The CBS television network carried The Jimmy Dean Show on its daytime 
schedule from September 14, 1958 to June 1959 from New York, airing
from 2 to 2:30 p.m. ET Monday–Saturday.

Jimmy Dean (seated) on the set of his show

The cast from left: Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Bob Denver, Tina Louise,
Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, and Alan Hale, Jr.

The situation comedy series Gilligan’s Island aired for three seasons on the CBS 
television network from September 26, 1964, to September 4, 1967 for a total of
98 episodes.

Bob Denver as Gilligan

The sitcom The Monkees, which first aired on NBC in September of 1966, won two 
Emmy Awards in 1967: Outstanding comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial 
Achievement in Comedy (James Frawley).

Most of the episodes from the second season of the show didn’t use a laugh track,
which was the common practice at the time. The non-use of canned laughter was
used by NBC as one of several reasons for cancelling the series.
 

Scene from the final episode (#58)

Cast of The Guiding Light from 1937 (left – right) Arthur Peterson, Mercedes
McCambridge, Helen Behmiller, and Henrietta Ledro.

Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is a television soap opera
the Guinness Book of World Records credits as the longest running drama in TV
and radio history. The program began as a NBC Radio serial on Monday, January
25, 1937 and moved to CBS radio on June 2, 1947. It started on CBS -TV, June 30,
1952 where it ran until 2009 when it was cancelled. Guiding Light was created by
schoolteacher Irna Phillips, who based it on her personal experiences.

Irna Phillips, mother of the Soap Opera

Shindig! is a musical variety series that aired on ABC-TV from Wednesday,
September 16, 1964 till Saturday, January 8, 1966. The show was cancelled
and it’s Thursday time slots replaced by Batman. The series was hosted by
Los Angeles DJ Jimmy O’Neill.