Not your father’s ‘Batman’ ... well, OK, maybe it is

Holy feature film, “Batman”!! If you loved the mid-1960s television series about DC Comics’ Caped Crusader and his “Boy Wonder” partner Robin, you surely were thrilled to see them on the big screen in a 1966 movie – being shown by FXM on Sunday, May 2 – that was made in conjunction with the show’s first season.

Adam West, who already had built a respectable career, and Burt Ward became instant superstars as the Dynamic Duo. Here, they face all of their principal enemies at once: the Riddler (Frank Gorshin), the Joker (Cesar Romero), the Penguin (Burgess Meredith) and Catwoman (Lee Meriwether, instead of original TV portrayer Julie Newmar).The dastardly quartet hatches a plot targeting world leaders, and you just know Gotham City’s chief defenders won’t let them get away with it.

(MeTV, Monday, May 3, through Friday, May 7): The daily cartoon program dedicates a week to “The Best of Bugs Bunny,” showcasing many of the mischievous rabbit’s memorable misadventures from over the years, plus interviews with guests who include children of two of the directors who helped make him a legend ... Bob Clampett and Robert McKimson. The event concludes with the most popular Bugs cartoon of all time, as determined by viewers via an online poll.