The Untouchables

…included the popular television series The Untouchables (1959–63), Mission: Impossible (1966–73), and Star Trek (1966–69), among others.

…1961 season), the mobster drama The Untouchables (1959–63; in the 1962–63 season), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–65; in the 1963 season), and the short-lived but critically acclaimed political drama Slattery’s People (1964–65; in the 1964 season).

…rise to the television series The Untouchables (1959–63).

…1959 was the appearance of The Untouchables (ABC, 1959–63), a series about organized crime activity in Prohibition-era Chicago. Although the series had only a casual relationship to actual events, this film noir-influenced historical drama is now considered a minor classic. However, the frequent machine-gun fire and pre-Miranda warning speakeasy raids…

…and others), historical dramas (The Untouchables [ABC, 1959–63]; Combat! [ABC, 1962–67]; and others), an animated series (The Flintstones [ABC, 1960–66]), a forerunner of 21st-century “reality” shows (Candid Camera [ABC/NBC/CBS, 1948–67]), a cold war espionage parody (Get Smart [NBC/CBS, 1965–70]), a prime-time soap opera (