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Gilligan's Island is an
American television situation comedy originally produced by
United Artists Television. It aired for three seasons on the
CBS network, from September 26, 1964 to September 4, 1967. It was originally sponsored by
Philip Morris & Company and
Procter & Gamble. The show followed the comic adventures of seven
castaways as they attempted to survive and ultimately escape from a previously uninhabited
island where they were
shipwrecked. In 2002,
Gilligan's Island came back as a reality show, similar to
Survivor, in which seven contestants were shipwrecked on an island. They then had to re-create the original
Gilligan's Island sitcom with costumes and props.
Gilligan's Island ran for a total of 98 episodes. The first season (consisting of 36 episodes) was filmed in black-and-white, though
colorized in later
syndication. However, the next two seasons (62 episodes) and three television movie sequels were filmed in color.