The first episode of the musical sitcom was filmed in June 1966.

When The Monkees producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider conceived what would eventually become the television show, little did they know their wordplay would generate a group of enduring ...

According to TV Party, The Monkees television series was the lowest-rated pilot upon its 1966 debut. Fans didn’t get to see the original pilot of the series until the 10th episode of the first season ...

“MOVIES WITH…,” a new one-hour weekly podcast series, debuted last month, the first episode featuring Micky Dolenz, last surviving member of The Monkees. The shows, produced by the NJR Media Group, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To be fair, nobody really knows why anything connects with the audience in the way that it does, and why one piece of pop culture ...

Sixty years ago, “4 insane boys” answered an ad, not knowing they’d change their lives—and television—forever. The Monkees all began after producers advertised a casting call in The Hollywood Reporter ...

The television Western was among the most popular sort of program to air on the Big Three in the 1960s. Even in an age of pop music, the sexual revolution, and civil rights, most audiences flocked to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After working with The Monkees, producer Don Kirshner wanted a change of pace, with a band that "wouldn't talk back," so he ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the 1960s. Sixty years later, their made-for-TV backstory didn’t hurt them in a ranking list of the top Los Angeles-based bands of the era. In ...