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New Series 1962

Clips from The Beverly Hillbillies, Crest , The Lucy Show, Kools, The Jetsons, Dinah Shore and McHale's Navy

The Beverly Hillbillies

(1962 - 1971)

The series starred Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr. and Nancy Kulp as Miss Hathaway. The Ballad of Jed Clampett was  performed by Flatt and Scruggs which hit #44 on the music charts and was a #1 country hit.   

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992)

The Lucy Show (1962-1968)

Lucille Ball brought along Vivian Vance to a sitcom revolving around a zany single mother and the divorced friend she lives with. Most of the humor involved Lucy Carmichael going head to head with Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon)

The Jetsons

(1962-1963)

A futuristic Flintstones with George Jetson, his wife Jane, kids Judy and Elroy and their sometimes talking dog Astro. The art was fashioned with the new Seattle Space Needle in mind.

The Virginian (1962-1971)

The first 90 minute Western starring James Drury and Doug McClure.  Acclaimed stars Lee J. Cobb and Stewart Granger did separate seasons as the ranch owner.

McHale's Navy (1962- 1966)
The show was a modernized Sgt Bilko with Academy Award winner Earnest Borgnine playing straight man to Joe Flynn (Lt. Commander "Leadbottom" Binghamton) and Tim Conway (Ensign Parker). Much like Don Knotts in The Andy Griffith Show, Conway stole the show.

The Bob Newhart Variety Show (1962- 1962)

As Newhart so aptly put it, "We got an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and a pink slip all in the same year."

Combat! (1962-

1967)

World War II action drama starring Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, and comedian Shecky Greene.

The Andy Williams Show
Brothers in Law
Frontier Circus
The Magic Door
Match Game
NBA on ABC
The Nurses
Rocketship 7
Room for One More
Saints and Sinners
Stoney Burke

More on each new show of 1962 at Wikipedia

Television News 1962

Well known humorist Stan Freberg who had been doing radio, comedy albums, and television guest appearances for many years, got his first primetime special, Stan Freberg Presents: The Chung King Chow Mein Hour.

For those who do not remember Freberg, he was the Weird Al Yankovich (who says Freberg was his idol as a kid) of his day.

The U.S. All-Channel Receiver Act requires UHF tuners to be on all consumer sets (channels 14 through 83), as well as VHF

Regis Philbin hosts The Tonight Show  until Johnny Carson took over later in the year.

Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the CBS Evening News.

The Emmy's 1962 - 1963

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama - The Defenders (CBS)

Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Series (Lead) - E.G. Marshall, The Defenders

Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress in a Series (Lead) - Shirley Booth, Hazel

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role By an Actor - Don Knotts, The Andy Griffith Show

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role By an Actress - Glenda Farrell, Ben Casey

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor - The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety - The Andy Williams Show (NBC)

Most Watched 1961 - 1962

1. Wagon Train
2. Bonanza
3. Gunsmoke
4. Hazel
5. Perry Mason
6. The Red Skelton Show
7. The Andy Griffith Show
8. The Danny Thomas Show
9. Dr. Kildare
10. Candid Camera
11. My Three Sons
12. The Garry Moore Show
13. Rawhide
14. The Real McCoys
15. Lassie
16. Sing Along with Mitch
17. Dennis the Menace
18. Ben Casey
19. The Ed Sullivan Show
20. Car 54, Where Are You?

Series End 1962

Cheyenne (1955-1962).

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962).
The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1962)

TV Guide Schedule 1962

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