1962 in television

The year 1962 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1962.

For the American TV schedule, see: 1962-63 American network television schedule.

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.
• 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 died ten days later.
• April 16 – Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the CBS Evening News; he will remain so for the next 19 years.
• May 27 - General Electric Theater airs it last episode on CBS.
• July 23 – First publicly available live transatlantic television broadcast via Telstar 1.
• 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.
• 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.
• The U.S. All-Channel Receiver Act requires UHF tuners to be on all consumer sets (channels 14 through 83), as well as VHF.[1][2]
• Zenith markets its first color TV, a 21" round screen set.

Debuts

• January 2 – Z-Cars (UK) premieres on BBC Television (1962–1978)
• April 17 – Brothers in Law (UK) premieres on BBC Television (1962)
• July 1 – Police Five (UK) premieres on ITV (1962–1992)
• July 6 – The Late Late Show (Ireland) premieres on RTÉ (1962–present)
• September 19 – The Virginian premieres on NBC, and begins a nine year run, and is the first western to air in 90-minute installments (1962–1971)
• September 23 – The Jetsons premieres on ABC (1962–1963, 1984–1985, 1987). This was the very first program to air in color on ABC
• September 26 – The Beverly Hillbillies premieres on CBS (1962–1971)
• October 1 – The Lucy Show premieres on CBS (1962–1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson debuts on NBC (1962–1992); ABC launches Discovery (1962–1971)
• October 2 – Combat! premieres on ABC (1962–1967)
• October 4 – The Saint (UK) premieres on ITV (1962–1969)
• October 10 – McHale's Navy premieres on ABC (1962–1966)
• December 31 – Match Game premieres on NBC (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999)
• To Tell the Truth premieres on CTV (1962–1964)

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).
• I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
• 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 (1952–2009).
• 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 (1956–2010).
• 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) (1958–2007).
• 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).
• The Lucy Show (1962–1968) (CBS)
• 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

• March 25 - Bus Stop (1961–1962).
• December – Cheyenne (1955–1962).
• The Brighter Day (1954–1962).
• Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1962).
• The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1962).

Births

• January 5 - Suzy Amis, actress
• January 17 – Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
• February 7 – Eddie Izzard, British stand-up comedian
• February 17 - Lou Diamond Phillips, actor
• February 27 - Adam Baldwin, actor
• March 18 - Thomas Ian Griffith, actor
• March 21 – Matthew Broderick, actor
  • Rosie O'Donnell, actress, comedian, and talk show show
• March 24 - Marcia Cross, actress
• May 24 - Gene Anthony Ray, actor, dancer and choreographer (died 2003)
• July 3 – Tom Cruise, actor
• July 8 – Rob Burnett, one time head writer for David Letterman
• July 13 – Tom Kenny, actor and voice actor
• July 19 - Anthony Edwards, actor
• July 24 – Cleo Rocos, British actress
• July 31 – Wesley Snipes, actor
• September 11 – Elizabeth Daily, actress
  • Kristy McNichol, actress
• September 26 - Melissa Sue Anderson, actress
• October 1 - Esai Morales, actor
• October 4 – Caron Keating, television presenter (died 2004)
• October 13 – Kelly Preston, actress
• November 11 – Demi Moore, actress
• November 19 – Jodie Foster, actress and director
• November 28 – Jon Stewart, television host and comedian
• December 6 – Janine Turner, actress
• December 9 – Felicity Huffman, actress

Deaths

• January 13 – Ernie Kovacs
• August 5 – Marilyn Monroe