Flipper (series)
- User score: 6.2
- Production country: United States of America
- Creator: Ricou Browning , Jack Cowden
- Production companies: Miami Seaquarium, Ivan Tors Films, MGM Television
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Family, Drama
- Release date: 9/19/1964
- Release date of last episode: 4/15/1967
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 3 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 88
- Run time: 26 min.
Series description
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.
