1963 In Television

1962 In Television ,
Other Events Of 1963 ,
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List Of Years In Television .

''For the American network television schedule, please see 1963-64 American Network Television Schedule .''

EVENTS

January 13 - BBC Television broadcasts the play '' The Madhouse On Castle Street '' in the ''Sunday-Night Theatre'' strand. The play co-stars a young American Folk Music singer named Bob Dylan .

April 1 - German terrestrial channel ZDF (pronounced ''tseh-deh-ehf'') began broadcasting.

May 15 - First television pictures transmitted from a US manned space capsule (" Faith 7 "). Due to the poor picture quality, only NBC carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live.

September 2 - '' CBS Evening News '' becomes network Television 's first half-hour weeknight News broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

September 9 - NBC also expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes.

September 30 - BBC Television begins using a Globe as their symbol. They would continue to use it in varying forms until 2002 .

November 22 - All three major U.S. networks start pre-emptions for a week following the news of John F. Kennedy 's assassination. The pre-emptions unofficially begin a few minutes after Kennedy was shot; on the top-rated American Soap Opera '' As The World Turns '', Nancy Hughes ( Helen Wagner ) was in the middle of a discussion with Grandpa ( Santos Ortega ) about Bob's ( Don Hastings ) decision to invite Lisa ( Eileen Fulton ) to Thanksgiving dinner. Walter Cronkite interrupted Wagner mid-speech to deliver the bulletin. ''As the World Turns'' continued for one more scene (at that time, the show was transmitted live) before Cronkite cut in permanently.

November 23 - '' That Was The Week That Was '' broadcasts its famous, non-satirical Kennedy tribute episode on the BBC .

November 24 - Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.

For the first time, most Americans say that they get more of their news from television than newspapers.

The television Remote Control is authorized by the FCC .

DEBUTS

January 1 - '' Astro Boy '' (known as ''Mighty Atom'' in Japanese ), Japan 's first Anime , was launched.

April 1 - '' General Hospital '' (created by Frank And Doris Hursley ) and '' The Doctors '' premiere on the same day, the former on ABC (1963-present) and later on NBC (1963- 1982 ).

September 16 - '' The Outer Limits '' premieres on ABC (1963-1965).

September 24 - '' Petticoat Junction '' premieres on CBS (1963- 1970 ).

September 29 - '' The Judy Garland Show '' premieres on CBS (1963- 1964 ).

August 9 - '' Ready Steady Go! '' premieres on ITV (1963- 1966 ).

November 23 - '' Doctor Who '' premieres on BBC Television (1963- 1989 , 1996 , 2005 -present).

'' The Littlest Hobo '' premieres in Canada (1963-1965; 1979-1985).

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 ).

1950s

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

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

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

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

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

'' 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 Starring Johnny Carson '' ( 1962 - 1992 ).

'' 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 '' ( 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).

'' 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 ).

'' 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).

'' Match Game '' ( 1962 -1969, 1973-1984, 1990- 1991 , 1998 - 1999 ).

'' The Beverly Hillbillies '' (1962-1971).

'' The Jetsons '' (1962-1963, 1984-1985, 1987 ).

'' The Late Late Show '' ( Ireland ) (1962-present).

'' The Lucy Show '' (1962-1968).

'' The Saint '' (UK) (1962-1969).

'' Z-Cars '' (UK) (1962-1978).

ENDING THIS YEAR

May - '' Empire '' (1962-1963).

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

June 20 - '' Leave It To Beaver '' (1957-1963).

September 10 - '' Hawaiian Eye '' (1959-1963).

BIRTHS

May 8 - Stella Gonet , Actress .

May 28 - Michelle Collins , actress.

May 29 - Lisa Whelchel , actress.

June 15 - Helen Hunt , actress.

July 30 - Lisa Kudrow , actress, '' Friends ''.

November 21 - Nicollette Sheridan , actress.

November 24 - Lisa Maxwell , actress.

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