I'm sure the "An Evening with Batman and Robin" played in Dayton, Ohio, after the TV series began.

Thanks to my buddies down the street who had a color TV, I was the only one in my class who saw the first TV episodea in color!!!

Years before the TV show started, a local Keith's movie theater had a summer childrens festival, just like the old Saturday times in the 30's and 40's where they showed some B sf movies and before and after each feature, they showed the 1949 Batman and Robin. I remember then laughing at the bat cowl and missing the big bat-head on the Batmobile.