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Jan 22, 2022

TV: Rod Serling to Make Acting Debut on "Ichabod and Me"

Jan. 22, 1962 - Rod Serling, who started in television as a writer and now is the producer of “The Twilight Zone,” will make his acting...

Jan 22, 2022

TV: Lloyd Bridges to Host "Marineland Circus" on CBS

Jan. 22, 1962 - Lloyd Bridges (pictured), who found an underwater career as the star of the TV series “Sea Hunt,” will be the host of a...

Jan 21, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Bonanza"

Jan. 21, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” when Adam (Pernell Roberts, pictured) is a witness to a murderous armed robbery by masked...

Jan 20, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Gunsmoke"

Jan. 20, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Cody (Anthony Caruso) is a well-liked citizen of Dodge. He's building a house and getting married....

Jan 20, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Defenders"

Jan. 20, 1962 - Tonight on “The Defenders,” a man confesses to a murder for which someone else has already been executed — a man Lawrence...

Jan 19, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Twilight Zone"

Jan. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a homeless man (Warren Stevens, pictured right with Joan Marshall) takes the shoes off a...

Jan 19, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Untouchables"

Jan. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” when gangsters shoot up a speakeasy on the outskirts of Chicago, Ness thinks Frank Nitti...

Jan 17, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Joey Bishop Show"

Jan. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Joey Bishop Show,” Joey and Larry believe Stella (Marlo Thomas, pictured) has fallen in love with her...

Jan 17, 2022

TV: Peter Fonda and Martin Sheen Guest Stars on "Naked City"

Jan. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “Naked City,” a doctor faces a moral dilemma after a young man, Joey (Peter Fonda, right), who is like a son...

Jan 17, 2022

Van Doren Gets Suspended Sentence After Guilty Plea to Perjury

Jan. 17, 1962 - Charles Van Doren (pictured) and nine other former contestants on rigged T.V. quiz shows pleaded guilty today to perjury...

Jan 16, 2022

TV: Claude Rains Stars on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

Jan. 16, 1962 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a man (Claude Rains, center) walks into a police station with no memory of who he...

Jan 15, 2022

Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone Celebrate 35th Anniversary

Jan. 15, 1962 - Jack Benny (right) celebrated his 35th wedding anniversary today. The comedian and Mary Livingstone (left), long a...

Jan 15, 2022

ABC to Broadcast Taped Recording of "Ernie Kovacs Show"

Jan. 15, 1962 - ABC-TV announced today that the “Ernie Kovacs Show,” which recently was recorded on tape, would be televised as scheduled...

Jan 15, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Andy Griffith Show"

Jan. 15, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Andy teaches self-reliance and responsibility to the spoiled son (Bill Bixby, left)...

Jan 15, 2022

"The Defenders" Episode on Point Shaving to Air Feb. 3

Jan. 15, 1962 - “The Point Shaver,” a drama about a college basketball scandal, will be televised by CBS-TV’s “The Defenders” on Feb. 3,...

Jan 15, 2022

Many Hollywood Stars Turn Out for Kovacs Funeral

Jan. 15, 1962 - Ernie Kovacs received final tribute today in simple Presbyterian rites that were attended by many stars of the...

Jan 14, 2022

TV: Mercedes McCambridge Guest Star on "Bonanza"

Jan. 14, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” bitterly disappointed in her husband’s financial failures, Deborah Banning (Mercedes McCambridge,...

Jan 13, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Gunsmoke"

Jan. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a hired man (Jeremy Slate) is sweet on Lacey Parcher (Sherry Jackson, pictured), his boss's...

Jan 13, 2022

Comedian Ernie Kovacs Dead in Car Crash

Jan. 13, 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian of the theatre, screen, and television, was killed today in a traffic accident. He would have been...

Jan 12, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Twilight Zone"

Jan. 12, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” wealthy Paul Radin (Joseph Wiseman, right) tries to get three people from his past to...