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The first episode of Batman debuted on January 12, 1966, and it ran on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:00 P.M. ABC had been hyping the show for quite some time before it finally aired, and once it hit the airwaves, Batman was a big hit, and Bat-mania swept the country.
Big Screen Batman: The 1943 and 1949 Batman Serials. Batmanâs first big-screen appearance came in a 1943 serial by Columbia Pictures, who produced another in 1949. In the days before television when movie theaters provided the only audiovisual entertainment available, serials were popular and an essential part of the moviegoing experience; basically, TV before TV.