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Oct 24, 2021

TV: “Wagon Train” to Move from NBC to ABC

Oct. 24, 1961 - The popular “Wagon Train” series will hitch its horses to ABC next season after five years of trekking cross-country with...

Oct 24, 2021

TV: Lloyd Bridges Plays Korean-War POW on ABC’s “Alcoa Premiére”

Oct. 24, 1961 - Lloyd Bridges will star tonight in a television dramatization of the true adventures of a U.S. Air Force officer captured...

Oct 23, 2021

TV: Tonight on “The Rifleman”

TV: Tonight on “The Rifleman” Oct. 23, 1961 - Tonight on “The Rifleman,” a prison wagon stops at the McCain ranch. One of the guards asks...

Oct 23, 2021

Nat (King) Cole Decries TV's “Timidity” in Using Negro Performers

Oct. 23, 1961 - Nat (King) Cole (pictured with his daughter Natalie in 1955) attacked the television industry today for what he called...

Oct 21, 2021

TV: Norma Crane, Richard Thomas Guest Star on “The Defenders”

Oct. 21, 1961 - On tonight’s episode of “The Defenders,” the Prestons are hired by a stage actress (Norma Crane, pictured) who wants full...

Oct 21, 2021

TV: George C. Scott Plays Drug-Addicted Doctor on “Ben Casey”

Oct. 21, 1961 - There will not be much variety this week in the dramatic themes of television adventure and crime shows on ABC. Four...

Oct 20, 2021

TV: Peter Falk Guest Star on “The Twilight Zone”

Oct. 20, 1961 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a Central American revolutionary (Peter Falk) comes into the possession of a mirror that...

Oct 19, 2021

TV: Carroll O’Connor, Wendell Corey Guest Stars on “The Untouchables”

Oct. 19, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” with public outcry over gang violence in Chicago, the authorities appoint retired lawyer...

Oct 19, 2021

TV: Charles Bickford Guest Star on “Dr. Kildare”

Oct. 19, 1961 - On tonight’s episode of “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare (Richard Chamberlain) believes that a highly respected older doctor...

Oct 17, 2021

TV: Billy Mumy Guest Star on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”

Oct. 17, 1961 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a 5-year-old boy (Billy Mumy) finds his uncle's revolver, partially loads it with...

Oct 16, 2021

TV: Jean Hagen Guest Stars on “The Andy Griffith Show”

Oct. 16, 1961 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” an out-of-town speeder (Jean Hagen, right) thinks Andy runs a speed trap in...

Oct 15, 2021

TV: Molly Picon to Guest Star on “Car 54, Where Are You?”

Oct. 15, 1961 - Tonight on “Car 54, Where Are You?” we meet Mrs. Bronson (Molly Picon), the sweet Jewish grandmother who is confounding...

Oct 15, 2021

TV: “Hazel” to Air Color Episodes

Oct. 15, 1961 - NBC, which is allied with its parent company, RCA, in stimulating interest in color television programs and sets, will...

Oct 14, 2021

TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”

Oct. 14, 1961 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Kitty (Amanda Blake) has her friends in Dodge buzzing when she meets the stagecoach in the early...

Oct 13, 2021

TV: Jack Klugman and Jonathan Winters on “The Twilight Zone”

Oct. 13, 1961 - Tonight on "The Twilight Zone," a frustrated pool champ (Jack Klugman) has beaten everyone except one man: the legend,...

Oct 12, 2021

TV: Peter Falk Guest Star on “The Untouchables”

Oct. 12, 1961 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” a new 5-and-10 cent game using punch boards has become very popular and lucrative for the...

Oct 12, 2021

TV: Suzanne Pleshette Guest Star on “Dr. Kildare”

Oct. 12, 1961 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare (Richard Chamberlain, left) becomes involved in the life of a patient of his, a young...

Oct 11, 2021

TV: Harpo Marx and Carol Burnett to Present “The Wonderful World of Toys” on NBC

Oct. 11, 1961 - No matter what the critics say about “The Wonderful World of Toys” next month, the show will find its master of...

Oct 10, 2021

TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”

Oct. 10, 1961 - Tonight on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," Laura dyes her hair blonde when she fears the romance in her marriage is fading. She...

Oct 9, 2021

TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”

=Oct. 9, 1961 - Tonight on "The Andy Griffith Show," when the State Attorney's Office sends a man (Mark Miller, left) to Andy for some...