1960s Timeline

Mar. 5, 1964 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” A young diabetic (Beau Bridges, pictured) has become neglectful in taking his medicine, mostly...

Mar. 5, 1964 - Can a movie based on a television series run profitably in theaters while the series is on T.V.? An answer to this will be...

Mar. 4, 1964 - The combination of a boy and a dog, which has made “Lassie” a television hit for 10 years, will be broken up at the end of...

Mar. 3, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) and Sister Veronica (Eileen Heckart) continue their journey, not...

Mar. 3, 1964 - Lucille Ball, who recently announced that she would not continue “The Lucy Show” next season, was reported today to have...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a carnival space ride becomes frighteningly real when an alien birdman secretly rigs it...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Alfred Hitchcock (pictured with Sean Connery on the set of “Marnie”), whose television future had been in doubt, will...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Ben Weaver (Tol Avery) complains that merchandise has been disappearing from his...

Mar. 1, 1964 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben's Pygmalion-like efforts to ‘civilize’ a young, white woman (Anjanette Comer, right) raised by a...

Dec. 31, 1963 - Tonight on the “Tonight” show, Johnny Carson is host to Woody Allen, Rudy Vallee, and Yvonne Constant. The program will...

Dec. 31, 1963 - ABC has finalized plans for extensive changes in its current television schedule. At least four shows will be dropped...

Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” after watching a movie about Robin Hood, Opie and his pals befriend a hobo who...

Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” an alien planet demands that Earth provide a penal colony for its criminals. To make...

Dec. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging...

Dec. 28, 1963 - A television set owner who turns on his set and finds Guy Lombardo on the screen knows instantly that an old year is...

Dec. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Barbara “Bunny” Blake (Maggie McNamara) is a Hollywood star whose hometown fan club in...

Dec. 26, 1963 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Jeff (Paul Petersen, right) has invited a girl to the chic Candlelight Ball, but his...

Dec. 24, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” airline stewardess Ruth Norton (Pamela Tiffin) badly injures Kimble (David Janssen) in a...

Dec. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “East Side/West Side,” social worker Neil Brock (George C. Scott) tries to help a lonely old woman whose house...

Dec. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” tycoon John Dexter (Ralph Meeker) spears a dolphin-like sea creature in the Caribbean. It...