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

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Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, was part of a unique band of entertainers who continue to have a great impact on both the music and television industries for nearly 60 years.

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 ...

The series took on NBC's censors in 1967 during a Season 2 episode titled "The Devil and Peter Tork.” It was a rare example of a lighthearted sitcom openly testing broadcast standards in the late ...

The Monkees TV series featured countless guest stars, but one music icon famously crashed an episode, creating an unforgettable television moment. Zappa built a career on defying convention, yet even ...

“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, ...

The Monkees became one of the defining bands of the 1960s, but they had some help along the way. In fact, Neil Diamond ...

The Monkees weren’t like most other bands from the 1960s. It wasn’t started by its members. Entertainment industry insiders Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider came up with the idea for the band before ...

Some things can’t be explained. Take The Monkees. In the mid-sixties, a comedic television show parodying a struggling rock band living on a California beach unexpectedly caught fire on NBC, the host ...

The Monkees was considered a family-friendly show, which made fans all the more surprised when one episode featured a bleeped-out four-letter word. The series took on NBC's censors in 1967 during a ...