1960s Timeline

May 25, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” inept guardian angel Harmon Cavender (Jesse White, right) is given a chance to earn his...

May 24, 1962 - Soupy Sales (pictured right with Tony Curtis), television’s foremost target for pie throwers, is coming to New York to be...

May 24, 1962 - On tonight’s season finale of “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare is assigned to work in a psychiatric ward to help treat severely...

May 23, 1962 - Rod Serling and CBS have reached an agreement under which Mr. Serling will produce a new series of 13 hour-long episodes...

May 23, 1962 - Hugh Downs is switching from “Tonight” to “Today.” NBC announced today that Mr. Downs would succeed John Chancellor as the...

May 23, 1962 - Peter Falk (pictured with Don Knotts and Carl Reiner) received an Emmy Award last night for his performance in a leading...

May 23, 1962 - “Victoria Regina” and its star, Julie Harris (pictured), received television’s highest awards last night. The drama about...

May 19, 1962 - Allen Ludden (pictured with Betty White), described by CBS as a scholar, author, and former educator, has elected to...

May 18, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a recent widower (David White), needing loving care for his three young children, orders a...

May 17, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” a deaf child is brought into the hospital after accidentally swallowing poison. After his...

May 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Jeff (Paul Peterson, pictured) and Smitty (Darryl Richard) find new girls in town to...

May 16, 1962 - Tonight on “Naked City,” exiled sculptor Kermit Garrison (George C. Scott, pictured left with Paul Richards) once fought...

May 14, 1962 - A Senate investigation produced charges today that television networks were violating their own codes of moral practice by...

May 12, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” on his way to a fishing vacation, Chester (Dennis Weaver, left) stumbles into a human drama when he...

May 11, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” newlywed Alex Walker (Alex Nicol) can't say goodbye to his mother's old house and...

May 10, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” the 1933 Chicago World's Fair is about to open. The three Endicott brothers, who have...

May 9, 1962 - “The Movie Star,” a drama about public hysteria arising from the death of a motion picture idol, will be televised on NBC’s...

May 9, 1962 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, who runs a down-to-earth television show, will be seen on Monday playing host to Maj. Gherman S....

May 7, 1962 - On tonight’s season finale of “The Andy Griffith Show,” Otis (Hal Smith) is made a temporary deputy so he can impress his...

May 6, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Adam has a day and a half to deliver a large bank draft for the purchase of cattle. He is ambushed by...