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Jan 5, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel”
Jan. 5, 1963 - Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel,” Abe (Michael Keep) and Jim Redrock (Charles Bronson, pictured) are both well-educated...
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![TV: Season Premiere of “The Twilight Zone”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_0366804e399243b58e538fa904654d58~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_0366804e399243b58e538fa904654d58~mv2.webp)
Jan 3, 2023
TV: Season Premiere of “The Twilight Zone”
Jan. 3, 1963 - On tonight’s season premiere of the new hour-long “The Twilight Zone,” a young man (George Grizzard, right) finds his...
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Jan 2, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Eleventh Hour”
Jan. 2, 1963 - Tonight on “The Eleventh Hour,” the governor asks Dr. Bassett (Wendell Corey, pictured) to determine if a convicted...
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Jan 1, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Jan. 1, 1963 - Tonight on “Combat,” Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow, pictured) begins to suspect a private’s French doctor father is really a...
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Dec 31, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Dec. 31, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” a new boy in town (Scott McCartor) ridicules Opie by calling him “Dopie” and dares...
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Dec 29, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Dec. 29, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” the "town fool” (Frank Sutton, second from right) has a chance to change his life when he learns...
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Dec 27, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver”
Dec. 27, 1962 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” Beaver is feeling ignored after Wally doesn't invite him to a party. His sneaky pal...
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Dec 25, 2022
TV: “Arrest and Trial” on ABC-TV
Dec. 25, 1962 - Something a little different in television formats is planned for the fall of 1963 by ABC. A 90-minute program called...
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Dec 24, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Dec. 24, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Barney (Don Knotts, pictured) thinks the Mayberry Bank is a pushover for a robbery...
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Dec 23, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Dec. 23, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” a jilted friend of Hoss (Dan Blocker, pictured) can't seem to shake the bottle. When a woman and...
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Dec 22, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel”
Dec. 22, 1962 - Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel,” Paladin rides into a Texas town on Christmas and encounters a saloon full of...
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Dec 19, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Virginian”
Dec. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Virginian,” an elderly bank teller (Bette Davis) falsely identifies Trampas (Doug McClure) as a bank...
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Dec 19, 2022
Bob Hope to Entertain Troops Once Again
Dec. 19, 1962 - Bob Hope (pictured in Korea in 1950) and a troupe of Hollywood entertainers left this morning on Mr. Hope’s 11th...
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Dec 19, 2022
Jackie Gleason Banters with New York Studio Audience
Dec. 19, 1962 - During the taping of Jackie Gleason’s weekly television shows, the entertainer enjoys bantering with the New York studio...
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Dec 18, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Dec. 18, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” mobster Jake Kuzik (Nehemiah Persoff, right), a major liquor supplier in Chicago, forms an...
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Dec 18, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Dec. 18, 1962 - Tonight on “Combat,” in a flashback story told as the men rest on a rainy night, Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow, pictured)...
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Dec 17, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Dec. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” after making Andy promise to get her nothing fancy for her birthday, Aunt Bee falls...
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Dec 16, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Dec. 16, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Hoss suffers a life-threatening injury, and only surgery by a doctor (DeForest Kelley, second from...
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Dec 15, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Dec. 15, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Chester (Dennis Weaver, right) gets a letter from his thieving Uncle Sunday about his upcoming...
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Dec 13, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a lonely young woman (Dina Merrill) moves into her newly deceased aunt's home. A...
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