The Munsters (1964)
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 24 September 1964 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 12 May 1966 |
| Genre | Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family |
| Created by | Chris Hayward, Bob Mosher and Allan Burns |
| Starring | Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo and Butch Patrick |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 70 episodes |
| Episode length | about 25 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 29 hours |
| Rated | TV-G |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.9/10 |
Where to watch The Munsters
The Munsters is streaming on Prime Video ($13.98 a month) in the US. It is also on Peacock ($16.99 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Prime Video, or $13.98 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
The Munsters is a 1964 comedy where a Transylvanian-American family lives at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. Their core confusion is that they consider themselves average, while everyone else does not. The cast includes Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, and Butch Patrick. It spans 2 seasons and 70 episodes, totaling 29 hours of viewing. The costumes draw from Universal’s classic monster designs, with makeup by Bud Westmore. The show satirizes the typical family sitcom structure of the era.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures exist in the record, so the money story is silent. We fall back on the user score. On TMDB, viewers rate it 7.9 out of 10. That number sits comfortably in the good company of classic sitcoms. It suggests the jokes still land, or at least that the audience remembers them fondly. The arithmetic is simple: people liked it enough to leave a mark.
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Sources
- The Munsters on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q1086390 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Munsters” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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