1962 in television

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The year 1962 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of notable events of that year.

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.
  • NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before a midnight showing of Laramie.
• March 24 – Boxer Benny Kid Paret falls unconscious at the hands of fellow boxer Emile Griffith during a boxing match telecast by ABC from Madison Square Garden, and officiated by Ruby Goldstein. Paret dies 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 its last episode on CBS.
• July 6 - Gay Byrne presents the first edition of The Late Late Show on RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland. Byrne goes on to present the show for 37 years, the longest period through which any individual hosts a televised talk show anywhere in the world, and the show itself becomes the world's second longest-running talk show.
• July 23 – First publicly available live transatlantic television broadcast via Telstar 1.
• August 24 - Indonesia begins the first television broadcast with the newly inaugurated TVRI (Televisi Republik Indonesia, the Television Channel of Indonesia). TVRI is the first national television network in Indonesia before 1989. The establishment of TVRI marked the Day of Indonesian National Television.
• September 1 – Channel Television, the ITV franchise for the Channel Islands, goes on air.
• September 9 - WNYS-TV (now WSYR-TV) signs-on the air, giving Syracuse, New York its first full-time ABC affiliate.
• 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.

Programs/programmes

• American Bandstand (1952–1989)
• Armchair Theatre (UK) (1956–1968)
• As the World Turns (1956–2010)
• Ben Casey (1961–1966)
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present)
• Bonanza (1959–1973)
• Bozo the Clown (1949–present)
• Candid Camera (1948–present)
• Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984)
• Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963)
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995)
• Coronation Street (UK) (1960–present)
• Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
• Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–1976)
• Face the Nation (1954–present)
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961–present)
• Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007)
• Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
• Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
• Hazel (1961–1966)
• It's Academic (1961–present)
• Juke Box Jury (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990)
• Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
• Love of Life (1951–1980)
• Meet the Press (1947–present)
• Mister Ed (1961–1966)
• My Three Sons (1960–1972)
• Naked City (1958–1963)
• Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–1978)
• Panorama (UK) (1953–present)
• Perry Mason (1957–1966)
• Route 66 (1960–1964)
• Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986)
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
• The Avengers (UK) (1961–1969)
• The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1968)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
• The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
• The Edge of Night (1956–1984)
• The Flintstones (1960–1966)
• The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–1968)
• The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–1983)
• The Guiding Light (1952–2009)
• The Jack Benny Show (1950–1965)
• The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–1982)
• The Lucy Show (1962–1968) (CBS)
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1981)
• The Milton Berle Show (1954–1967)
• The Price Is Right (1956–1965)
• The Real McCoys (1957–1963)
• The Secret Storm (1954–1974)
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present)
• The Today Show (1952–present)
• The Tonight Show (1954–present)
• The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
• The Untouchables (1959–1963)
• The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963)
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003)
• Truth or Consequences (1950–1988)
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–1969)
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–2008)
• What's My Line (1950–1967)
• Zoo Quest (UK) (1954–1964)

Debuts

• January 2 – Z-Cars (UK) on BBC Television (1962–1978)
• April 6 – Little Blue Light (Голубой огонёк, Goluboy ogonyok) in the Soviet Union (1962–present)
• April 17 – Brothers in Law (UK) on BBC Television (1962)
• July 6 – The Late Late Show (Ireland) on RTÉ (1962–present)
• September 3 – The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series on Syndication (1962–1963)
• September 19 – The Virginian on NBC, beginning a nine-year run, and is the first western to air in 90-minute installments (1962–1971)
• September 21 – Don't Call Me Charlie! on NBC (1962–1963)
• September 23 – The Jetsons on ABC (1962–1963, 1984–1985, 1987); the first program to air in color on the network
• September 26 – The Beverly Hillbillies premieres on CBS (1962–1971)
• October 1 – The Lucy Show on CBS (1962–1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC (1962–1992); Discovery on ABC (1962–1971)
• October 2 – Combat! on ABC (1962–1967)
• October 4 – The Saint (UK) on ITV (1962–1969)
• October 11 – McHale's Navy on ABC (1962–1966)
• December 10- Bonne Nuit les Petits on RTF (France) and Ici Radio-Canada Télé (Canada)
• December 31 – Match Game on NBC (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999, 2016–present)
• To Tell the Truth on CTV (1962–1964)

Ending this year

Date	Show	Debut
January 6	The Yogi Bear Show	1961
March 25	Bus Stop
April 4	Straightaway
April 18	Top Cat
May 10	Outlaws	1960
May 23	Window on Main Street	1961
September 12	The Alvin Show
September 28	The Brighter Day	1954
Unknown	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1955
	The Quick Draw McGraw Show	1959

Births

Date	Name	Notability
January 5	Suzy Amis	Actress
January 7	Hallie Todd	Actress (Brothers, Lizzie McGuire)
January 11	Kim Coles	Actress (In Living Color, Living Single)
January 17	Jim Carrey	Actor and comedian (In Living Color)
	Joseph C. Phillips	Actor (The Cosby Show, General Hospital)
January 19	Kelly Coffield Park	Actress and comedian (In Living Color)
January 28	Creflo Dollar	American televangelist
January 29	Nicholas Turturro	Actor (NYPD Blue)
February 4	Jim O'Heir	Actor (Parks and Recreation)
February 13	Michele Greene	Actress (L.A. Law)
February 15	Kurt McKinney	Actor (Guiding Light)
February 17	Lou Diamond Phillips	Actor (Longmire)
February 27	Adam Baldwin	Actor (Chuck)
March 10	Jasmine Guy	Actress, singer and dancer (A Different World)
March 11	Jeffrey Nordling	Actor (Once and Again, 24, Desperate Housewives)
	Barbara Alyn Woods	Actress (One Tree Hill)
March 15	Jimmy Baio	Actor (Soap)
March 18	Thomas Ian Griffith	Actor (Another World)
March 21	Matthew Broderick	Actor (2-time host of Saturday Night Live)
	Rosie O'Donnell	Actress, comedian, talk show host (The Rosie O'Donnell Show)
March 25	Marcia Cross	Actress (Bree Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives)
April 2	Clark Gregg	Actor (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
April 15	Tom Kane	Voice actor (The Angry Beavers, The Wild Thornberrys, The Powerpuff Girls, Kim Possible, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The X's)
April 26	Debra Wilson	Actress and comedian (Mad TV)
May 2	Elizabeth Berridge	Actress (The John Larroquette Show)
	Mitzi Kapture	Actress (Silk Stalkings)
May 4	Clare Wren	Actress (The Young Riders)
May 24	Gene Anthony Ray	Actor, dancer, choreographer (Fame) (died 2003)
May 26	Genie Francis	Actress (General Hospital)
May 28	Michelle Collins	Actress (EastEnders, Coronation Street)
	Brandon Cruz	Actor (The Courtship of Eddie's Father)
June 5	Jeff Garlin	Actor and comedian (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Goldbergs)
June 7	Simon Day	English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
June 10	Carolyn Hennesy	Soap opera actress (General Hospital)
June 12	Eamonn Walker	British actor (Oz, Chicago Fire)
June 19	Paula Abdul	Singer, choreographer (American Idol judge)
June 29	Amanda Donohoe	Actress (L.A. Law)
July 1	Andre Braugher	Actor (Homicide: Life on the Street, Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
	Dominic Keating	English actor (Star Trek: Enterprise)
July 3	Thomas Gibson	Actor (Chicago Hope, Dharma & Greg, Criminal Minds)
July 8	Rob Burnett	Executive producer of (Late Show with David Letterman)
July 13	Tom Kenny	Actor and comedian (voice of SpongeBob on SpongeBob SquarePants)
July 18	Jensen Buchanan	Actress (One Life to Live, Another World)
July 19	Anthony Edwards	Actor (Dr. Mark Greene on ER)
July 20	Carlos Alazraqui	Actor and comedian (Rocko's Modern Life, Hey Arnold!, CatDog, Rocket Power, The Fairly OddParents, ¡Mucha Lucha!, Reno 911!, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Camp Lazlo, Squirrel Boy, The Replacements, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Phineas and Ferb, The Loud House)
July 23	Eriq La Salle	Actor (ER)
July 25	Anthony Tyler Quinn	Actor (Boy Meets World)
July 29	Kevin Chapman	Actor (Rescue Me, Person of Interest)
July 31	Wesley Snipes	Actor
August 16	Steve Carell	Actor and comedian (Michael Scott on The Office)
August 19	Eric Lutes	Actor (Caroline in the City)
August 20	James Marsters	Actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
August 24	Craig Kilborn	Comedian and host (The Daily Show)
	David Koechner	Actor and comedian (Todd Packer on The Office)
August 29	Ian James Corlett	Voice Actor
August 31	Dee Bradley Baker
September 6	Elizabeth Vargas	Journalist (20/20)
September 11	Kristy McNichol	Actress (Family, Empty Nest)
September 12	Mary Kay Adams	Actress (Guiding Light, Babylon 5)
	Amy Yasbeck	Actress (Wings)
September 15	Scott McNeil	Voice Actor
September 17	Paul Feig	Actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
	Dustin Nguyen	Vietnamese-American actor (21 Jump Street, V.I.P.)
September 19	Cheri Oteri	Comic actress (Saturday Night Live)
September 21	Rob Morrow	Actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)
	Mark Holden	Actor (Deep State)
September 26	Melissa Sue Anderson	Actress (Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie)
October 1	Esai Morales	Actor (NYPD Blue)
October 2	Jeff Bennett	Voice actor (Animaniacs, Gargoyles, Pinky and the Brain, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Pepper Ann, Histeria!, The Powerpuff Girls, The Weekenders, Teamo Supremo, Kim Possible, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Ozzy & Drix, Codename: Kids Next Door, Teen Titans, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Xiaolin Showdown, Dave the Barbarian, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, American Dragon: Jake Long, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Camp Lazlo, The Emperor's New School, The Replacements, Curious George, Chowder, Transformers: Animated, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The Penguins of Madagascar, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Regular Show, T.U.F.F. Puppy, The Loud House)
October 12	Carlos Bernard	Actor (24)
October 13	Kelly Preston	Actress (d. 2020)
	T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh	Actress (In Living Color, That's So Raven)
October 17	Mike Judge	Actor and director (Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill)
October 22	Bob Odenkirk	Actor and comedian (Mr. Show with Bob and David, Breaking Bad)
November 11	Demi Moore	Actress and model (General Hospital)
November 14	Laura San Giacomo	Actress (Just Shoot Me!)
November 19	Jodie Foster	Actress and director
November 28	Jon Stewart	Comedian and host (The Daily Show)
December 6	Janine Turner	Actress (Northern Exposure)
December 9	Felicity Huffman	Actress (Desperate Housewives)
December 19	Jill Talley	Actress (SpongeBob SquarePants, The Boondocks, Camp Lazlo, The Loud House)
December 31	Don Diamont	Actor (The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful)
	Lance Reddick	Actor (The Wire, Fringe)

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 13	Ernie Kovacs	42	Comic actor, director, writer, composer
February 8	Myron McCormick	54	Stage actor, radio actor and film actor
February 27	Willie Best	45	Actor
March 1	Roscoe Ates	67
June 19	Will Wright	68
August 5	Marilyn Monroe	36	Iconic sex symbol, actress
October 2	Frank Lovejoy	50	Actor
October 26	Louise Beavers	60	Actress
December 16	Lew Landers	61	Director
December 17	Thomas Mitchell	70	Actor

See also

• 1962–63 United States network television schedule