Television
Most Popular Shows

Laugh-in
Gomer Pyle
Bonanza
Mayberry, RFD
Gunsmoke
Julia
Dick Van Dyke Show
Dean Martin Show
Here's Lucy
Beverly Hillbillies
Mission: Impossible
Bewitched
Red Skelton Hour
My Three Sons
Glen Cambell
Good Time Hour
Ironside
Virginian
The FBI
Green Acres
Dragnet
Daniel Boone
Walt Disney
Ed Sullivan
Carol Burnett Show
Jackie Gleason Show
 
Also the debut season for Adam-12, The Mod Squad, 60 Minutes, and The Doris Day Show. The Lucy Show becomes Here's Lucy. The Smothers Brothers are canned by CBS and it is the last year for Star Trek and Batman.

1968 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Dramatic Series ~ Mission: Impossible
Outstanding Leading Actor ~ Bill Cosby, I Spy
Outstanding Leading Actress ~ Barbara Bain, Mission: Impossible
Outstanding Supporting Actor ~ Milburn Stone, Gunsmoke
Outstanding Supporting Actress ~ Barbara Anderson, Ironside
Outstanding Comedy Series ~ Get Smart!
Outstanding Leading Actor ~ Don Adams, Get Smart!
Outstanding Leading Actress ~ Lucille Ball, The Lucy Show
Outstanding Supporting Actor ~ Werner Klemperer, Hogan's Heroes
Outstanding Supporting Actress ~ Marion Lorne, Bewitched

Movies
Academy Awards (Oscars)
(winner in italics)

Best Picture

Funny Girl
The Lion in Winter
Oliver!
Rachel, Rachel
Romeo and Juliet

Best Actor

Alan Arkin, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Bates, The Fixer
Ron Moody, Oliver!
Peter O'Toole, The Lion in Winter
Cliff Robertson, Charly

Best Actress (tie)

Katherine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
Patricia Neal, The Subject was Roses
Vanessa Redgrave, Isadora
Barbara Streisand, Funny Girl
Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel

Best Supporting Actor

Jack Albertson, The Subject Was Roses
Seymore Cassel, Faces
Daniel Massey, Star!
Jack Wild, Oliver!
Gene Wilder, The Producers

Best Supporting Actress

Lynn Carlin, Faces
Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby
Sandra Locke, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Kay Medford, Funny Girl
Estelle Parsons, Rachel, Rachel

Best Director

Anthony Harvey, The Lion in Winter
Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Gillo Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers
Carol Reed, Oliver!
Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo and Juliet

Cannes Film Festival was canceled because of the unstable political climate in Paris!

Music
The 1968 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year "Mrs. Robinson," Simon and Garfunkel
Album of the Year By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Glen Cambell
Song of the Year "Little Green Apples", Bobby Russell
Best New Artist José Feliciano
Best Contemporary Pop "Light My Fire", José Feliciano
Vocal Performance, Male Otis Redding and Steve Cropper
Best Contemporary Pop "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
Vocal Performance, Female Dionne Warwick
Best Rhythm & Blues Song "The Dock of the Bay", Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
Best Rhythm and Blues "The Dock of the Bay", Otis Redding
Best Rhythm and Blues "Chain of Fools", Aretha Franklin
Best Country Song "Little Green Apples", Bobby Russell
Best Country Vocal "Folsom Prison Blues", Johnny Cash
Best Country Vocal "Harper Valley P.T.A.", Jeannie C. Riley

Best Selling Singles of 1968

What A Wonderful World ~ Louis Armstrong
I Pretend ~ Des O'Connor
Those Were The Days ~ Mary Hopkin
Help Yourself ~ Tom Jones
Young Girl ~ Gary Puckett and The Union Gap
Delilah ~ Tom Jones
Little Arrows ~ Leapy Lee
Baby Come Back ~ The Equals
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly ~ Hugo Montenegro
Jesamine ~ The Casuals
She Wears My Ring ~ Solomon King
Hey Jude ~ The Beatles
If I Only Had Time ~ John Rowles
This Guy's In Love With You ~ Herb Alpert
Simon Says ~ The 1910 Fruitgum Co.
Honey ~ Bobby Goldsboro
A Man Without Love ~ Engelbert Humperdinck
Fire ~ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
I Gotta Get A Message To You ~ The Bee Gees
Do It Again ~ The Beach Boys
Cant Take My Eyes Off You ~ Andy Williams
Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp ~ O.C. Smith

Sports

College Football
Final AP Top 20
(Team) (Record)

Ohio State 10-0-0
Penn State 11-0-0
Texas 9-1-1
Southern Cal 9-1-1
Notre Dame 7-2-1
Arkansas 10-1-0
Kansas 9-2-0
Georgia 8-1-2
Missouri 8-3-0
Purdue 8-2-0
Oklahoma 7-4-0
Michigan 8-2-0
Tennessee 8-2-1
SMU 8-3-0
Oregon State 7-3-0
Auburn 7-4-0
Alabama 8-3-0
Houston 6-2-2
LSU 8-3-0
Ohio University 10-1-0

Professional Football
1968 Season
scores in ( )

AFL Playoffs
Western Division Playoff
Kansas City (6) @ Oakland (41)

AFL Championship Game
Oakland (23) @ NY Jets (27)

NFL Playoffs

Eastern Conference
Dallas (20) @ Cleveland (31)

Western Conference
Minnesota (14) @ Baltimore (24)

NFL Championship
Baltimore (34) @ Cleveland (0)

Super Bowl III
Orange Bowl, Miami

NY Jets (16) v. Baltimore (7)

MVP: NY Jets QB Joe Namath (17 for 28, 206 yards)

1968 Baseball

All-Star Game
National League (1) v. American League (0)

MVP: Willie Mays, San Francisco OF

National League Champion
St. Louis Cardinals 97 - 65

American League Champion
Detroit Tigers 103 - 59

World Series

Game 1 St. Louis Beats Detroit
Game 2 Detroit Beats St. Louis
Game 3 St. Louis Beats Detroit
Game 4 St. Louis Beats Detroit
Game 5 Detroit Beats St. Louis
Game 6 Detroit Beats St. Louis
Game 7 Detroit Beats St. Louis

Detroit wins World Series 4 - 3

MVP: Mickey Lolich, P Detroit