Gilligan's Island

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Gilligan's Island
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Summary

Gilligan's Island is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (450 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gilligan's Island is the creator of Sherwood Schwartz[3].
  • Gilligan's Island's instance of is recorded as television series[4].
  • Gilligan's Island was directed by Rod Amateau[5].
  • Gilligan's Island's genre is comedy television series[6].
  • Gilligan's Island was followed by Rescue from Gilligan's Island[7].
  • A cast member of Gilligan's Island was Bob Denver[8].
  • A cast member of Gilligan's Island was Alan Hale, Jr.[9].
  • A cast member of Gilligan's Island was Jim Backus[10].
  • A cast member of Gilligan's Island was Natalie Schafer[11].
  • A cast member of Gilligan's Island was Tina Louise[12].
  • A cast member of Gilligan's Island was Russell David Johnson[13].
  • A cast member of Gilligan's Island was Dawn Wells[14].
  • The original language of Gilligan's Island was English[15].
  • Gilligan's Island's Commons category is recorded as Gilligan's Island[16].
  • Gilligan's Island was distributed by broadcasting[17].
  • Gilligan's Island was distributed by video on demand[18].
  • Gilligan's Island's original broadcaster is recorded as CBS[19].
  • Gilligan's Island's color is recorded as black-and-white[20].
  • Gilligan's Island's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • Gilligan's Island comprises Gilligan's Island, season 1[22].
  • Gilligan's Island comprises Gilligan's Island, season 2[23].
  • Gilligan's Island comprises Gilligan's Island, season 3[24].
  • Gilligan's Island began on September 26, 1964[25].
  • Gilligan's Island ended on April 17, 1967[26].
  • Gilligan's Island's distributed by is recorded as Warner Bros. Television Studios[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6e23fec5-c5fd-4f73-b266-f2cc43336974[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Gilligan's Island was directed by Rod Amateau[5]. Cast members include Bob Denver[8], Alan Hale, Jr.[9], Jim Backus[10], Natalie Schafer[11], Tina Louise[12], and Russell David Johnson[13]. It is the creator of Sherwood Schwartz[3].

Publication

The original language of Gilligan's Island was English[15]. Its genre is comedy television series[6]. Recorded distribution format include broadcasting[17] and video on demand[18].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Gilligan's Island was followed by Rescue from it[7].

Why It Matters

Gilligan's Island ranks in the top 2% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (450 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Apple TV. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Sabelöga · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', '
    Wikisimpsons article id → 257030
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 17d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → gilligans-island-television-program
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  3. 5w ago · NeoBatfreak · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Gilligan's Island text logo.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Logo image: Gilligan's Island text logo.svg"
  4. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → comedy television series
    Distribution format → broadcasting, video on demand
    Distributed by → Warner Bros. Television Studios
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+25'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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