1960s Timeline

May 17, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” a deaf child is brought into the hospital after accidentally swallowing poison. After his...

May 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Jeff (Paul Peterson, pictured) and Smitty (Darryl Richard) find new girls in town to...

May 16, 1962 - Tonight on “Naked City,” exiled sculptor Kermit Garrison (George C. Scott, pictured left with Paul Richards) once fought...

May 14, 1962 - A Senate investigation produced charges today that television networks were violating their own codes of moral practice by...

May 12, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” on his way to a fishing vacation, Chester (Dennis Weaver, left) stumbles into a human drama when he...

May 11, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” newlywed Alex Walker (Alex Nicol) can't say goodbye to his mother's old house and...

May 10, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” the 1933 Chicago World's Fair is about to open. The three Endicott brothers, who have...

May 9, 1962 - “The Movie Star,” a drama about public hysteria arising from the death of a motion picture idol, will be televised on NBC’s...

May 9, 1962 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, who runs a down-to-earth television show, will be seen on Monday playing host to Maj. Gherman S....

May 7, 1962 - On tonight’s season finale of “The Andy Griffith Show,” Otis (Hal Smith) is made a temporary deputy so he can impress his...

May 6, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Adam has a day and a half to deliver a large bank draft for the purchase of cattle. He is ambushed by...

May 5, 1962 - Will “Gunsmoke” be without Chester Goode for the 1962-63 season? A clear answer could not be obtained this week from either...

May 4, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” ventriloquist Jerry Etherson (Cliff Robertson) is convinced that his dummy Willie is alive...

May 2, 1962 - William Gargan (pictured in 1955) demonstrated today that an actor who loses his voice may still play a useful and...

May 1, 1962 - The Television Academy announced its 14th annual Emmy nominations today and did not include the top two stars of the...

Apr. 30, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Barney’s awkward cousin Virgil (Michael Pollard) visits and makes a mess of...

Apr. 30, 1962 - Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. and Maj. Gherman S. Titov, the Soviet astronaut now visiting this country, will make a...

Apr. 29, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” the Cartwrights get mixed up in the romance of a phony heiress and an equally phony land baron....

Apr. 28, 1962 - CBS-TV, long faithful to “Lassie,” becomes a two-dog network next fall when “Rin Tin Tin” comes barking back each...

Apr. 28, 1962 - Although the CBS half-hour series “The Twilight Zone” is not currently scheduled to continue next fall, the network and...