Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island
Created bySherwood Schwartz
Directed byRod Amateau
Jack Arnold
Ida Lupino
Stanley Z. Cherry
Richard Donner
Starring
Theme music composerSherwood Schwartz
George Wyle
Opening theme"The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle"
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes98 plus a 1963 pilot (first broadcast in 1964) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerSherwood Schwartz
ProducerSherwood Schwartz
Camera setupFilm; Single-camera
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesGladasya Productions
CBS Productions
United Artists Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 26, 1964 (1964-09-26) –
April 17, 1967 (1967-04-17)
Related
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Bob Denver as Gilligan
Alan Hale Jr. as The Skipper
Russell Johnson as The Professor
Tina Louise as Ginger Grant
Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers

Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz. The show's ensemble cast features Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells. It aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26, 1964, to April 17, 1967.[1] The series follows the comic adventures of seven castaways as they try to survive on an island where they are shipwrecked. Most episodes revolve around the dissimilar castaways' conflicts and their unsuccessful attempts to escape their plight, with the ship's first mate, Gilligan, usually being responsible for the failures.[2]

Gilligan's Island ran for 98 episodes. All 36 episodes of the first season were filmed in black and white and were later colorized for syndication. The show's second and third seasons (62 episodes) and the three television film sequels (broadcast between 1978 and 1982) were filmed in color.

Gilligan's Island received solid ratings during its original run and grew in popularity during decades of syndication, especially in the 1970s and '80s, when many markets ran the show in the late afternoon.

  1. ^ "BBC - Comedy Guide - Gilligan's Island". January 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 3, 2005.
  2. ^ "Watch Gilligan's Island on MeTV". Me-TV Network.