Video: '1962 TV GAME SHOW: "THE MATCH GAME" (PILOT EPISODE)'
(Monday, December 31, 1962) — Match Game, a television game show in which contestants attempt to match celebrities’ answers to fill-in-the-blank questions, debuted today on NBC. It was hosted by Gene Rayburn with announcer Johnny Olson. Continue reading ‘Match Game’ premieres on NBC 50 years ago today (1962)
Video: 'Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol'
(Tuesday, December 18, 1962, 7:30 p.m. EST) — Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol, a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ famous short story A Christmas Carol starring the character Mr. Magoo, debuted tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol’ premieres on NBC 50 years ago this hour (1962)
Video: 'AFTER TWO YEARS: A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT'
(Sunday, December 16, 1962, evening) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy said today the Cuban Missile Crisis had made a Soviet-American understanding less likely in the foreseeable future. Continue reading Cuban Missile Crisis darkened hope of peace, JFK says 50 years ago today (1962)
Video: 'My Dad' clip
(Thursday, October 25, 1962, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Alex tries over and over to spend a day with Jeff, but his plans are always interrupted by emergency calls on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV sitcom The Donna Reed Show.
Video: 'An Ensign for McHale' (Oct. 11, 1962)
(Thursday, October 11, 1962, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — McHale’s Navy, a television situation comedy about the misadventures of a misfit PT Boat crew during World War II, debuted tonight on ABC. It starred Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Joe Flynn, Gary Vinson and Carl Ballantine.
(Sunday, October 7, 1962, 8 p.m. EST) — Vaughn Meader did his JFK impersonation on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.
Video: 'Lucy Show season 1 intro'
(Monday, October 1, 1962, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Lucy Show, Lucille Ball’s follow-up to I Love Lucy after her divorce with Desi Arnaz, debuted tonight on CBS-TV. It also starred Vivian Vance from I Love Lucy. Continue reading ‘The Lucy Show’ debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (1962)
Video: 'The Clampetts Strike Oil' (Sept. 26, 1962)
(Wednesday, September 26, 1962, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beverly Hillbillies, a television sitcom series about a poor backwoods family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land, debuted tonight on CBS-TV. It starred Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Jr., Raymond Bailey and Nancy Kulp.
Video: 'The Jetsons ep Rosey the Robot' (Sept. 23, 1962)
(Sunday, September 23, 1962, 6:30 p.m. EDT) — The Jetsons, an animated television sitcom series projecting contemporary culture and lifestyle into another time period, debuted tonight as the very first program to air in color on ABC-TV.
Video: 'The Jack Paar Program' (Dec. 7, 1962)
(Friday, September 21, 1962, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — The Jack Paar Program, a weekly, prime-time television show that followed Paar’s stint on The Tonight Show, began a three-year run tonight on NBC.
