GILLIGAN'S ISLAND creator Sherwood Schwartz didn't plan on creating a beloved series. In fact, he wanted to be a doctor.

There aren't many television series that have remained a part of pop culture in the way that Gilligan's Island has. The show, which ran from 1964 to 1967, started with a pretty simple premise of ...

By the time Backus played Thurston Howell III on Sherwood Schwartz's 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island," he was a massive star, deeply entrenched in Hollywood. Backus was certainly the biggest ...

The wave strikes the island and the hut is swept out to sea. Once there, Gilligan accidents starts a fire trying to cook a meal and nearly burns the floating hut down. Occupied with stopping the ...