TV: Tonight on "Leave It to Beaver"
Nov. 11, 1961 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” after seeing all the girls swoon over Wally at his new job at a soda fountain, jealous...
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Nov 10, 2021
TV: Tonight on "The Twilight Zone"
Nov. 10, 1961 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a former German SS captain returns to the Dachau concentration camp and begins...
Nov 9, 2021
TV: Telly Savalas on "The Untouchables"
Nov. 9, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Matt Bass (Telly Savalas, left) is an ex-con and a former member of Al Capone's criminal...
Nov 9, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Dr. Kildare"
Nov. 9, 1961 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” when Kildare becomes bothered by the lack of concern city people show for their fellow humans,...
Nov 8, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Naked City"
Nov. 8, 1961 - Tonight on “Naked City,” kidnappers target a millionaire to pay the ransom for their victim, a young girl. The criminals...
Nov 7, 2021
TV: Gene Kelly in "Going My Way"
Nov. 7, 1961 - Gene Kelly will star next season in “Going My Way,” an hour-long weekly film series to be televised by ABC. It will be...
Nov 6, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Ben Casey"
Nov. 6, 1961 - Tonight on “Ben Casey,” a middling nightclub comic (Stanley Adams) struggles to get back on his feet and regain his...
Nov 4, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Leave It to Beaver"
Nov. 4, 1961 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” when Beaver feeds a neighbor's wandering cat and the cat keeps coming back for more, the...
Nov 4, 2021
TV: Amanda Blake of "Gunsmoke"
Nov. 4, 1961 - Amanda Blake, a redhead who has quietly sizzled her way through six years of “Gunsmoke” as a lady saloon keeper and...
Nov 3, 2021
TV: Tonight on "The Twilight Zone"
Nov. 3, 1961 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a young boy (Billy Mumy) with vast mental powers, but lacking emotional development, holds...
Nov 2, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Dr. Kildare"
Nov. 2, 1961 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare feels that Dr. Toby Cunningham (William Shatner) acted too hastily in releasing a man...
Nov 1, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Naked City"
Nov. 1, 1961 - Tonight on “Naked City,” a pretty, Swedish-born governess (Ulla Jacobsson) alerts the NYPD to the increasingly violent...
Oct 31, 2021
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Oct. 31, 1961 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” while clearing out his bedroom closet, Rob (Van Dyke) finds his old army boots. Rob...
Oct 31, 2021
TV: Walter Matthau Guest Star on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”
Oct. 31, 1961 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” when a young woman (Carol Grace) witnesses two men (Walter Matthau and Glenn...
Oct 30, 2021
TV: Tonight on “Ben Casey”
Oct. 30, 1961 - Tonight on “Ben Casey,” a ruthless tycoon (Chester Morris, right), used to throwing his weight around in the boardroom,...
Oct 30, 2021
CBS Parts Ways with Commentator Howard K. Smith
Oct. 30, 1961 - Howard K. Smith (pictured center last year) and CBS announced today that their relations had been terminated “because of...
Oct 30, 2021
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Oct. 30, 1961 - Tonight on the “Andy Griffith Show,” when a flashy new girl (Beverly Tyler) in town takes a surprising and deep interest...
Oct 29, 2021
TV: Robert Culp Guest Star on “Bonanza”
Oct. 29, 1961 - On tonight’s episode of “Bonanza,” reformed gunfighter Ed Payson (Robert Culp) has returned to Virginia City to tend to...
Oct 28, 2021
TV: Buddy Ebsen Guest Star on “Gunsmoke”
Oct. 28, 1961 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a man (Buddy Ebsen, right) who lost his wife and all he had returns to Dodge from gold prospecting...
Oct 27, 2021
TV: Lee Marvin Guest Star on “The Twilight Zone”
Oct. 27, 1961 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Old West lawman Conny Miller (Lee Marvin) visits the grave of a once-dangerous man he...
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