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Nov 26, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Nov. 26, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” after saving a busload of kids in an accident, Kimble (David Janssen) is knocked unconscious...
Nov 21, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Perry Mason”
Nov. 21, 1963 - Tonight on “Perry Mason,” Julia Eng (Irene Tsu) is in Hong Kong after the death of her grandfather, who had left her a...
Nov 21, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Rawhide”
Nov. 21, 1963 - Tonight on “Rawhide,” Rowdy (Clint Eastwood, bottom left) and Rabbit (Warren Oates, bottom right) are shooting a school...
Nov 20, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Nov. 20, 1963 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” a man with suspected underworld connections (Sheldon Leonard) asks Rob, Sally, and...
Nov 19, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Nov. 19, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble breaks out of jail with Davey “Fatso” Lambert, a friendly, simple-minded young man...
Nov 18, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Nov. 18, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” a mistake by Opie’s teacher causes him to get straight A’s on his report card. Opie...
Nov 18, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Nov. 18, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” Dr. Paul Cameron, enabled by a metal plate in his head, can overhear the immediate...
Nov 17, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Nov. 17, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Little Joe struggles with his conscience, trying to believe that his friend, Seth Pruitt (Richard...
Nov 15, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Nov. 15, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Barbara Polk (Constance Ford, right) takes care of her mean-spirited Uncle Simon (Cedric...
Nov 14, 2023
George C. Scott Reaches Out Directly to Public
Nov. 14, 1963 - George C. Scott, star of CBS-TV’s “East Side/West Side,” said today he had received about 1,000 letters so far in...
Nov 13, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Nov. 13, 1963 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Rob’s energetic Uncle George (Denver Pyle, left) comes for a visit to eagerly...
Nov 12, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Nov. 12, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” while sailing from Seattle to Alaska, Dr. Kimble finds himself in the middle of a murder...
Nov 12, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Petticoat Junction”
Nov. 12, 1963 - Tonight on “Petticoat Junction,” when Kate talks Bobbie Jo into going on a double date with Billie Jo (Jeannine Riley,...
Nov 11, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Nov. 11, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” on a military base in the frozen vastness of Greenland, an army psychiatrist (Gary...
Nov 10, 2023
Negroes Appearing More on Television
Nov. 10, 1963 - The vigorous campaign to put more Negroes in front of television cameras has produced impressive results in recent...
Nov 10, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Nov. 10, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben finds an old journal in which he wrote about his trek West with Hoss’s mother Inger (Inga...
Nov 9, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Nov. 9, 1963 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Quint (Burt Reynolds) is hired to escort a family on the first leg of their journey to Oregon. On...
Nov 8, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Nov. 8, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” in a post-apocalyptic settlement in 1974, the inhabitants' survival depends on the advice...
Nov 8, 2023
NBC Cancels Blue-Gray Football over Negro Eligibility
Nov. 8, 1963 - NBC said today it had canceled a telecast of the Blue-Gray football game in Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 28 after being...
Nov 6, 2023
Demonstrators Protest Wallace TV Appearance in New York
Nov. 6, 1963 - A hundred civil rights pickets clashed with the police in New York City early today outside a television studio where...
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