted Lasso (season 1) (2021)
* Ted Lasso (season 2) (2022)
* The Bear (season 1) (2023)
* Hacks (season 3) (2024)

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Children's programming on CBS in the 1960s

First-run
animated series|

* Mighty Mouse Playhouse (1955–1967)
* The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show (1956-1966)
* The Alvin Show (1961-1962)
* Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963–1966)
* Linus the Lionhearted (1964-1965)
* Tom and Jerry (1965–1972)
* The Mighty Heroes (1966-1967)
* The Underdog Show (1966-1967)
* Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1966–1968)
* Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966–1968)
* The New Adventures of Superman (1966–1970)
* The Lone Ranger (1966–1969)
* The Beagles (1966-1967)
* The Herculoids (1967–1968)
* Shazzan (1967-1969)
* Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967–1969)
* The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967–1968)
* The Road Runner Show (1968–1971; 1975–1978; 1978–1985)
* Go Go Gophers (1968-1969)
* Wacky Races (1968–1970)
* The Archie Show (1968–1969)
* The Batman/Superman Hour (1968-1969)
* The Adventures of Batman (1969–1970)
* Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971)
* The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1972, 1974–1976)

First-run
live-action series|

* Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984)
* The Magic Land of Allakazam
* CBS Children's Film Festival

Rebroadcasts|

* Sky King
* The Roy Rogers Show
* My Friend Flicka
* The Alvin Show (1962–1965)
* The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin
* The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1963)
* The Jetsons (1967-77)
* The Adventures of Lassie
* Jonny Quest (1965-1970)
* The Monkees (1969–1972)
* The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Hour (1968–1973)

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* Animation in the United States in the television era

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Children's programming on CBS in the 1970s

* First-run
* animated
* series

* Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963-72)
* Tom and Jerry (1965-72)
* The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1968–73; 1975–85)
* Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–71)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-72, 1974-76)
* The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–71)
* The Adventures of Batman (1969–70)
* Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1971–74)
* Groovie Goolies (1970–71)
* Josie and the Pussycats (1970–72)
* The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–72)
* Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–74)
* Archie's TV Funnies (1971–73)
* The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
* The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–73)
* Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–84)
* Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (1972)
* Jeannie (1973)
* My Favorite Martians (1973–75)
* Bailey's Comets (1973–75)
* Speed Buggy (1973–75)
* Partridge Family 2200 A.D. (1974–75)
* Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–76)
* The U.S. of Archie (1974–76)
* Clue Club (1976–77)
* Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976–77)
* The New Adventures of Batman (1977–78)
* What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977)
* The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour (1977–78)
* The All New Popeye Hour (1978–82, 1983)
* Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–80)
* The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–81)

* First-run
* live action
* series

* Captain Kangaroo (1955–84)
* In the News (1971–86)
* You Are There (1971–72)
* CBS Children's Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84)
* Shazam! (1974–77)
* The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine (1974–75)
* The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show (1974–75)
* The Secrets of Isis (1975–77)
* Far Out Space Nuts (1975–76)
* The Ghost Busters (1975)
* Ark II (1976)
* Way Out Games (1976–77)
* The Skatebirds (1977–78)
* Space Academy (1977–79)
* Wacko (1977)
* 30 Minutes (1978–82)
* Jason of Star Command (1978–81)

Rebroadcasts|

* The Monkees (1969–72)
* Wacky Races (1968–70)
* The New Adventures of Superman
* Jonny Quest (1965-70)
* The Jetsons (1967-77)
* Sylvester and Tweety (1976–77)

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* Animation in the United States in the television era

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Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s

First-run
animated series|

* The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70)
* The Smokey Bear Show (1969–70)
* The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71)
* Hot Wheels (1969–71)
* Skyhawks (1969–71)
* The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70)
* Fantastic Voyage (1968–70)
* The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (1970-71)
* Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72)
* The Road Runner Show (1971–73)
* The Funky Phantom (1971–73)
* Jackson 5ive (1971–73)
* The Osmonds (1972–74)
* The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74)
* The Brady Kids (1972–74)
* Kid Power (1972–74)
* Yogi's Gang (1973–75)
* Super Friends (1973–74)
* Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75)
* Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75)
* Mission: Magic! (1973–74)
* Hong Kong Phooey (1974–75)
* The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77)
* Devlin (1974–76)
* These Are the Days (1974–76)
* The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77)
* The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76)
* The Oddball Couple (1975–77)
* Jabberjaw (1976–78)
* The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77)
* The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77)
* Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976–77)
* The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78)
* Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show
* Laff-A-Lympics
* Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79)
* Fangface (1978–79)
* Challenge of the Superfriends (1978–79)
* The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79)
* The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–80)
* The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk
* Rickety Rocket) (1979–81)
* Spider-Woman (1979–80)
* Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)

First-run
live-action series|

* American Bandstand (1957–87)
* Discovery (1962-71)
* Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72)
* Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970–72)
* Lidsville (1971–73)
* Curiosity Shop (1971–73)
* Make a Wish (1971–76)
* Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75)
* The Lost Saucer (1975–76)
* Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76)
* The Krofft Supershow (1976–78)
* Bigfoot and Wildboy
* Dr. Shrinker
* Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
* Magic Mongo
* Wonderbug
* Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78)
* Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81)
* ABC Weekend Special (1977–97)
* Kids Are People Too (1978–82)

Rebroadcasts|

* George of the Jungle (1967–70)
* Bewitched (1971–73)
* Jonny Quest (1970–72)
* H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73)
* The Monkees (1972–73)
* Speed Buggy (1975-76)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978)
* The Bugs Bunny Show (1973–75)

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* Animation in the United States in the television era

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