1960s Timeline

Dec. 4, 1961 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” handyman Henry Wheeler (Edgar Buchanan, left) enters the Taylors' life, and Aunt Bee...

Dec. 4, 1961 - Many television stations affiliated with ABC canceled Sunday evening’s episode of the show “Bus Stop” because they...

Dec. 3, 1961 - Tonight on "Bonanza," his search for the two men who kidnapped his bride-to-be, Su Ling (Lisa Lu, right), will soon take...

Dec. 2, 1961 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Matt escorts a captain (R.G. Armstrong) and his troops to an Indian village, to make an exchange...

Dec. 2, 1961 - Tonight on “The Defenders,” when a defense witness is caught in a lie on the stand, he insists that Lawrence Preston told...

Dec. 1, 1961 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a businessman (John Dehner, pictured) who has recently returned from Africa is stalked by...

Nov. 29, 1961 - Here is today’s news report from Baltimore’s WJZ-TV. Commercials are included. Video and audio quality varies due to...

Nov. 29, 1961 - Here is ABC-TV’s “American Newsstand,” featuring film of President Kennedy discussing the call-up of reserve troops to...

Nov. 28, 1961 - Sylvia Sidney (pictured in 1934), the Broadway and Hollywood actress, sued for $350,000 damages today on the complaint...

Nov. 28, 1961 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a retired hit man (Richard Conte, right) is being blackmailed and has to keep on...

Nov. 28, 1961 - Gene Autry, 52 years old, the Western actor and co-owner of the Los Angeles Angels, has pleaded guilty to a drunken...

Nov. 27, 1961 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Barney and Thelma Lou successfully match-make Andy and Thelma Lou's cousin Karen...

Nov. 25, 1961 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” the plain but precocious daughter (Jena Engstrom, pictured) of a mean drunk (Malcolm Atterbury)...

Nov. 25, 1961 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” Eddie (Ken Osmond, pictured) tricks Wally (Tony Dow) into taking a tall girl (Judee...

Nov. 24, 1961 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Confederate soldiers, in June of 1863, come across a warlock who can help bring victory...

Nov. 24, 1961 - “Password,” a popular new game show on CBS, will add a Thursday night program at 9:30 in addition to its shows every...

Nov. 23, 1961 - Bowling balls will roar on television on 16 Saturday afternoons starting Jan. 6. ABC will televise the winter tournament...

Nov. 23, 1961 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” after falling over a dressing cart, Kildare injures his back and is forced to spend a few days...

Nov. 21, 1961 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a woman (Carolyn Kearney) beaten by an unknown attacker comes under great...

Nov. 21, 1961 - Henry Fonda’s next television special has been set for Feb. 6 on CBS-TV. The actor (pictured at his son Peter’s wedding)...