Crime · 1960s
5 shows6 sequences
2 sequencesBatman
1966–1968ABCCrime
Cartoon versions of the cast run at the camera and fight their way through the rogues' gallery, because the budget for that in live action did not exist and the animation is funnier anyway. Neal Hefti's twelve-bar riff has an eight-voice chorus whose entire lyric is the word Batman.
- Seasons 1–2
- Season 3
1 sequenceHawaii Five-O
1968–1980CBSCrime
The wave, the zoom onto the hotel balcony, and one of the four or five most recognisable television themes ever recorded.
- Season 1
1 sequenceThe F.B.I.
1965–1974ABCCrime
Nine seasons made with the Bureau's cooperation and its approval of every script, from the Quinn Martin production line.
- Season 1
1 sequenceRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969–1970ITVCrime
A private investigator and his dead partner, who only he can see, in a white suit.
- Season 1
1 sequenceAdam-12
1968–1975NBCCrime
One patrol car, one shift, from the Dragnet producer.
- Season 1