Burnett Signs Long-Term Contract with CBS
Aug. 28, 1962 - Carol Burnett (pictured with Rod Serling) has signed a long-term, exclusive TV contract with CBS. Hubbell Robinson,...
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Aug 26, 2022
Burnett Declines Offer of Hour-Long Weekly Program
Aug. 26, 1962 - Carol Burnett (pictured with Richard Chamberlain), the comedienne who resigned from the Garry Moore show last season,...
Aug 26, 2022
TV: ABC’s “Combat!”
Aug. 26, 1962 - The coming season promises to be one in which TV, as never before, devotes attention to military life. ABC’s “Combat!”...
Aug 24, 2022
NBC Signs Negro Performer Ena Hartman to Long-Term Talent Contract
Aug. 24, 1962 - Ena Hartman has been signed to what is believed to be the first long-term talent development contract for a Negro...
Aug 23, 2022
TV: Plenty of War on ABC in 1962-63
Aug. 23, 1962 - Warner Brothers and the ABC network see a bright future for war as a subject for television series. Warner Brothers is...
Aug 19, 2022
TV: ABC’s “The Jetsons”
Aug. 19, 1962 - “The Jetsons,” a new cartoon series, is set to premiere this fall on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, it is...
Aug 14, 2022
TV: CBS’s “Calamity Jane” with Carol Burnett
Aug. 14, 1962 - Carol Burnett will star next season in a 90-minute musical comedy, “Calamity Jane,” on CBS-TV. No date has been set for...
Aug 3, 2022
TV: NBC’s “Wild Kingdom” with Marlin Perkins
Aug. 3, 1962 - January 1963 will mark the arrival of NBC’s new “Wild Kingdom,” which will bring back Marlin Perkins (pictured in 1951),...
Jul 28, 2022
Ed McMahon to Accompany Johnny Carson on “Tonight” Show
July 28, 1962 - Ed McMahon (left), the 39-year-old announcer who appears with Johnny Carson on “Who Do You Trust,” will continue to work...
Jul 27, 2022
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to Appear on “The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show”
July 27, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy will visit “The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show” on Friday, Aug. 17. Mr. Kennedy will drop...
Jul 21, 2022
Dave Garroway Changes Sign-off
July 21, 1962 - Dave Garroway (pictured with Jacqueline Kennedy in September 1960), who for 24 years has signed off his radio and...
Jul 13, 2022
Billy Gray of “Father Knows Best” Sentenced on Marijuana Charge
July 13, 1962 - Actor Billy Gray (pictured right with Robert Young), who portrayed “Bud” in the “Father Knows Best” television series,...
Jul 11, 2022
TV: Return of the Roller Derby
July 11, 1962 - The Roller Derby, which was a major attraction on television in the early days of the medium, will return over New York’s...
Jul 3, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”
July 3, 1962 - On tonight’s season finale of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a magician (David J. Stewart) takes a simple-minded runaway...
Jun 28, 2022
Pay-As-You-See TV to Debut in West Hartford
June 28, 1962 - The first comprehensive test of pay-as-you-see television in the U.S. starts tomorrow night when 300 families in West...
Jun 28, 2022
TV: NBC Plans More Biblical Specials
June 28, 1962 - More television specials that will tell stories from the Bible through great works of art are being planned by NBC....
Jun 28, 2022
TV: Two NBC Specials on Telstar Satellite
June 28, 1962 - Two half-hour specials about Telstar, the communications satellite that will make possible live trans-Atlantic TV, are...
Jun 19, 2022
TV: ABC's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
June 19, 1962 - “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” a half-hour situation comedy based on the 1939 film with James Stewart, will be shown...
Jun 18, 2022
With Temperature in 90s, Perry Como Records Christmas Songs
June 18, 1962 - With the temperature in the nineties today, Perry Como (pictured with Dorothy Collins) celebrated Christmas. The...
Jun 14, 2022
Edie Adams To Star on Music and Comedy Shows on ABC-TV
June 14, 1962 - Edie Adams will star in eight half-hour music and comedy shows on ABC-TV next season. The first will be on Oct. 21 at...
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