Talk:William Dozier

The Green Hornet did NOT spin-off from Batman

I noticed in reading this article that it had listed The Green Hornet as being a spin-off from the Adam West Batman series. This is not correct. The Green Hornet ran during ABC's 1966-67 season, Batman's first season. It wasn't until 1968 that The Green Hornet and Kato appeared in the crossover episodes "A Piece of the Action" and Batman's Satisfaction. Since The Green Hornet didn't appear on Batman until after his show had ended, it isn't possible to be a spin-off. I fixed this article, but if anyone notices somewhere else where the GH series is listed as a spin-off, it should also be changed. GH and Batman were sister shows, but neither one spun-off from the other. Also, Batman was listed as running from 1966-68. It actually ran for 3 seasons until 1969, so I fixed that as well.

As far as the Green Hornet as spin-off is concerned, our unsigned friend above has the right idea, but the wrong facts to support it. The Green Hornet was originally an old-time radio show that went on the air in January 1936, more than three years before Batman made his 1939 debut in DC comic books. The TV version of the lead characters, however, made a cameo on Batman in October 1966 shortly after their show premiered on the network, specifically in a King Tut episode's Bat-climb scene. Batman did run for three seasons, but nevertheless ended in 1968, not '69. It premiered in January '66, started its second season that September and it's third a year later, September 1967, getting its last network airing in March 1968. So I'm fixing that. --Tbrittreid (talk) 21:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)