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Feb 3, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Feb. 3, 1963 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” Jane signs up for the Miss Solar System beauty pageant. She is shocked to find that her husband...
Feb 2, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Have Gun — Will Travel”
Feb. 2, 1963 - Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel,” Paladin (Richard Boone, right) is joined by his friend Ernie Backwater (Harry Morgan,...
Jan 31, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Jan. 31, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” the orphaned daughter (Ann Jillian, pictured) of telepathic parents must learn to speak...
Jan 30, 2023
Negro Helps Direct “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” First of His Race
Jan. 30, 1963 - Now that Wendell Franklin has been working a few months as second assistant director of “The Greatest Story Ever Told,”...
Jan 29, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Jan. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Ray 'Goose' Gander (Will Kuluva, left) runs a jazz club in Chicago, and he's being...
Jan 28, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Stoney Burke”
Jan. 28, 1963 - Tonight on “Stoney Burke,” two gamblers bet heavily on an upcoming rodeo contest Stoney (Jack Lord) has entered. One of...
Jan 28, 2023
Hollywood Director John Farrow Is Dead
Jan. 28, 1963 - John Farrow (pictured in 1946), motion picture director and producer, was found dead of an apparent heart attack today at...
Jan 27, 2023
News Programs Expand to 30 Minutes
Jan. 27, 1963 - Rivalry between CBS and NBC in the field of nightly news is scheduled to be intensified in a few weeks. NBC confirmed...
Jan 27, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Jan. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Hoss (Dan Blocker, right) welcomes kindred spirit Big Jim Layton (Slim Pickens, left) to the...
Jan 27, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Jan. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” George gets drafted into the U.S. Space Guard Reserves at Camp Nebula for two weeks. At first,...
Jan 27, 2023
Critics Vote Bancroft and Lancaster Top Movie Performers of 1962
Jan. 27, 1963 - Anne Bancroft (pictured in New York City) and Burt Lancaster were picked today as the best movie performers of 1962 in...
Jan 26, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel”
Jan. 26, 1963 - Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel,” Paladin (Richard Boone), while fleeing banditos, seeks shelter from a peasant (Al...
Jan 25, 2023
Movies: “The Raven”
Jan. 25, 1963 - Opening in local theaters today is “The Raven,” a comedy horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film...
Jan 25, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Jan. 25, 1963 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a sweet French maid (Zohra Lampert, right) marries a professional burglar (Robert...
Jan 24, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Jan. 24, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a tiny neo-Nazi organization struggles pathetically to succeed in a big city. A...
Jan 23, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Jan. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Rob thought he could be a guest on a notoriously incendiary talk show without...
Jan 22, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Jan. 22, 1963 - Tonight on “Combat,” an exasperated Lieutenant Hanley (Rick Jason) finds himself saddled with a 13-year-old French orphan...
Jan 22, 2023
Movies: “Sodom and Gomorrah”
Jan. 22, 1963 - It cost more than $6 million to bring to the wide screen the story of “Sodom and Gomorrah,” Joseph E. Levine’s production...
Jan 21, 2023
CBS Plans Fall TV Schedule
Jan. 21, 1963 - CBS is making definite plans for its television schedule for next fall. A new variety show featuring Judy Garland...
Jan 20, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Jan. 20, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Adam helps an angry young man (Keir Dullea, left) confront the "hanging judge" who sentenced his...
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