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...
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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...
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