Ironside (originally broadcast under the name A Man Called Ironside in the United Kingdom) is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to February 6, 1975. The character’s debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967.

The show revolved around former San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside (Raymond Burr), a veteran of more than twenty years of police service who was forced to retire from the department after a sniper’s bullet paralyzed him from the waist down and forced him to use a wheelchair.

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Here’s Lucy is Lucille Ball’s third network television sitcom. It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974. Though The Lucy Show was still hugely popular during the previous (1967-68) season, finishing in the top five of the Nielsen Ratings (at #2), Ball opted to end that series at the end of that season and create a new show, as she had just sold Desilu Productions (which owned and produced The Lucy Show), to Gulf + Western.

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The show consisted of many skits over an hour. It also broke new ground in American television by using a ‘Theatre-in-the-Round’ stage format, with the audience seated on all sides of a circular performance area (with some seats located behind the sketch sets on occasion).

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Marcus Welby, M. D. , which aired on ABC from late September, 1969 through mid-May 1976, was one of the most popular doctor shows in U. S. television history. During the 1970 television year, it even ranked number one among all TV series according to the Nielsen Index. As such, it was the first ABC program to take the top program slot for an entire season. The Nielsen data suggested Marcus Welby, M. D. was viewed regularly in about one of every four American homes that year.

Airing on Tuesdays, from 10-11:00 P. M. the program was created by David Victor, and dealt with the concept of an older physician mentoring a young doctor.

Dr Welby was portrayed by Robert Young, who portrayed the archetypical father figure on Father Knows Best from 1954 to 1960. People who worked with him on the set said it was often hard to tell where Young stopped and Welby began, so closely did the actor identify with his role. Viewers seemed to have that difficulty, too. Young received thousands of letters asking for advice on life’s problems.

His co-stars were James Brolin, who portrayed Dr Steven Kiley, and Elena Verdugo, who portrayed housekeeper Consuelo Lopez. I absolutely loved Robert Young and James Brolin as the main protagonists, and had a very huge crush on Elena Verdugo.

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The following list shows America’s TV favorites every year beginning in 1970.

The TV ‘year’ generally consists of September to June for the show’s original air play.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Flip Wilson Show

Here’s Lucy

Ironside

Gunsmoke

The ABC Movie of the Week

Hawaii Five-O

Medical Center

Bonanza

The F.B.I.

The Mod Squad

Adam-12

Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (tie)

The Wonderful World of Disney (tie)

Mayberry

F.F.D.

Hee Haw

Mannix

The Man from Shiloh

My Three Sons

The Doris Day Show