TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Oct. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a bank robber (Ron Hayes) hides out in Dodge, bringing along his girl (Ruta Lee, right). While...
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Oct 10, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Virginian”
Oct. 10, 1962 - Tonight on “The Virginian,” Judge Garth (Lee J. Cobb, right) has a visitor from South America (Ricardo Montalban, left)...
Oct 9, 2022
ABC-TV Weekday News Program Expands to One Hour in New York
Oct. 9, 1962 - Channel 7 in New York will televise an hour of news each weekday from 6 to 7 p.m. starting Oct. 22. The ABC station, in...
Oct 9, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Combat”
Oct. 9, 1962 - Tonight on “Combat,” Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow, pictured) has to search a deserted town for Germans. He is accompanied by...
Oct 8, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Oct. 8, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” when Andy finds out that the father of his new girlfriend (Joanna Moore) is wealthy,...
Oct 7, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Oct. 7, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Matthew Raine (Dan O’Herlihy, left), once a world-class artist, has gone blind. When befriended by...
Oct 7, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Oct. 7, 1962 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” Mr. Spacely has tickets to the football game, and he invites George to come along. They fool...
Oct 6, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Oct. 6, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Chester may find himself entrapped into marriage with Aggie, a drifter's daughter (Sherry Jackson)....
Oct 4, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Dr. Kildare”
Oct. 4, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare (Richard Chamberlain) and a young intern (Robert Redford, pictured) help treat victims...
Oct 3, 2022
TV: Tonight on Series Premiere of “The Eleventh Hour”
Oct. 3, 1962 - On tonight’s series premiere of “The Eleventh Hour,” a new medical drama about psychiatry, Ann Costigan (Vera Miles,...
Oct 3, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Oct. 3, 1962 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” we learn whether a man can disguise his voice and fool his wife over the phone. Rob,...
Oct 2, 2022
Johnny Carson Off to Good Start as Paar’s Replacement
Oct. 2, 1962 - Johnny Carson (pictured with Groucho Marx, the permanent replacement for Jack Paar, is off to an excellent start as host...
Oct 2, 2022
TV: Tonight on Series Premiere of “Combat”
Oct. 2, 1962 - Tonight marks the series premiere of “Combat,” a show covering the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the...
Oct 1, 2022
TV: Tonight on Season Premiere of “Ben Casey”
Oct. 1, 1962 - On tonight’s Season 2 premiere of “Ben Casey,” a hysterectomy patient who has lost two children of her own bonds with an...
Oct 1, 2022
TV: Tonight on the Series Premiere of “The Lucy Show”
Oct. 1, 1962 - On tonight’s series premiere of “The Lucy Show,” Lucy's daughter Chris (Candy Moore) goes out on a date with Alan Harper...
Oct 1, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Oct. 1, 1962 - On tonight’s Season 3 premiere of “The Andy Griffith Show,” Opie (Ron Howard, right) starts talking about his new friend...
Oct 1, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Rifleman”
Oct. 1, 1962 - On tonight’s season premiere of “The Rifleman,” when Lucas, Mark, and Micah get lost in Mexico, they are held hostage by a...
Sep 30, 2022
TV: “Bonanza”
Sept. 30, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” wanting to prove his independence and break out of the shadows of his father and older brothers,...
Sep 29, 2022
TV: “Gunsmoke”
Sept. 29, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a half-Comanche (Burt Reynolds, pictured) has joined his mother's tribe in killing whites to...
Sep 28, 2022
TV: “Rawhide”
Sept. 28, 1962 - On tonight’s season premiere of “Rawhide,” a man looking for a job is recognized by Rowdy (Clint Eastwood) and Clay...
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