The ABC television series The Mod Squad ran from Tuesday September 24, 1968,
until August 23, 1973. It was loosely based on the the experiences of the shows
creator Bud Ruskin’s as a squad leader for undercover narcotics police officers
in the late 1950s.  

Marcus Welby, M.D. is a medical drama that aired on ABC-TV from Tuesday
September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had
previously aired as a ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969. The shows
handling of many varied medical cases, some common and some uncommon,
made it an instant hit for ABC.

 James Brolin     

                                                   
                                                    Elena Verdugo

The Legal drama Perry Mason had an original run from September 21, 1957 to
May 22, 1966. The title character was portrayed by Raymond Burr (above).The
show was, at one time, television’s most successful and longest-running lawyer
series.

Perry Mason has been airing syndicated repeats of the show since
1966 as part of it’s afternoon viewing schedule.

Actor Larry Martin Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He is known
for his portrayal of J.R. Ewing on the 1980s primetime television soap
Dallas. He also played Major Anthony ‘Tony’ Nelson in the 1960s
sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

Larry Hagman and costar Barbara Eden in I dream of Jeannie

Larry Hagman in Dallas

The Virginian (The Men of Shiloh in its final year) is a TV Western which originally
ran on NBC from September 19, 1962 to March 24, 1971 for a total of 249 episodes
filmed in color. The successful series was the third longest running western, following Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

James Drury turned 77 on April 18th