which tv series started in black and white but were in color at their end?

Answer 1

Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Flintstones, I love lucy, Dragnet, Bewitched.... lots of them.

Answer 2

Well Since Black & White Television began in the 1930's & did not move to Color until the Mid 50's. (Did you know the Korean War delayed the release of Color TV in the 40's?)
CBS I believe was the first to come up with a color wheel that actually sat in front of the Television & you turned it on & watched the Black & White show thru it as it spun around, but you had to continuously oil the dang bearings or it got so annoying you were forced to turn it off. (Cheesy but new technology) Most of those shows were Produced LIVE, and then changed in the late 50's to Tape. Here is a list of the ones I can think of off the to[p of my head: Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, The Addams Family, The Ed Sullivan Show, But then again Most of those old Black & Whites changed to Color or Technicolor in 1966.

Answer 3

Bonaza, Gunsmoke are a few that are well known.

NBC (owned by RCA) made its first field test of color television on February 20, 1941. CBS began daily color field tests on June 1, 1941.[8] These color systems were not compatible with existing black and white television sets, and as no color television sets were available to the public at this time, viewership of the color field tests was limited to RCA and CBS engineers and the invited press. The War Production Board halted the manufacture of television and radio equipment for civilian use from April 22, 1942 to August 20, 1945, limiting any opportunity to introduce color television to the general public.[9]

The post-war development of color television was dominated by three systems competing for approval by the FCC as the U.S. color broadcasting standard: CBS's field sequential system, which was incompatible with existing black and white sets without an adaptor; RCA's dot sequential system, which in 1949 became compatible with existing black and white sets; and CTI's system (also incompatible with existing black and white sets), which used three camera lenses, behind which were color filters that produced red, green, and blue images side by side on a single scanning tube, and a receiver set that used lenses in front of the picture tube (which had sectors treated with different phosphorescent compounds to glow in red, green, or blue) to project these three side by side images into one combined picture on the viewing screen.[10]

During its campaign for FCC approval, CBS gave the world's first demonstrations of color television to the general public, showing an hour of color programs daily Mondays through Saturdays, beginning January 12, 1950, and running for the remainder of the month, over WOIC in Washington, D.C., where they could be viewed on eight 16-inch color receivers in a public building.[11] Due to high public demand, the broadcasts were resumed February 13–21, with several evening programs added.[12] CBS initiated a limited schedule of color broadcasts from its New York station WCBS-TV Mondays to Saturdays beginning November 14, 1950, making ten color receivers available for the viewing public.[13] All were broadcast using the single color camera that CBS owned.[14] The New York broadcasts were extended by coaxial cable to Philadelphia's WCAU-TV beginning December 13.[15]

Answer 4

Lost in Space, Gunsmoke Dragnet. I think there were lots of them, I can't be reall sure because we didn't have a color TV set all the time until in the mid 70's

Answer 5

I believe I Love Lucy was like that.

Answer 6

A couple I can think of:

Bewitched
Gilligan's Island

and maybe??

Dark Shadows.....

Answer 7

maybe 'The FBI'. I remember in the latter years it said 'The FBI--in color!!'.

Answer 8

M.A.S.H

Answer 9

pleasantville? hah idk saw it on E! the other day..