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 nine 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.
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.
Les Crane and Regis Philbin host The Tonight Show for a short time, until Johnny Carson took over later in the year.
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.
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.
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)
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-present).
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-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).
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
December - Cheyenne (1955-1962).
The Brighter Day (1954-1962).
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962).
Hancock's Half Hour (1956-1962).
The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1962).
Births
March 21 - Matthew Broderick, actor
April 19 - Al Unser, Jr., race car driver, two-time winner of the Indy 500.
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 24 - Cleo Rocos, British actress
July 31 - Wesley Snipes, actor
September 11 - Elizabeth Daily, actress.
October 4 - Caron Keating, television presenter (d. 2004).
November 11 - Demi Moore, American actress
November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director.
Deaths
January 13 - Ernie Kovacs
August 5 - Marilyn Monroe
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