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8.7/10 TV Final episode date 4 September 1967 | 7.4/10 IMDb First episode date 26 September 1964 Network CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theme song The Ballad of Gilligan's Island Cast Dawn Wells, Bob Denver, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, Alan Hale Jr Similar The New Adventures of Gilligan, Gilligan's Planet, The Real Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, The Beverly Hillbillies Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The series aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26, 1964, to September 4, 1967.
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Pilot (1992)
The pilot episode, titled "Marooned", was filmed in November 1963. On November 22, the day of the John F. Kennedy assassination, the crew continued to work after hearing the shocking news. The departure of the Minnow was filmed on November 26, and all the flags in that sequence can be seen flying at half-staff. The episode eventually aired on TBS twenty-nine years later on October 16, 1992.
Season 1 (1964-65)
The first season aired Saturdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).
Season 2 (1965-66)
The second season aired Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST).
Season 3 (1966-67)
The third season aired Mondays at 7:30-8:00 pm (EST).
Follow-up films
There were 3 sequel films.The first (1978) had them rescued and proved so successful that it spawned a second (1979) and third (1981). By the third film, the charm was lost, ratings were down, and no more were made.
In 2001, Dawn Wells co-produced a television film bio-pic, where she, Bob Denver, and Russell Johnson appear as themselves as hosts and remember what life was like during the series. In the memory scenes, they and the rest of the cast and crew are played by actors, while Dawn narrates.
Home media
This series has been released on DVD by Warner Home Video, in three season box sets (the first of which includes the pilot episode) and in a complete series set. There has also been a single-disc release containing only the first two episodes.