Barbara Eden Reveals Shocking Reason ‘I Dream Of Jeannie’ Shot in Black & White: ‘They Thought I Was Going to Die’

In the 1960s, color television was still relatively new, and some shows, like the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, still shot in black and white. Most fans assumed this was to cut costs or because the show’s special effects looked better in black and white, but star Barbara Eden recently revealed a very surprising reason that the show didn’t use color film in the first season: she was pregnant, and the producers didn’t want to sink money into the show in case Eden was unable to shoot another season.