I Dream Of Jeannie: Then, Now, and Fun Facts About the Show

Black And White Magic

“I Dream Of Jeannie” was kept in black and white for its first season because the “magic” used for smoke was hard to pull off in color. The special photographic effects were eventually tweaked and the show moved to color in 1966. It was the last TV show to broadcast a black and white episode. It was rumored that the network also didn’t want to originally pay the extra $400 per episode it would cost to film in color.