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Route 66

American television series
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Route 66
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Summary

Route 66 is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,559 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Stirling Silliphant[3]
  • Composer: Nelson Riddle[4]
  • Genre: drama television series[5]
  • Cast member: Martin Milner[6], Jean Muir[7]
  • Performer: Nelson Riddle[8]
  • Part of: Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes[9]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[10]
  • Commons category: Route 66 (TV series)[11]
  • Original broadcaster: CBS[12]
  • Color: black-and-white[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Has part(s): Route 66, season 1[15], Route 66, season 2[16], Route 66, season 3[17], Route 66, season 4[18]
  • Publication date: October 7, 1960[19]
  • Start time: October 7, 1960[20]
  • End time: March 20, 1964[21]
  • Distributed by: Colex Enterprises[22]
  • Number of episodes: 116[23]
  • List of episodes: list of Route 66 episodes[24]
  • Number of seasons: 4[25]
  • P14813: 46534[26]
  • P14821: 53534[27]

Why It Matters

Route 66 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 12d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pt', 'sh']
    Douban film id → 2295813
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Douban film id: 2295813, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1792185552325"
  2. 8w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 53534
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 53534, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 46534
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14813: 46534, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269251|batch #269251]]"
  4. 24w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes
    End time → +1964-03-20T00:00:00Z
    Cast member → Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett +1
    Genre → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Tv maze series id: 4382"
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