Walter Cronkite’s CBS Newscast to Expand to Full Hour
Dec. 13, 1962 - A further round in network rivalry in news coverage was foreseen today in CBS’s announcement that next fall it would...
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Dec 13, 2022
TV: Game Show “The Match Game”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Starting Dec. 31, NBC will have a new daytime show called “The Match Game.” The game will feature contestants trying to...
Dec 11, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Dec. 11, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” when reporter Carlton Edmunds is gunned down on the street, the police initially think...
Dec 10, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Lucy Show”
Dec. 10, 1962 - Tonight on “The Lucy Show,” Lucy and Viv, wanting a room to entertain their dates in, fix up the basement to make it into...
Dec 9, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Dec. 9, 1962 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” rival company boss Cogswell believes that George has invented a device that allows Astro to fly....
Dec 9, 2022
Actor Dick Powell Has Cancer
Dec. 9, 1962 - Actor Dick Powell (pictured with his wife June Allyson) has canceled his television appearances for the remainder of the...
Dec 8, 2022
TV: “The Eleventh Hour” on NBC
Dec. 8, 1962 - “There are so few good dramatic series around,” said Jack Ging (right), “I feel very lucky to be associated with this...
Dec 8, 2022
TV: Two Female Roles Cut from NBC’s “Empire”
Dec. 8, 1962 - The producers of NBC’s “Empire” have decided that women and Westerns don’t mix. Early next year, two female leading roles...
Dec 8, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Dec. 8, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” to avenge the death of his twin brother Fergus, savvy plainsman Festus Haggen (Ken Curtis,...
Dec 6, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Dec. 6, 1962 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” remembering nothing of what happened the day before, a talented, alcoholic...
Dec 5, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Virginian”
Dec. 5, 1962 - Tonight on “The Virginian,” Tabby McCallum (Joan Freeman), beautiful but cruel teenage daughter of Tucker McCallum...
Dec 4, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Dec. 4, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Mike Brannon (Lee Marvin, center) is a tough cop, but his two blocks of Chicago are among...
Dec 3, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Dec. 3, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Andy's new girlfriend (Joanna Moore, right) is the new county nurse. Everyone likes...
Dec 2, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Dec. 2, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Mexican freedom fighters loyal to Benito Juárez take over the Ponderosa, gravely wound Little Joe,...
Dec 1, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel”
Dec. 1, 1962 - Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel,” a doctor who once saved Paladin's life calls upon him to find and safely bring back...
Nov 30, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Rawhide”
Nov. 30, 1962 - Tonight on “Rawhide,” Wishbone and Rowdy go to town for supplies. Rowdy (Clint Eastwood, pictured) decides to get a bath...
Nov 30, 2022
TV: Maharis Absent from “Route 66”
Nov. 30, 1962 - “Route 66,” an adventure series on CBS, has run into a medical roadblock. George Maharis (right), co-star of the series,...
Nov 28, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Nov. 28, 1962 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Rob (center) suspects that Buddy (right) and Sally (left) may be moonlighting for...
Nov 27, 2022
TV: Jerry Lewis To Star on ABC Next Year
Nov. 27, 1962 - Jerry Lewis will be the star of a weekly 2-hour television show on ABC starting in the fall of 1963. The comedian’s...
Nov 27, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Nov. 27, 1962 - Tonight on “Combat,” a top professional baseball player (Tab Hunter, pictured) joins the squad and becomes a liability...
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