TV: “Hazel” to Air Color Episodes
Oct. 15, 1961 - NBC, which is allied with its parent company, RCA, in stimulating interest in color television programs and sets, will...
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Oct 14, 2021
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Oct. 14, 1961 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Kitty (Amanda Blake) has her friends in Dodge buzzing when she meets the stagecoach in the early...
Oct 13, 2021
TV: Jack Klugman and Jonathan Winters on “The Twilight Zone”
Oct. 13, 1961 - Tonight on "The Twilight Zone," a frustrated pool champ (Jack Klugman) has beaten everyone except one man: the legend,...
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 12, 2021
TV: Suzanne Pleshette Guest Star on “Dr. Kildare”
Oct. 12, 1961 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare (Richard Chamberlain, left) becomes involved in the life of a patient of his, a young...
Oct 11, 2021
TV: Harpo Marx and Carol Burnett to Present “The Wonderful World of Toys” on NBC
Oct. 11, 1961 - No matter what the critics say about “The Wonderful World of Toys” next month, the show will find its master of...
Oct 10, 2021
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Oct. 10, 1961 - Tonight on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," Laura dyes her hair blonde when she fears the romance in her marriage is fading. She...
Oct 9, 2021
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
=Oct. 9, 1961 - Tonight on "The Andy Griffith Show," when the State Attorney's Office sends a man (Mark Miller, left) to Andy for some...
Oct 8, 2021
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Oct. 8, 1961 - Tonight on "Bonanza," the Cartwrights must try to get help for Adam (Pernell Roberts), seriously wounded by an Apache...
Oct 6, 2021
TV: James Gregory Guest Stars on “The Twilight Zone”
Oct. 6, 1961 - Tonight on "The Twilight Zone," a Confederate soldier (James Gregory), heading home, meets an anguished woman (Joanne...
Oct 5, 2021
TV: Tonight on “Dr. Kildare”
Oct. 5, 1961 - Tonight on "Dr. Kildare," an elderly Polish man is admitted to the hospital with smallpox. Kildare (Richard Chamberlain)...
Oct 3, 2021
TV: Series Premiere of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” on CBS
Oct. 3, 1961 - "The Dick Van Dyke Show," a new situation comedy series, has its premiere tonight. The show was created by Carl Reiner and...
Oct 2, 2021
TV: New CBS Comedy Series “Mr. Ed” Features Talking Horse
Oct. 2, 1961 - The title role in the new CBS comedy series, "Mr. Ed," is played by a talking horse of the same name. Last night, in 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...
Oct 2, 2021
TV: Season Two of "The Andy Griffith Show" Starts Tonight
Oct. 2, 1961 - The second season of "The Andy Griffith Show" gets underway tonight. Andy, through Barney, learns that Opie has been...
Oct 1, 2021
TV: John Carradine is Guest Star on “Bonanza”
Oct. 1, 1961 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” when their spring-fever antics injure miserly businessman Jedediah Milbank (John Carradine),...
Sep 30, 2021
TV: "Gunsmoke" Season Premiere, 10 p.m. on CBS
Sept. 30, 1961 - The seventh season of "Gunsmoke" premieres tonight in its new hour-long format. Ex-con Perce McCall (Ed Nelson) helps...
Sep 29, 2021
TV: "The Twilight Zone," 10 p.m. on CBS
Sept. 29, 1961 - Tonight on the "The Twilight Zone," a suburban dinner party is interrupted by a bulletin warning of an impending nuclear...
Sep 28, 2021
TV: Series Premiere of "Dr. Kildare" on NBC
Sept. 28, 1961 - The series premiere of the medical drama "Dr. Kildare" will air at 8:30 p.m. tonight on NBC-TV. Like the earlier Kildare...
Sep 28, 2021
TV: Arness of Gunsmoke to Host CBS Special
Sept. 28, 1961 - James Arness will check his guns, doff his United States marshal's badge, and turn television host for an hour-long...
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