Regarding this, when was the original Batman series?
January 12, 1966
Secondly, was the original Batman in black and white? Batman is a 1943 black-and-white 15-chapter theatrical serial from Columbia Pictures, produced by Rudolph C. Flothow, directed by Lambert Hillyer, that stars Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as his sidekick Robin.
Thereof, who was the original Batman?
Adam West
Why was the original Batman Cancelled?
Near the end of the third season, ratings had dropped significantly, and ABC cancelled the show. NBC agreed to take over the series, but before it could do so, it discovered that hundreds of thousands of dollars of Batman sets had been destroyed.