1962 In Television

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''For the American network television schedule, please see 1962-63 American Network Television Schedule .''

EVENTS

March 16 - Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the '' CBS Evening News ''.

March 24 - Boxer Benny Kid Paret falls unconscious at the hands of fellow boxer Emile Griffith during a televised boxing match at Madison Square Garden . Paret would die nine days later.

September 1 - Channel Television , the ITV franchise for the Channel Islands , goes on air.

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 .

Les Crane and Regis Philbin host '' The Tonight Show '' for a short time, until Johnny Carson took over later in the year.

Broadcast of ''Sábados Alegres'' begins, program later becomes '' Sábados Gigantes ''.

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.

DEBUTS

January 2 - '' Z-Cars '' (UK) premieres on BBC Television (1962- 1978 ).

July 1 - '' Police 5 '' (UK) premieres on ITV (1962- 1992 ).

July 6 - '' The Late Late Show '' (Ireland) premieres on RTÉ (1962-present).

September 23 - '' The Jetsons '' premieres on ABC (1962-1963, 1984 - 1985 , 1987 ).

September 25 - '' Empire '' premieres on NBC (1962- 1963 ).

September 26 - '' The Beverly Hillbillies '' premieres on CBS (1962- 1971 ).

October 1 - '' The Lucy Show '' premieres on CBS (1962- 1968 ).

October 1 - '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson '' debuts on NBC (1962-1992).

October 4 - '' The Saint '' (UK) premieres on ITV (1962- 1969 ).

December 31 - '' Match Game '' premieres on NBC (1962-1969, 1973 - 1984 , 1990 - 1991 , 1998 - 1999 ).

TELEVISION SHOWS

1940s

'' Meet The Press '' ( 1947 -present).

'' Candid Camera '' ( 1948 -present).

'' The Ed Sullivan Show '' (1948-1971).

'' Bozo The Clown '' ( 1949 -present).

'' Come Dancing '' (UK) ( 1949 - 1995 ).

'' The Voice Of Firestone '' ( 1949 -1963).

1950s

'' The Jack Benny Show '' ( 1950 - 1965 ).

'' Truth Or Consequences '' (1950- 1988 ).

'' What's My Line '' (1950- 1967 ).

'' Hallmark Hall Of Fame '' (1951-present).

'' Love Of Life '' ( 1951 - 1980 ).

'' Search For Tomorrow '' (1951- 1986 ).

'' American Bandstand '' ( 1952 - 1989 ).

'' The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet '' (1952- 1966 ).

'' The Guiding Light '' (1952-present).

'' The Honeymooners '' (1952- 1970 ).

'' The Today Show '' (1952-present).

'' Panorama '' (UK) ( 1953 -present).

'' The Good Old Days '' (UK) (1953- 1983 ).

'' Face The Nation '' ( 1954 -present).

'' The Milton Berle Show '' (1954-1967).

'' The Secret Storm '' (1954- 1974 ).

''The Tonight Show'' (1954-present).

'' Zoo Quest '' (UK) (1954- 1964 ).

'' Captain Kangaroo '' ( 1955 -1984).

'' Dixon Of Dock Green '' (UK) (1955- 1976 ).

'' Gunsmoke '' (1955- 1975 ).

'' The Lawrence Welk Show '' (1955- 1982 ).

'' This Is Your Life '' (UK) (1955- 2003 ).

'' Armchair Theatre '' (UK) ( 1956 -1968).

'' As The World Turns '' (1956-present).

'' Opportunity Knocks '' (UK) (1956-1978).

'' The Edge Of Night '' (1956-1984).

'' The Price Is Right '' (1956-1965).

'' What The Papers Say '' (UK) (1956-present).

'' Leave It To Beaver '' ( 1957 -1963).

'' The Sky At Night '' (UK) (1957-present).

'' Blue Peter '' (UK) ( 1958 -present).

'' Grandstand '' (UK) (1958-present).

'' The Donna Reed Show '' (1958-1966).

'' Bonanza '' ( 1959 -1973).

'' Hawaiian Eye '' (1959-1963).

'' Juke Box Jury '' (1959-1967, 1979 , 1989 -1990).

'' The Bell Telephone Hour '' (1959-1968).

'' The Twilight Zone '' (1959-1964, 1985 - 1988 , 2002 ).

1960s

'' Coronation Street '' (UK) ( 1960 -present).

'' My Three Sons '' (1960- 1972 ).

'' The Andy Griffith Show '' (1960-1968).

'' The Flintstones '' (1960-1966).

'' Ben Casey '' ( 1961 -1966).

'' Four Corners '' ( Australia ) (1961-present).

'' It's Academic '' (1961-present).

'' Mister Ed '' (1961-1966).

'' The Avengers '' (UK) (1961-1969).

'' The Dick Van Dyke Show '' (1961-1966).

'' The Fulton Sheen Program '' (1961-1968).

'' The Mike Douglas Show '' (1961- 1981 ).

'' Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color '' (1961-1969).

ENDING THIS YEAR

December - '' Cheyenne '' (1955-1962).

'' The Brighter Day '' (1954-1962).

'' Alfred Hitchcock Presents '' (1955-1962).

'' Hancock's Half Hour '' (1956-1962).

'' The Huckleberry Hound Show '' (1958-1962).

BIRTHS

July 8 - Rob Burnett , one time head writer for David Letterman .

September 11 - Elizabeth Daily , Actress .

October 4 - Caron Keating , television presenter (d. 2004 ).

November 19 - Jodie Foster , actress and director.

DEATHS

January 13 - Ernie Kovacs , Comedian .

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