List of TV series with episodes in the public domain

This is a list of television series with episodes in the public domain. Note: while in some cases the complete run of a series may be public domain, in numerous other cases, such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, only a portion of the series' episodes fall within public domain. Also note that while a particular show or episode may be in the public domain, elements (usually musical) of the show may not be (for instance, the first two seasons of The Beverly Hillbillies are public domain, but the show's theme song, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," is still under copyright and must be edited out of public domain recordings). Some of these series may also have a significant number of episodes that no longer exist.
No TV shows later than the early 1970s (with the exception of those produced as the official work of the United States government) have entered the public domain, and no further American shows will enter the public domain until at least 2043, unless the copyright holders voluntarily release them.
*The Admiral Broadway Revue
*The Adventures of Oky Doky
*The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
*The Al Morgan Show
*Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
*Amos 'n' Andy
*The Andy Griffith Show (16 episodes in Season 3. Public domain status disputed, see CBS Operations v. Reel Funds International, Inc. (2007))
*Annie Oakley
*The Arthur Murray Party
*Bat Masterson
*Bachelor Father
*Beat the Clock
*The Betty Hutton Show
*The Betty White Show
*Beulah
*The Beverly Hillbillies (55 episodes. 36 from season 1, 19 from season 2.)
*The Big Picture
*The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob!)
*Bonanza
*Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena
*The Brighter Day
*Captain Z-Ro
*Captain Video and His Video Rangers
*Champagne and Orchids
*Charlie Wild, Private Detective
*The Colgate Comedy Hour
*Colonel Bleep
*Colonel Humphrey Flack
*Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
*Crawford Mystery Theatre
*The Danny Thomas Show (Make Room for Daddy)
*Dark of Night
*Date with the Angels
*The Dennis O'Keefe Show
*Dick Tracy (1950 TV Show)
*The Dick Van Dyke Show
*Ding Dong School
*Diver Dan
*All content produced for DoD News Channel
*Dollar a Second
*Doorway to Fame
*Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
*Dragnet (1950s version)
*Dusty's Trail
*The Eve Arden Show
*Front Page Detective
*Front Row Center
*General Electric Theater
*The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
*Georgetown University Forum
*The Goldbergs
*Flash Gordon
*The Great Gildersleeve (TV version)
*The Growing Paynes
*Guide Right
*The Gumby Show
*Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
*I Married Joan
*It's News to Me
*The Jack Benny Program
*The Johnny Carson Show
*The Johns Hopkins Science Review
*Let's Join Joanie
*Life Is Worth Living
*Life with Elizabeth
*The Life of Riley
*Little Amy
*The Lone Ranger (1949-57 live-action series)
*The Lone Ranger (1966-67 animated series)
*The Loretta Young Show
*Love of Life
*The Lucy Show (some episodes)
*Mack & Myer for Hire
*The Magic Clown
*The Magic Cottage
*Make That Spare
*Man Against Crime
*Marge and Jeff
*Martin Kane, Private Eye
*Mary Kay and Johnny
*The Master
*The Match Game (pilot only)
*Medic
*Meet Corliss Archer
*Melody Street
*Miss U.S. Television
*Mister Ed (one episode only)
*The Morey Amsterdam Show
*Mr. and Mrs. North
*My Little Margie
*All content produced for NASA TV
*NBC Sunday Showcase
*The New 3 Stooges
*Newsweek Views the News
*Okay, Mother
*The Old American Barn Dance
*On Your Way
*Once Upon a Tune
*Opera Cameos
*Operation Success
*The Original Amateur Hour
*Our Miss Brooks
*Petticoat Junction (21 season one episodes.)
*The Plainclothesman
*The Price Is Right (1950s version)
*Private Secretary (Susie)
*Queen for a Day
*Racket Squad
*Ramar of the Jungle
*Rocky King, Inside Detective
*The Roy Rogers Show
*Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (images only)
*Saturday Night Jamboree
*The School House
*Sense and Nonsense
*Shotgun Slade
*The Red Skelton Show
*Sea Hunt (one episode only)
*Star Time/The Bickersons
*Stories of the Century
*The Stu Erwin Show (The Trouble with Father)
*Studio One
*Super Circus
*Tales of Magic/Merlin's Cave/World Famous Fairytales
*The Swift Show
*Topper
*Treasure Hunt (1950s version)
*Twenty One (1950s version)
*Victory at Sea
*Wagon Train
*Watch with Mother
*Westinghouse Playhouse
*What's My Line?
*Window on the World
*World's End
*You Asked for It
*You Bet Your Life (1950-61 version; most episodes)
 
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