1962 in television
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The year 1962 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of notable events of that year.
Events
- January 1
- The 1962 Rose Bowl game on NBC is the first coast-to-coast color television broadcast of a college football game in the United States.
- NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before a midnight showing of Laramie.
- February 14 – First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
- March 18 – "Un premier amour", sung by Isabelle Aubret, wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 (staged in Luxembourg) for France.
- March 24 – Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III: Boxer Benny Kid Paret falls unconscious at the hands of fellow boxer Emile Griffith during a boxing match telecast as ABC's Fight of the Week from Madison Square Garden (New York), officiated by Ruby Goldstein. Paret dies ten days later.
- April 16 – Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the CBS Evening News in the United States; he will remain so for the next 19 years.
- May 2 – Teledoce goes on air in Uruguay.
- May 27 – General Electric Theater airs its last episode on CBS.
- June 14 – BBC Television in the UK broadcasts the first episode of the sitcom Steptoe and Son, written by Galton and Simpson and starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett, an unusual use at this time of "straight" actors in a sitcom. It will be remade for several international audiences.[1]
- June 26 – Alfred Hitchcock Presents airs its last half-hour episode on NBC, before expanding to one hour on September 20 as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour on CBS.
- July 6 – Gay Byrne presents the first edition of The Late Late Show on RTÉ in Ireland. Byrne would present the show for 37 years, the longest period through which any individual has hosted a televised talk show anywhere in the world, and the show itself becomes the world's second longest-running talk show.
- July 11 (01:00 GMT) – First live transatlantic television transmission, via AT&T's Telstar 1 communications satellite (launched into orbit the previous day) and Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, is received in the UK and broadcast by the BBC. An error at the ground station causes the initial images to be of poor quality.[2] A full public broadcast is made on 23 July.[3][4]
- July – DZTM-TV Channel 5, the seventh television station in the Philippines owned by Associated Broadcasting Corporation (modern-day TV5 Network) Filipino businessman and newspaper publisher Chino Roces, owner of The Manila Times, is launched after the success of radio station DZMT.
- August 5 – First broadcast of Saturday variety show Sábados Alegres in Chile; the program later becomes Sábado Gigante.
- August 24 – Indonesia begins the first television broadcast with the newly inaugurated TVRI, broadcast the opening ceremony of 1962 Asian Games. TVRI is the first national television network in Indonesia before 1989. The establishment of TVRI is marked as National Television Day.
- September 1 – Channel Television, the ITV franchise for the Channel Islands, goes on air.
- September 9 – WNYS-TV (later WSYR-TV) signs-on the air, giving Syracuse, New York, its first full-time ABC affiliate.
- September 14 – Wales West and North Television (Teledu Cymru) goes on air to the North and West Wales region, extending ITV to the whole of the UK.
- September 16 – WOKR-TV (later WHAM-TV) signs-on the air as an ABC-affiliate in Rochester, New York.
- September 26 – Malta Television (MTV) goes on the air as the first TV station in Malta.
- October 1 – Johnny Carson takes over as permanent host of NBC's The Tonight Show in the United States, a post he will hold for 30 years.
- October 22 – Cuban Missile Crisis: In a televised address, President of the United States John F. Kennedy announces the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba and the U.S. naval blockade of the island.
- November 24 – The first episode of influential satire show That Was The Week That Was is broadcast live on BBC Television in the UK,[5] presented by David Frost and produced by Ned Sherrin.
- Cigarette adverts are banned from children's programmes in the UK. Actors in these adverts now have to be over 21, and connection to social success is no longer allowed. The tobacco companies also start a policy of not advertising before 9pm.
- The U.S. All-Channel Receiver Act requires UHF tuners to be on all consumer sets (channels 14 through 83), as well as VHF.
- Zenith markets its first color TV, a 21" round screen set.
Programs/programmes
- American Bandstand (1952–1989)
- Armchair Theatre (UK) (1956–1968)
- As the World Turns (1956–2010)
- Ben Casey (1961–1966)
- Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present)
- Bonanza (1959–1973)
- Bozo the Clown (1949–present)
- Candid Camera (1948–present)
- Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984)
- Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963)
- Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995)
- Coronation Street (UK) (1960–present)
- Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
- Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–1976)
- Face the Nation (1954–present)
- Four Corners (Australia) (1961–present)
- Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007)
- Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
- Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
- Hazel (1961–1966)
- It's Academic (1961–present)
- Juke Box Jury (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990)
- Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
- Love of Life (1951–1980)
- Meet the Press (1947–present)
- Mister Ed (1961–1966)
- My Three Sons (1960–1972)
- Naked City (1958–1963)
- Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–1978)
- Panorama (UK) (1953–present)
- Perry Mason (1957–1966)
- Route 66 (1960–1964)
- Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986)
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966)
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
- The Avengers (UK) (1961–1969)
- The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1968)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
- The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
- The Edge of Night (1956–1984)
- The Flintstones (1960–1966)
- The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–1968)
- The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–1983)
- The Guiding Light (1952–2009)
- The Jack Benny Show (1950–1965)
- The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–1982)
- The Lucy Show (1962–1968) (CBS)
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1981)
- The Milton Berle Show (1954–1967)
- The Price Is Right (1956–1965)
- The Real McCoys (1957–1963)
- The Secret Storm (1954–1974)
- The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present)
- The Today Show (1952–present)
- The Tonight Show (1954–present)
- The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
- The Untouchables (1959–1963)
- The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963)
- This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003)
- Truth or Consequences (1950–1988)
- Wagon Train (1957-1965)
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–1969)
- What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–2008)
- What's My Line (1950–1967)
- Zoo Quest (UK) (1954–1964)
Debuts
- January 2 – Z-Cars (UK) on BBC Television (1962–1978)
- March 8 – Oh! Those Bells on CBS (1962)
- April 6 – Little Blue Light (Голубой огонёк, Goluboy ogonyok) in the Soviet Union (1962–present)
- April 17 – Brothers in Law (UK) on BBC Television (1962)
- July 6 – The Late Late Show (Ireland) on RTÉ (1962–present)
- July 26 - The Lively Ones on NBC (1962-1963)[6]
- September 3 – The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series on Syndication (1962–1963)
- September 19 – The Virginian on NBC, beginning a nine-year run, and is the first western to air in 90-minute installments (1962–1971)
- September 21 – Don't Call Me Charlie! on NBC (1962–1963)
- September 23 – Ensign O'Toole on NBC (1962–1963); The Jetsons on ABC, the first program to air in color on the network (1962–1963, 1984–1985, 1987)
- September 26 – The Beverly Hillbillies premieres on CBS (1962–1971)
- October 1 – The Lucy Show on CBS (1962–1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC (1962–1992); Discovery on ABC (1962–1971)
- October 2 – Combat! on ABC (1962–1967)
- October 4 – The Saint (UK) on ITV (1962–1969)
- October 11 – McHale's Navy on ABC (1962–1966)
- December 10- Bonne Nuit les Petits on RTF (France) and Ici Radio-Canada Télé (Canada)
- December 31 – Match Game on NBC (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999, 2016–present)
- To Tell the Truth on CTV (1962–1964)
Ending this year
| Date | Show | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | The Yogi Bear Show | 1961 |
| March 1 | The New Bob Cummings Show | |
| March 13 | Mess Mates | 1960 |
| March 25 | Bus Stop | 1961 |
| April 4 | Straightaway | |
| April 18 | Top Cat | |
| May 10 | Outlaws | 1960 |
| May 23 | Window on Main Street | 1961 |
| May 25 | Father of the Bride | 1961 |
| May 31 | Oh! Those Bells | 1962 |
| June 5 | Ichabod and Me | 1961 |
| September 12 | The Alvin Show | |
| September 28 | The Brighter Day | 1954 |
| Unknown | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1955 |
| The Quick Draw McGraw Show | 1959 |
Births
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 13 | Ernie Kovacs | 42 | Comic actor, director, writer, composer |
| February 27 | Willie Best | 45 | Actor |
| March 1 | Roscoe Ates | 67 | |
| June 19 | Will Wright | 68 | |
| July 30 | Myron McCormick | 54 | Stage, radio, and film actor |
| August 4 | Marilyn Monroe | 36 | Actress and sex symbol |
| October 2 | Frank Lovejoy | 50 | Actor |
| October 26 | Louise Beavers | 60 | Actress |
| December 16 | Lew Landers | 61 | Director |
| December 17 | Thomas Mitchell | 70 | Actor |
Television debuts
- Ursula Andress – Thriller
- Tim Conway – McHale's Navy
- Dom DeLuise – The Shari Lewis Show
- Olympia Dukakis – Dr. Kildare
- Peter Fonda – Naked City
- George Furth – Going My Way
- Sid Haig – The Untouchables
- Clint Howard – The Andy Griffith Show
- Lainie Kazan – Car 54, Where Are You?
- Mako – The Lloyd Bridges Show
- Charles Nelson Reilly – Car 54, Where Are You?
- Barry Primus – The Defenders
- Kurt Russell – Dennis the Menace
- Tom Skerritt – Combat!
- Donald Sutherland – Man of the World