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Oct 30, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Oct. 30, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” gangster Arnie Kurtz (Carroll O’Connor, center) is moving into Chicago's South Side, and...
Oct 30, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Oct. 30, 1962 - Tonight on “Combat,” Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow, pictured) takes a risk by giving a new private (Joe Mantell) a Browning...
Oct 29, 2022
Raymond Burr Takes Break from “Perry Mason” for Surgery
Oct. 29, 1962 - Perry Mason has never lost a case on television, but he will be absent from four early next year when his portrayer takes...
Oct 29, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Lucy Show”
Oct. 29, 1962 - Tonight on “The Lucy Show,” Lucy solves her lawn-mowing problem by buying a sheep named Clementine to eat the grass....
Oct 29, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Rifleman”
Oct. 29, 1962 - Tonight on “The Rifleman,” Johnny Drako (Lee Van Cleef, pictured), a famously fast gunslinger, comes looking for his old...
Oct 28, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Oct. 28, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Adam (Pernell Roberts) finds shelter overnight at a stagecoach way station. There he meets a...
Oct 28, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Oct. 28, 1962 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” George reluctantly agrees to lead Elroy's scout troop on their camping trip to the moon....
Oct 26, 2022
Actress Louise Beavers Dead at 60
Oct. 26, 1962 - Louise Beavers (pictured left with Mary Pickford in 1929), who starred in the “Beulah” comedy series on television, died...
Oct 25, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Dr. Kildare”
Oct. 25, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” when his young son dies unexpectedly from an embolism after a broken leg, a T.V. host blames...
Oct 24, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Eleventh Hour”
Oct. 24, 1962 - Tonight on “The Eleventh Hour,” an FBI agent (George C. Scott) calls on Dr. Bassett (Wendell Corey) to uncover the reason...
Oct 24, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Naked City”
Oct. 24, 1962 - Tonight on “Naked City,” former contender Johnny Meigs (Robert Duvall), eking out a living after a brain injury, desires...
Oct 23, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Oct. 23, 1962 - Tonight on “Combat,” a time-bomb dropped by the Germans crashes into a French church, pinning Hanley (Rick Jason,...
Oct 22, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Oct. 22, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Aunt Bee heads out of town for a few days, leaving Andy and Opie to take care of...
Oct 21, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Oct. 21, 1962 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” Elroy finds a cute dog, names him Astro, and brings him home. Unfortunately, his father is...
Oct 18, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Dr. Kildare”
Oct. 18, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare is assigned to assist in plastic surgery, and a friend of his (Carolyn Jones, pictured)...
Oct 17, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Eleventh Hour”
Oct. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Eleventh Hour,” a man (David Janssen) seeks psychiatric treatment for his ex-wife (Barbara Rush), who has...
Oct 17, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Virginian”
Oct. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Virginian,” a timid Easterner (George C. Scott, left) and his wife (Ann Meacham, right) arrive in...
Oct 15, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Ben Casey”
Oct. 15, 1962 - Tonight on “Ben Casey,” world traveler Charles Dirkson (Rod Steiger, left) comes back home with a brain tumor and...
Oct 14, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Oct. 14, 1962 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” a trip to the local car dealership goes south when George and Jane get mixed up in a crime and...
Oct 13, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Oct. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a bank robber (Ron Hayes) hides out in Dodge, bringing along his girl (Ruta Lee, right). While...
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