TV: “The Lucy Show” Will Return Next Season
Mar. 3, 1964 - Lucille Ball, who recently announced that she would not continue “The Lucy Show” next season, was reported today to have...
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Mar 2
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a carnival space ride becomes frighteningly real when an alien birdman secretly rigs it...
Mar 2
TV: “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” Shifting from CBS to NBC
Mar. 2, 1964 - Alfred Hitchcock (pictured with Sean Connery on the set of “Marnie”), whose television future had been in doubt, will...
Mar 2
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Ben Weaver (Tol Avery) complains that merchandise has been disappearing from his...
Mar 1
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Mar. 1, 1964 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben's Pygmalion-like efforts to ‘civilize’ a young, white woman (Anjanette Comer, right) raised by a...
Dec 31, 2023
TV: Tonight on the “Tonight” Show with Johnny Carson
Dec. 31, 1963 - Tonight on the “Tonight” show, Johnny Carson is host to Woody Allen, Rudy Vallee, and Yvonne Constant. The program will...
Dec 31, 2023
ABC Making Drastic Changes in Television Lineup, Four Shows Canceled
Dec. 31, 1963 - ABC has finalized plans for extensive changes in its current television schedule. At least four shows will be dropped...
Dec 30, 2023
Movies: “Tom Jones” and “Hud” Win Top Honors from New York Film Critics
Dec. 30, 1963 - Hollywood’s “Hud” and Britain’s “Tom Jones” won top honors today in the 28th annual poll of the New York Film Critics,...
Dec 30, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” after watching a movie about Robin Hood, Opie and his pals befriend a hobo who...
Dec 30, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” an alien planet demands that Earth provide a penal colony for its criminals. To make...
Dec 29, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Dec. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging...
Dec 29, 2023
Richard Harris to Join Charlton Heston in Cast of “Major Dundee”
Dec. 29, 1963 - Richard Harris, last seen as the tough rugby player in the British film “This Sporting Life” and previously as a sailor...
Dec 28, 2023
Guy Lombardo To Help T.V. Viewers Ring in 1964
Dec. 28, 1963 - A television set owner who turns on his set and finds Guy Lombardo on the screen knows instantly that an old year is...
Dec 28, 2023
Edward G. Robinson Replaces Spencer Tracy on “Cheyenne Autumn”
Dec. 28, 1963 - Edward G. Robinson has been signed to replace the ailing Spencer Tracy in “Cheyenne Autumn,” Warner Brothers announced...
Dec 27, 2023
Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman To Wed
Dec. 27, 1963 - Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine plan to be married in Hollywood next July. Mr. Borgnine said in New York today that his...
Dec 27, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Dec. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Barbara “Bunny” Blake (Maggie McNamara) is a Hollywood star whose hometown fan club in...
Dec 26, 2023
Film Stars Flee Blazing Circus Tent
Dec. 26, 1963 - John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, and other film personalities fled a blazing circus tent today at Aranjuez, Spain. Paramount...
Dec 26, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show”
Dec. 26, 1963 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Jeff (Paul Petersen, right) has invited a girl to the chic Candlelight Ball, but his...
Dec 26, 2023
Movies: “How to Murder Your Wife”
Dec. 26, 1963 - Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisa (pictured) have been signed to star in and Richard Quine will direct “How To Murder Your...
Dec 25, 2023
Movies: “4 for Texas”
Dec. 25, 1963 - Opening today is “4 for Texas,” a comedy Western starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, and Ursula Andress,...
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