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Feb 19, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Andy Griffith Show"

Feb. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” the choir director (Olan Soule) invites Barney to join the choir. Then he realizes...

Feb 18, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Bonanza"

Feb. 18, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts, pictured) stops to aid injured rancher Matt Grant (John Archer)....

Feb 17, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Gunsmoke"

Feb. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” man named Lute (John Kerr right) has been hired to kill Matt, but when he falls in love with a...

Feb 15, 2022

TV: Charles Bronson Guest Stars Tonight on "The Untouchables"

Feb. 15, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” in the Gypsy quarter of Chicago, drunkenness is taking its toll in fights and killings....

Feb 14, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"

Feb. 14, 1962 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” while his wife is away, Buddy (Morey Amsterdam, pictured) moves in with the Petries...

Feb 13, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

Feb. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a man who has been pretending to be paralyzed for the insurance money tries to...

Feb 13, 2022

TV: Carol Burnett Leaving Garry Moore's Variety Show

Feb. 13, 1962 - Carol Burnett (left) will vacate her permanent niche on Garry Moore’s variety show on CBS-TV at the end of the season....

Feb 13, 2022

TV: "The Real McCoys" Switching from ABC to CBS

Feb. 13, 1962 - “The Real McCoys” will pull up stakes on ABC-TV and switch to CBS in the fall. The long-running series, which started on...

Feb 12, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Andy Griffith Show"

Feb. 12, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Opie signs up for a race to win a medal but learns a lesson in good sportsmanship...

Feb 10, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Gunsmoke"

Feb. 10, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Chester is getting home-cooked meals from, and giving guitar lessons to, a spirited young woman...

Feb 8, 2022

TV: Will "The Untouchables" Continue?

Feb. 8, 1962 - Whether “The Untouchables” and Eliot Ness will go on rooting out racketeers for the enjoyment of TV viewers next season is...

Feb 7, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Joey Bishop Show"

Feb. 7, 1962 - Tonight on “The Joey Bishop Show,” Joey claims that his schedule is too full for him to perform as the opening act for Big...

Feb 7, 2022

TV: Reruns of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show” to Air this Summer

Feb. 7, 1962 - Twelve hour-long filmed shows starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz will be repeated this summer by CBS. The programs,...

Feb 6, 2022

TV: Charles Bronson Guest Star on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

Feb. 6, 1962 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” when a woman (Lola Albright) is forced by a murderer (Charles Bronson, pictured)...

Feb 5, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Andy Griffith Show"

Feb. 5, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” the state police come to town to catch some payroll robbers. They want Andy and...

Feb 4, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Bonanza"

Feb. 4, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” the Cartwrights pretend the Ponderosa belongs to the town drunk when his aging mother arrives from...

Feb 1, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Untouchables"

Feb. 1, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” when a top gangster is killed by Federal Agents, a mysterious man known only as “The...

Feb 1, 2022

Sinatra Taking Walk-On TV Roles

Feb. 1, 1962 - Frank Sinatra, who once starred on his own television show, is now accepting walk-on assignments. On ABC’s “Stan Freberg...

Jan 31, 2022

TV: Tonight on "Naked City" with Richard Conte

Jan. 31, 1962 - Tonight on “Naked City,” a widowed gangster (Richard Conte, pictured) is being challenged for custody of his son by his...

Jan 31, 2022

TV: Tonight on "The Joey Bishop Show"

Jan. 31, 1962 - Tonight on “The Joey Bishop Show,” Joey receives an audit notice for his 1959 tax return, and discovers that his mother...