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Mar 31

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 31, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” a couple tricks Dr. Kimble into helping an injured, hemophiliac young boy whom they have...

Mar 30

TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”

Mar. 30, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” for entertainment, a superior alien pits an Earth pair against a Caligo Galaxy pair in a...

Mar 28

TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”

Mar. 28, 1964 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” childless and poor, farmer Caleb (John Dehner) feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he...

Mar 27

TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”

Mar. 27, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” in a small town where an execution is scheduled to place, the sun does not rise. Soon,...

Mar 26

TV: “Sophia Loren in Rome”

Mar. 26, 1964 - “Sophia Loren in Rome,” a one-hour show in which the Italian actress conducts a tour of the capital city, will be...

Mar 24

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 24, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble’s current boss (Gilbert Roland), a warehouse owner with a terminal disease, wants to...

Mar 23

TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”

Mar. 23, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a drifter (Geoffrey Horne, left with Gloria Grahame) enters a lonely house, unaware that...

Mar 20

TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”

Mar. 20, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” wealthy Jason Foster (Robert Keith) is dying. He invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras...

Mar 19

ABC Rejects New Serling Series

Mar. 19, 1964 - ABC-TV said today it had abandoned plans to televise a series of Rod Serling fantasy dramas, tentatively titled “Witches,...

Mar 17

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 17, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) runs into Joe Hallop (Tim O’Connor), an old army buddy who saved his...

Mar 16

TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”

Mar. 16, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a scientist (Larry Pennell) visits an isolated expedition on a planet plagued by...

Mar 14

More Comedy on Tap for 1964-65 TV Season

Mar. 14, 1964 - Television, which has grown tired of telling serious stories, will laugh it up next season. Each network will open the...

Mar 13

TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”

Mar. 13, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” cheating husband Joe Britt (William Demarest) sees his indiscretions shown on his own...

Mar 10

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 10, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Steve Edson (Ed Nelson) helps Kimble (David Janssen) escapes from Sheriff Bray (Carroll...

Mar 10

TV: “The Addams Family” Cast Fills Out

Mar. 10, 1964 - Carolyn Jones, the motion picture actress, and John Astin, who played Dickens in television’s “I’m Dickens, He’s...

Mar 9

TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”

Mar. 9, 1964 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Andy takes a much-needed vacation, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge. Unfortunately,...

Mar 9

TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”

Mar. 9, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” while gathering rock samples on the Moon, an American team finds a seamless sphere in which...

Mar 8

TV: Beatles Create Shift in Ratings

Mar. 8, 1964 - “The Beverly Hillbillies,” which had been the top-rated television show for two seasons, slipped downhill in the latest...

Mar 6

TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”

Mar. 6, 1964 — Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a struggling actor (John Cassavetes) auditioning in London learns that his...

Mar 6

TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”

Mar. 6, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a reporter (Lee Philips) interviews beautiful actress Pamela Morris (Ann Blyth, pictured)....