Gilligan's Island

::For the NES video game, see Gilligan's Island (video game).

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Gilligan's Island was an American TV sitcom which aired on CBS from 1964 to 1967. The first 36 episodes were filmed in black-and-white; the remaining 62 episodes and three sequels filmed in color.

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American - TV - Sitcom - CBS - 1964 - 1967

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The show's theme song, "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" (written by George Wyle and Sherwood Schwartz), begins:

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Theme song - Sherwood Schwartz

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:Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip...

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and was written to give new viewers a capsule summary of the unusual situation the castaways find themselves in. Starting in the second season, another verse was played over the closing credits, after the invariably unsuccessful attempts of the castaways to leave the island.

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The last new episode of the show aired on September 4, 1967, with the castaways never succeeding in leaving the island. Under a wave of pressure to reverse the threatened cancellation of Gunsmoke, which aired late on Saturday nights, CBS cancelled Gilligan's Island to open up early air time on Monday evenings, despite the sitcom's solid ratings.

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September 4 - 1967 - Gunsmoke

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