TV: Tonight on “Dr. Kildare”
Mar. 5, 1964 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” A young diabetic (Beau Bridges, pictured) has become neglectful in taking his medicine, mostly...
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Mar 5
TV Series Being Made into Films
Mar. 5, 1964 - Can a movie based on a television series run profitably in theaters while the series is on T.V.? An answer to this will be...
Mar 4
TV: Changes Coming to “Lassie”
Mar. 4, 1964 - The combination of a boy and a dog, which has made “Lassie” a television hit for 10 years, will be broken up at the end of...
Mar 3
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Mar. 3, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) and Sister Veronica (Eileen Heckart) continue their journey, not...
Mar 3
TV: “The Lucy Show” Will Return Next Season
Mar. 3, 1964 - Lucille Ball, who recently announced that she would not continue “The Lucy Show” next season, was reported today to have...
Mar 2
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a carnival space ride becomes frighteningly real when an alien birdman secretly rigs it...
Mar 2
TV: “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” Shifting from CBS to NBC
Mar. 2, 1964 - Alfred Hitchcock (pictured with Sean Connery on the set of “Marnie”), whose television future had been in doubt, will...
Mar 2
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Ben Weaver (Tol Avery) complains that merchandise has been disappearing from his...
Mar 1
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Mar. 1, 1964 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben's Pygmalion-like efforts to ‘civilize’ a young, white woman (Anjanette Comer, right) raised by a...
Dec 31, 2023
TV: Tonight on the “Tonight” Show with Johnny Carson
Dec. 31, 1963 - Tonight on the “Tonight” show, Johnny Carson is host to Woody Allen, Rudy Vallee, and Yvonne Constant. The program will...
Dec 31, 2023
ABC Making Drastic Changes in Television Lineup, Four Shows Canceled
Dec. 31, 1963 - ABC has finalized plans for extensive changes in its current television schedule. At least four shows will be dropped...
Dec 30, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” after watching a movie about Robin Hood, Opie and his pals befriend a hobo who...
Dec 30, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” an alien planet demands that Earth provide a penal colony for its criminals. To make...
Dec 29, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Dec. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging...
Dec 28, 2023
Guy Lombardo To Help T.V. Viewers Ring in 1964
Dec. 28, 1963 - A television set owner who turns on his set and finds Guy Lombardo on the screen knows instantly that an old year is...
Dec 27, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Dec. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Barbara “Bunny” Blake (Maggie McNamara) is a Hollywood star whose hometown fan club in...
Dec 26, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show”
Dec. 26, 1963 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Jeff (Paul Petersen, right) has invited a girl to the chic Candlelight Ball, but his...
Dec 24, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Dec. 24, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” airline stewardess Ruth Norton (Pamela Tiffin) badly injures Kimble (David Janssen) in a...
Dec 23, 2023
TV: Tonight on “East Side/West Side”
Dec. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “East Side/West Side,” social worker Neil Brock (George C. Scott) tries to help a lonely old woman whose house...
Dec 23, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Dec. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” tycoon John Dexter (Ralph Meeker) spears a dolphin-like sea creature in the Caribbean. It...
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