New Series 1962

Beverly Hillbillies first season Intro

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)

Lucy on stilts

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 Ou Mau Mau

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 1962 - 1963

1. The Beverly Hillbillies
2. Candid Camera
3. The Red Skelton Show
4. Bonanza
5. The Lucy Show
6. The Andy Griffith Show
7. Ben Casey
8. The Danny Thomas Show
9. The Dick Van Dyke Show
10. Gunsmoke
11. Dr. Kildare
12. The Jack Benny Show
13. What's My Line
14. The Ed Sullivan Show
15. Hazel
16. I've Got a Secret
17. The Jackie Gleason Show
18. The Defenders
19. The Garry Moore Show
20. To Tell the Truth

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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