Home of ‘Vintage TV’ Polls

Here we pit your favorite ‘Vintage TV’ stars & shows from 1950 to 2000 against each other in devastating polls! Grab some snacks and tune in to see who will make it to prime time!

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Hello and welcome to Vintagetvstars! New tournament starting soon!

Best ‘Vintage TV’ Villain Tournament - Coming Soon (Start date TBA)

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[sparklejamesysparkle]

“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐈’𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞. 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 ‘𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬’ 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫.’ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.”

𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“𝐌𝐚𝐧, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭.”

“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?” 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤.

“𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰,” 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨, “𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬.”

-James Garner during an interview with Robert Ward conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for GQ magazine, March 1984 issue. (Fun Fact: Garner's real last name was "Bumgarner".)

Photo of James Garner in tennis togs by Don Ornitz, 1966. 🍑

[citizenscreen]

The Maverick brothers, Bret and Bart , circa 1958 (James Garner and Jack Kelly)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Clint Eastwood and Barbara Eden - Rawhide (1964)

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Columbo 4x02: "Negative Reaction"

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[transjester64]

Adding this from the comments...

[oldshowbiz]

Columbo Sunday

[sparklejamesysparkle]

James Garner as Bret Maverick and Ruta Lee as Ellen Bordeen in the Maverick episode entitled Comstock Conspiracy, originally broadcast by ABC on December 29th, 1957.

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[schmilsson]

[harbinger-of-reason]

Should have worried more about his mental condition.

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(Theme From) The Monkees Season 1 opening credits

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The Monkees with actor Dick Van Dyke and his daughter when they visited the Monkees set, 1967

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Rona Barrett’s GOSSIP magazine

March 1975

[clarulitas]

The Dick Van Dyke Show S3E6 - Too Many Stars

[clarulitas]

Mary Tyler Moore in rehearsal for The Dick Van Dyke Show, ca. 1963

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[ronmerchant]

Yvonne de Carlo on the cover of TV Times- 1964

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