1962 in television

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Births 5 Deaths

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.
• October 2 - Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show.
• Les Crane and Regis Philbin host The Tonight Show for a short time, until Johnny Carson took over later in the year.

• The Beverly Hillbillies on CBS (1962-1971)

• Broadcast of Sábados Alegres begins, program later becomes Sábados Gigantes

• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
• Bonanza (1959-1973)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• Hanna Barbera's The Flintstones (1960-1966)
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Mister Ed (1961-1966)
• My Three Sons (1960-1972)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959-1965)
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954-1983)

• July 8 - Rob Burnett, one time head writer for David Letterman
• September 11 - Elizabeth Daily, actress
• November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director

• January 13 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian