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Here’s a promotional spot for Daktari, which aired on CBS from January 1966 to January 1969. The series was broadcast in color but this spot is from a black and white print. It’s a network spot, notice that there’s no time left at the end for local station identification. As with many promotional spots, I’m not sure exactly when this one dates from. It’s fairly generic so it could be an early spot for the series. Thoughts?
Probably shortly after the series began, in early 1966 (after it replaced “RAWHIDE”).
For the remainder of the 1965-66 its finished in the Top 15, not that far behind BATMAN….in 1966-67 it went Top 10 while Bat-mania quickly cooled.
One of my favorites when I was growing up!