TV: Tonight on "Ben Casey"
Dec. 18, 1961 - Tonight on “Ben Casey,” Billy Harris (Bruce Dern) is shot three times while holding up a liquor store. He and the cop...
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Dec 16, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Leave It to Beaver"
Dec. 16, 1961 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” Beaver and Gilbert don't know if they should tell their English teacher that they scored...
Dec 13, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Naked City"
Dec. 13, 1961 - Tonight on “Naked City,” George Bick (Mickey Rooney, pictured) is a 40-year-old who never grew up. Fed up with his...
Dec 11, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Ben Casey"
Dec. 11, 1961 - Tonight on “Ben Casey,” Dr. Casey tells off a lackluster new intern and convinces a sad young epileptic that being...
Dec 4, 2021
TV: Tonight on "The Rifleman"
Dec. 4, 1961 - Tonight on “The Rifleman,” Lucas and Mark meet writer Mark Twain (Kevin McCarthy). Later they find out that he has a sad...
Nov 25, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Leave It to Beaver"
Nov. 25, 1961 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” Eddie (Ken Osmond, pictured) tricks Wally (Tony Dow) into taking a tall girl (Judee...
Nov 20, 2021
TV: Tonight on "The Rifleman"
Nov. 20, 1961 - Tonight on “The Rifleman,” an eccentric man (Royal Dano) who pretends he is Abe Lincoln spends a weekend with Lucas and...
Nov 16, 2021
TV: Tonight on "The Untouchables"
Nov. 16, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Morton Halas (Jack Klugman, pictured left) is an aggressive and successful defense...
Nov 11, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Leave It to Beaver"
Nov. 11, 1961 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” after seeing all the girls swoon over Wally at his new job at a soda fountain, jealous...
Nov 9, 2021
TV: Telly Savalas on "The Untouchables"
Nov. 9, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Matt Bass (Telly Savalas, left) is an ex-con and a former member of Al Capone's criminal...
Nov 8, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Naked City"
Nov. 8, 1961 - Tonight on “Naked City,” kidnappers target a millionaire to pay the ransom for their victim, a young girl. The criminals...
Nov 6, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Ben Casey"
Nov. 6, 1961 - Tonight on “Ben Casey,” a middling nightclub comic (Stanley Adams) struggles to get back on his feet and regain his...
Nov 4, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Leave It to Beaver"
Nov. 4, 1961 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” when Beaver feeds a neighbor's wandering cat and the cat keeps coming back for more, the...
Nov 1, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Naked City"
Nov. 1, 1961 - Tonight on “Naked City,” a pretty, Swedish-born governess (Ulla Jacobsson) alerts the NYPD to the increasingly violent...
Oct 30, 2021
TV: Tonight on “Ben Casey”
Oct. 30, 1961 - Tonight on “Ben Casey,” a ruthless tycoon (Chester Morris, right), used to throwing his weight around in the boardroom,...
Oct 26, 2021
TV: Joseph Ruskin, Martin Balsam Guest Stars on “The Untouchables”
Oct. 26, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Eliot Ness and his men find themselves at a local carnival keeping an eye on an impending...
Oct 23, 2021
TV: Tonight on “The Rifleman”
TV: Tonight on “The Rifleman” Oct. 23, 1961 - Tonight on “The Rifleman,” a prison wagon stops at the McCain ranch. One of the guards asks...
Oct 19, 2021
TV: Carroll O’Connor, Wendell Corey Guest Stars on “The Untouchables”
Oct. 19, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” with public outcry over gang violence in Chicago, the authorities appoint retired lawyer...
Oct 12, 2021
TV: Peter Falk Guest Star on “The Untouchables”
Oct. 12, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” a new 5-and-10 cent game using punch boards has become very popular and lucrative for the...
Oct 2, 2021
TV: Series Premiere of “Ben Casey” tonight on ABC
Oct. 2, 1961 - On tonight's series premiere of medical drama "Ben Casey," Dr. Casey (Vince Edwards) is introduced as a brilliant but...
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