McHale's Navy is an American sitcom that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from an hour drama called Seven Against the Sea, broadcast on April 3, 1962. Universal commissioned the colorization of the series in the 1980s for syndication in hope of reviving its popularity. Currently reruns of the series can be seen on American television through Antenna TV.
The series spawned three movies McHale's Navy 1964, a sequel McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force 1965 and a follow up movie also titled McHale's Navy 1997. ...more on Wikipedia