Batman dies in Bat "Cave in"

The staff of www.belt-buckles.net have always been huge fans of Batman, and in particular, the popular Batman television series that came to life in 1966.   Although some of the fight scenes surely look "cheesy" in today's high-tech graphics world, the intentional "cheese" (we assume it was intentional?) still makes it comical to this day.  

An interested fact about the television show is how it finally came to an end.   The live-action “Batman” show was aired by the ABC Network in 1966.  ABC was struggling in the ratings battle when ABC producer, William Dozier introduced the telivision show.  He liked the idea of a hero with comic book origins since most adults in the 60’s had recollections of reading comic books when they were young.   At the time, Batman was third in comic book popularity, behind Superman and Dick Tracy.  Since the top two comics were not available, ABC bought the television rights to Batman.  ABC spent a ton of cash producing the show. One report quotes $800,000 to build the Batcave set alone.   ABC obviously did not buget very well, as the show continually went over budget.   After 120 episodes (3 seasons), ABC put the show into syndication.

The little known fact is that NBC showed some interest in purchasing the rights to the show but killed the idea when they found out the ABC has already dismantled the expensive Batcave.  NBC was not about to sink a huge amount of money rebuilding the set, and thus Batman the telivsion series died in the great Bat "Cave in" of 1969.

But as we all know, Batman survived this setback and moved on two major motion pictures and other television spin offs. 

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