September is the Season for Season Premieres

I was looking through my handy-dandy pop culture calendar for something to write about for TV Tuesday this week and realized something I already knew: almost all of the classic, beloved television series made their debuts in the month of September. Of course, this is because for years and years September was the "start" of the "new" television season. New series would just naturally make their debuts in the month of September. All of the series that did not first appear at this time are those that were delayed for one reason or other such as I LOVE LUCY (Oct 15, 1951), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Oct 2, 1959), SCRUBS (Oct 2, 2001), and SMALLVILLE (Oct 16, 2001) or were "mid-season replacement" shows, such as BATMAN (January 12, 1966), THE JEFFERSONS (January 18, 1975), and HILL STREET BLUES (Jan 15, 1981).

So to commemorate all of the great TV shows that were born in the month of September, here are a few of my favorites. I hope yours are here, too!

The LONE RANGER 

Sept 15, 1949

The MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Sept 22, 1964

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
Sept 26, 1964


F-TROOP

Sept 14, 1965

 

LOST in SPACE 

Sept 15, 1965

The WILD, WILD WEST

Sept 17, 1965

STAR TREK 

Sept 8, 1966
 

The MONKEES

Sept 12, 1966

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE

Sept 17, 1966

The CAROL BURNETT Show

Sept 11, 1967

The MOD SQUAD

Sept 24, 1968
 

The BRADY BUNCH

Sept 26, 1969

The MARY TYLER MOORE Show

Sept 19, 1970

The ODD COUPLE 

Sept 24, 1970

The BOB NEWHART Show

Sept 16, 1972

 

MASH

Sept 17, 1972

KOLCHAK: The NIGHT STALKER
Sept 13, 1974

ELLERY QUEEN 

Sept 11, 1975

The MUPPET Show

Sept 13, 1976

WKRP in CINCINNATI

Sept 18, 1978

FRIENDS 

Sept 22, 1994

MY NAME IS EARL

Sept 20, 2005