My Favorite Martian (1963)

Genre

sitcom, fantasy television series, science fiction television series

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 107 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist named Tim O'Hara meets a Martian whose spaceship has crashed. The Martian poses as Tim's uncle while hiding his powers and trying to fix his ship.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfullow-stakeswarmnostalgiceasygoing

What happens

My Favorite Martian is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes. The show stars Ray Walston as "Uncle Martin" (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara. My Favorite Martian was the first of the "fantasy" situation comedies prevalent on American television in the mid-1960s featuring characters who could do extraordinary things, predating My Living Doll (1964–1965), Bewitched (1964–1972), and I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). The first two seasons, totaling 75 episodes, were in black and white, and the 32 episodes of the third and final season were filmed in color. John L. Greene created the central characters and developed the core format of the series, which was produced by Jack Chertok. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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