List of Batman (TV series) episodes

For episodes of the various animated series, see List of Batman: The Animated Series episodes and List of The Batman episodes.

The following is an episode list for the 1966 Batman television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	34	January 12, 1966 (1966-01-12)	May 5, 1966 (1966-05-05)
	2	60	September 7, 1966 (1966-09-07)	March 30, 1967 (1967-03-30)
	3	26	September 14, 1967 (1967-09-14)	March 14, 1968 (1968-03-14)

Episodes

Season 1 (1966)

Season 1 aired two episodes per week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and followed a single storyline per week.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Special Guest Villain
	Robert Butler	Lorenzo Semple Jr.	The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) Molly (Jill St. John)
While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme.
	Robert Butler	Lorenzo Semple Jr.	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)
The Penguin plots to manipulate Batman into inadvertently devising capers for him.
	Don Weis	Robert Dozier	The Joker (Cesar Romero)
The Joker decides to fight fire with fire against Batman with a utility belt of his own.
	Robert Butler	Max Hodge	Mr. Freeze (George Sanders)
Dr. Shivel aka Mr. Freeze has returned and is seeking revenge on Batman, who accidentally spilled a freeze solution on him, forcing him to live in a climate 50 degrees below zero. He commits crimes involving diamonds, or "ice", in different forms.
	Norman Foster	Lorenzo Semple Jr.	Zelda The Great (Anne Baxter) Eivol Ekdal (Jack Kruschen; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villain)
The Dynamic Duo arranges a trap for an elusive annual bank robber, but the female magician they are hunting is on to them with a new scheme of her own.
	Tom Gries	Fred De Gorter	The Riddler (Frank Gorshin)
When a visiting King is accosted by the Riddler, the Dynamic Duo pursues his subsequent complex trail of riddles to try to stop him.
	Norman Foster	Charles Hoffman	The Mad Hatter (David Wayne)
Jervis Tetch, aka the Mad Hatter, is abducting all the jurors who convicted him of a previous crime wave. He is also taking their hats. His final target is none other than Batman, who provided the key testimony in the Mad Hatter's trial.
	Murray Golden	Lorenzo Semple Jr.	The Joker (Cesar Romero)
The Joker strikes at the high school level when his rigged vending machines give out stocks, bonds, and silver dollars. It's all part of his sinister scheme to blackmail the school’s basketball team.
	William A. Graham	Stephen Kandel	False Face (Malachi Throne, billed only as "?" before the end of part 2)
A master of disguise, False Face, is on the loose in Gotham City and launches a barrage of tricky true-or-false crimes including replacing a bank's real money with counterfeits.
	James Sheldon	Stanley Ralph Ross & Lee Orgel	Catwoman (Julie Newmar)
Catwoman steals some priceless art but the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved.
	Leslie H. Martinson	Lorenzo Semple Jr. & John Cardwell	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)
The Penguin apparently goes straight, thwarting crimes across Gotham City and offering his services as a security expert. Batman doesn't believe it and sets out to prove the Penguin guilty of a crime, but the Dynamic Duo end up framed for jewel theft.
	James B. Clark	Jack Paritz & Bob Rodgers	The Riddler (Frank Gorshin)
The Riddler's latest scheme involves stealing a wax figure to melt down for its wax that is powerfully corrosive when exposed to direct flame. He wants to open a vault of rare books to find the key to an ancient treasure.
	Richard C. Sarafian	Francis M. Cockrell & Marian B. Cockrell	The Joker (Cesar Romero)
A wave of senseless robberies by the Joker prove to be part of a plot against a visiting maharajah.
	Charles R. Rondeau	Robert C. Dennis & Earl Barret	King Tut (Victor Buono)
A new villain called King Tut, a former academic who thinks he is really King Tut, prepares to claim Gotham City as his new Thebes.
	Larry Peerce	Hendrik Vollaerts	The Bookworm (Roddy McDowall)
When Commissioner Gordon's death is faked by the Bookworm, the Dynamic Duo must track down the literate criminal to find out what he is up to. Cameo by Jerry Lewis as himself during a wall climb by Batman & Robin.
	Charles R. Rondeau	Richard Carr	The Riddler (Frank Gorshin)
The Riddler is back, and is pursuing a silent movie theme with his latest scheme. As the Dynamic Duo pursue the Riddler, they discover the true purpose behind his cinematic caper and his ultimate target. Along the way Riddler abducts Robin and places him in a series of classic death-perils. Silent film star Francis X. Bushman appears as Mr. Van Jones in his final acting appearance before his death in August 1966.
	Tom Gries	Sheldon Stark	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)
The Penguin has returned and has a dastardly plan involving Alfred, whom the Penguin captures and brainwashes to be his unwitting pawn for his scheme against a wealthy social event.

Film (1966)

A couple of months after the first season finished airing, a cinematic feature film of Batman premiered in theaters on July 30, 1966, featuring four of the most prominent villains, and new Bat Gadgets that were enabled by the bigger budget of the film. Julie Newmar, who had played The Catwoman in Season 1, was unavailable to act in the film due to a back injury, and was replaced in the role by Lee Meriwether.

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Special Guest Villains
Batman	Leslie H. Martinson	Lorenzo Semple Jr.	July 30, 1966 (1966-07-30)	Catwoman (Lee Meriwether) The Joker (Cesar Romero) The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) The Riddler (Frank Gorshin)

Season 2 (1966–67)

As with the first season, Season 2 aired two episodes per week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The two episodes in a given week were a single storyline in 26 of the 30 weeks that made up season 2. The four weeks that were the exception to this were during weeks 19–22 of the season, with three storylines that each crossed over into the following week; a three-parter, followed by a two-parter, followed by another three-parter.

Despite being the most prominent villain during the first season, Frank Gorshin was completely absent as The Riddler during season 2, as Gorshin was holding out for a salary increase for continuing on in the role, which the studio refused to comply with. As a result, a storyline in season 2 that was originally intended for the Riddler was instead given to a character called The Puzzler, while another storyline later on in season 2 saw John Astin replace Gorshin in the role of the Riddler.

After her absence in the 1966 film, Julie Newmar returned to the role of The Catwoman in season 2, becoming the most prominent villain during the season. Although Barbara Gordon / Batgirl would not be depicted until Season 3, Barbara is discussed in the late season 2 episodes "Batman's Waterloo" and "The Duo Defy", foreshadowing her debut months later.

Mr. Freeze was portrayed by George Sanders in season 1, but Sanders was unavailable to reprise the role. As a result, Otto Preminger was cast to portray Mr. Freeze in season 2, where Mr. Freeze was going to appear in 4 episodes. Due to tensions and difficulties on set in Preminger's two-part storyline, Eli Wallach replaced Preminger in the role of Mr. Freeze for the final two-part storyline of season 2.

Episode 39 sees the first use of the "Batdrone", used to fly over Gotham City looking for an unauthorized TV broadcast location. This was at a time, during the Vietnam War, when such unmanned drone technology only existed in highly classified form.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Special Guest Villain(s)
	Sherman Marks	Stanley Ralph Ross	The Archer (Art Carney)
The Archer arrives in Gotham City and begins robbing the rich to give to the poor, but soon changes his tactics for personal gain.
	Don Weis	Stanley Ralph Ross	Catwoman (Julie Newmar)
The Caped Crusaders employ a newspaper columnist to snare Catwoman, not realizing the writer is actually working for her.
	Murray Golden	Francis M. Cockrell & Marian B. Cockrell	The Minstrel (Van Johnson)
A new villain called The Minstrel holds Gotham's stock market for ransom with his expertise in electronics.
	Larry Peerce	Robert C. Dennis & Earl Barret	King Tut (Victor Buono)
King Tut plans to put the whole of Gotham City under his power with an ancient chemical.
	Oscar Rudolph	Henry Slesar	Ma Parker (Shelley Winters) Catwoman (Julie Newmar) (cameo in part 2)
The infamous Ma Parker arrives in Gotham City and plans to take over the city penitentiary.
	James Neilson	Bill Finger & Charles Sinclair	The Clock King (Walter Slezak)
Clock King uses various mechanical clock parts to try to kill Batman and Robin, and steal a fortune.
	George Waggner	Story by: Edwin Self Teleplay by: Stanley Ralph Ross	Egghead (Vincent Price)
Egghead, the smartest villain in the world, disrupts a long-standing lease to take over Gotham City and almost figures out Batman's true identity.
	Larry Peerce	Lorenzo Semple Jr.	Chandell & Harry (Liberace)
While the Dynamic Duo are temporarily away, the musician Chandell plans to marry Aunt Harriet as part of his scheme to steal the Wayne fortune to pay off a debt, owed to his criminal twin brother, Harry.
	Oscar Rudolph	Stanford Sherman	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)
Penguin and Batman square off in the Gotham City mayoral election. Batman dryly discusses the issues, while Penguin runs a campaign based on hoopla and thuggery.
	George Waggner	Max Hodge	Mr. Freeze (Otto Preminger)
After kidnapping Miss Iceland, whom he wants to forcibly marry, Mr. Freeze tries to thwart Batman and Robin by sullying their public image.
	James B. Clark	Jay Thompson & Charles Hoffman	The Joker (Cesar Romero)
Joker engages in a key-themed crime spree, which includes his plans to outwit Batman and Robin.
	James B. Clark	Stanford Sherman	Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (Carolyn Jones)
Marsha tries to romance Batman in order to get her hands on a large industrial diamond he uses in the Batcave.
	Oscar Rudolph	Stanley Ralph Ross	Shame (Cliff Robertson)
Shame plans to build a powerful truck engine to help him outwit the Batmobile.
	Murray Golden	Lorenzo Semple Jr.	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)
Batman becomes suspicious when Penguin wants to be arrested.
	James B. Clark	Stanley Ralph Ross	Catwoman (Julie Newmar)
Catwoman gets her claws on a device capable of stealing people's voices and uses this to steal the voices of English singing duo Chad & Jeremy to hold their country for ransom.
	Jeffrey Hayden	Fred De Gorter	The Puzzler (Maurice Evans)
The Puzzler plans to steal a new jet plane and confound Batman and Robin with his aviatic and Shakespearean themed puzzles.
	George Waggner	Teleplay by: Charles Hoffman	The Sandman (Michael Rennie) & Catwoman (Julie Newmar)
Catwoman teams up with the continental crook Sandman to steal a fortune and finally eliminate the Dynamic Duo.
	Oscar Rudolph	Charles Hoffman	The Mad Hatter (David Wayne)
The Mad Hatter plans to finally get his hands on Batman's cowl and apparently kills the Dynamic Duo in the attempt.
	Oscar Rudolph	Teleplay by: Stanford Sherman	The Joker (Cesar Romero) & The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) (The Penguin in parts 1 and 3 only)
Joker and Penguin team up for a massive crime spree in Gotham City.
	Oscar Rudolph	Stanley Ralph Ross	Catwoman (Julie Newmar) & Pussycat (Lesley Gore; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villainess)
Catwoman drugs Robin, thus inducing him to join her gang.
	James B. Clark	Stanford Sherman	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) & Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (Carolyn Jones)
The Penguin and Marsha team up to open a movie company as a front for a massive caper, and has Batman and Robin star as the leads.
	James B. Clark	William P. D'Angelo	The Riddler (John Astin)
The Riddler returns to confound Batman on his anniversary with a new caper.
	Oscar Rudolph	Story by: Peter Rabe Teleplay by: Lorenzo Semple Jr.	The Joker (Cesar Romero)
Joker starts a counterfeiting operation using robots and tricks Bruce Wayne into handing control of the bank over to him.
	Robert Sparr	Stanley Ralph Ross	Catwoman (Julie Newmar) & Freddy the Fence (Jacques Bergerac; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villain)
Catwoman is released from prison on good behavior and starts attending Gotham City college.
	Oscar Rudolph	Charles Hoffman	Colonel Gumm (Roger C. Carmel; not billed as Special Guest Villain)
The Green Hornet & Kato arrive in Gotham City to stop Colonel Gumm and his counterfeit stamp operation, with Batman & Robin also appearing on the scene.
	James B. Clark	Story by: Leo Townsend & Pauline Townsend Teleplay by: Stanley Ralph Ross	King Tut (Victor Buono)
King Tut kidnaps a socialite, believing her to be the reincarnation of Cleopatra, tries to drown Batman, who is locked in a sarcophagus, and makes plans to boil Robin in oil.
	Oscar Rudolph	Robert Mintz	Black Widow (Miss Tallulah Bankhead)
Black Widow begins robbing banks and mesmerizes Batman to do her bidding.
	George Waggner	Stanford Sherman	The Joker (Cesar Romero)
Joker begins an art-themed caper with a final goal of stealing a collection of paintings and nearly kills Robin in the attempt.
	Oscar Rudolph	Charles Hoffman	Mr. Freeze (Eli Wallach)
Mr. Freeze abducts a scientist to extort the formula for a freezing solution.

Season 3 (1967–68)

In Season 3, the format of the storylines were somewhat at variance with previous seasons. Season 3 aired just one episode per week, on Thursdays, and true multi-part stories were the exception rather than the norm. At the conclusion of each story, the guest villains of the next story would usually make an uncredited appearance in the final scene. For example, Egghead is seen riding into town, literally, at the end of "Louie the Lilac". A notable "spin" on this idea were the "linked" episodes "Ring Around the Riddler" and "The Wail of the Siren". In "Ring Around the Riddler", The Siren has an "introductory" scene assisting The Riddler in his criminal caper and briefly mentioning having her own plans for Commissioner Gordon. Batman subsequently defeats the Riddler, and the Siren returns in the tag to start her own caper, which is the basis of "The Wail of the Siren", really a separate story altogether.

Major cast changes during Season 3 included Yvonne Craig joining as Batgirl, Frank Gorshin returning as The Riddler as a one-episode storyline meant that Gorshin's salary demands could now be met, and Eartha Kitt replacing Julie Newmar as The Catwoman, as Newmar was working on the film Mackenna's Gold. Curiously, a body double (Marilyn Watson) in the penultimate episode "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra" returned the Catwoman to being a white woman. Meanwhile, ill-health reduced Madge Blake's role as Aunt Harriet Cooper to just two cameo appearances during Season 3; her appearances are indicated in the episode grid below.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Special Guest Villain(s)
95	1	"Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin"	Oscar Rudolph	Stanford Sherman	September 14, 1967 (1967-09-14)	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)
Penguin kidnaps Barbara Gordon and tries to force her to marry him.
96	2	"Ring Around the Riddler"	Sam Strangis	Charles Hoffman	September 21, 1967 (1967-09-21)	The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) The Siren (Joan Collins; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villainess)
The Riddler challenges Batman to a fight in the ring. Note: This was Madge Blake's first of two appearances in the third season.
97	3	"The Wail of the Siren"	George Waggner	Stanley Ralph Ross	September 28, 1967 (1967-09-28)	The Siren (Joan Collins)
The Siren uses her hypnotic powers to take control of both Commissioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne.
	Sam Strangis	Charles Hoffman	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) Lola Lasagne (Ethel Merman)
Penguin and Lola Lasagne team up to pull off a horse racing scam.
100	6	"The Unkindest Tut of All"	Sam Strangis	Stanley Ralph Ross	October 19, 1967 (1967-10-19)	King Tut (Victor Buono)
King Tut begins making televised predictions and tries to prove that Bruce Wayne is Batman.
101	7	"Louie, the Lilac"	George Waggner	Dwight Taylor	October 26, 1967 (1967-10-26)	Louie the Lilac (Milton Berle)
Louie the Lilac terrorizes Gotham City's flower community.
	Oscar Rudolph	Stanford Sherman	Egghead (Vincent Price) Olga, Queen of the Cossacks (Anne Baxter)
Egghead teams up with a group of Cossacks, kidnaps Commissioner Gordon and plans to hatch an ancient Dinosaur egg.
104	10	"Surf's Up! Joker's Under!"	Oscar Rudolph	Charles Hoffman	November 16, 1967 (1967-11-16)	The Joker (Cesar Romero)
Joker challenges Batman to a battle on the waves.
	Oscar Rudolph	Teleplay by: Charles Hoffman	Lord Marmaduke Ffogg (Rudy Vallée) Lady Penelope Peasoup (Glynis Johns)
The Terrific Trio head out to Londinium to battle a gang of criminal aristocrats. Note: Madge Blake made her final series appearance in "The Bloody Tower".
108	14	"Catwoman's Dressed to Kill"	Sam Strangis	Stanley Ralph Ross	December 14, 1967 (1967-12-14)	Catwoman (Eartha Kitt)
Catwoman plans to conquer Gotham's fashion market.
109	15	"The Ogg Couple"	Oscar Rudolph	Stanford Sherman	December 21, 1967 (1967-12-21)	Egghead (Vincent Price) Olga, Queen of the Cossacks (Anne Baxter)
Egghead and Olga return to cause more mayhem.
	Oscar Rudolph	Stanley Ralph Ross	The Joker (Cesar Romero) Catwoman (Eartha Kitt)
After being released for good behaviour, Joker is apparently abducted by Catwoman, but this is only a ruse as part of the felonious pair's plan to locate a hidden supply of gunpowder.
112	18	"Louie's Lethal Lilac Time"	Sam Strangis	Charles Hoffman	January 11, 1968 (1968-01-11)	Louie the Lilac (Milton Berle)
Louie the Lilac abducts Bruce and Dick as part of a new scheme against Gotham.
113	19	"Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club"	Oscar Rudolph	Stanford Sherman	January 18, 1968 (1968-01-18)	Nora Clavicle (Barbara Rush)
Nora Clavicle has Commissioner Gordon and Mayor Linseed fired, then takes over Gotham City, and employs a female-centric government.
114	20	"Penguin's Clean Sweep"	Oscar Rudolph	Stanford Sherman	January 25, 1968 (1968-01-25)	The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)
Penguin tricks the people of Gotham City into discarding their currency.
	Oscar Rudolph	Stanley Ralph Ross	Shame (Cliff Robertson) Calamity Jan (Dina Merrill)
Shame escapes from jail and starts a new campaign of wily hijinks.
117	23	"I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle"	Sam Strangis	Stanley Ralph Ross	February 22, 1968 (1968-02-22)	King Tut (Victor Buono)
King Tut plans to hunt for a mine and accidentally uncovers the Batcave under Wayne Manor.
118	24	"The Joker's Flying Saucer"	Sam Strangis	Charles Hoffman	February 29, 1968 (1968-02-29)	The Joker (Cesar Romero) Verdigris (Richard Bakalyan; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villain)
Joker tricks the people of Gotham into thinking they're being invaded by aliens.
119	25	"The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra"	Sam Strangis	Stanley Ralph Ross	March 7, 1968 (1968-03-07)	Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft (Ida Lupino) Cabala (Howard Duff) With cameos by Catwoman Egghead King Tut The Joker The Penguin and The Riddler (all uncredited stand-ins)
Dr. Cassandra discovers a way of becoming invisible and helps free Gotham's criminals to rally against the Terrific Trio.
120	26	"Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires"	Oscar Rudolph	Charles Hoffman	March 14, 1968 (1968-03-14)	Minerva (Zsa Zsa Gabor) Freddy the Fence (Jacques Bergerac; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villain)
Minerva opens a spa for Gotham's millionaires and tricks them into parting with their cash.

See also

• Batman (TV series)
• Batman (1966 film)
• Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
• Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
• Batman vs. Two-Face

External links

• Batman at IMDb