Premiere year

1962 premieres

46 American shows premiered in 1962. Sorted by premiere date where the day is recorded; shows known only by year are listed at the end.

46 shows

Premiere	Show	Network	Seasons	Episodes	Genre
Jan 2	Your First Impression	NBC	2	85	—
Jan 6	Beany and CecilAnimated series	ABC	1	26	—
Jan 27	Room for One More	ABC	1	26	Sitcom
Feb 20	The Beachcomber		1	39	Drama
Mar 8	Oh! Those Bells	CBS	1	13	Sitcom
Mar 27	Finland Calling	WLUC-TV	—	—	Variety show
Apr 9	Here's Edie	ABC	3	21	—
Aug 8	Sábado Gigante	Univision, Canal 13	53	2,778	—
Sep 3	Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har HarAnimated series	Syndication	1	52	—
Sep 3	The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon SeriesAnimated series	Syndication	—	52	Comedy
Sep 3	Touché Turtle and Dum DumAnimated series	Syndication	2	52	—
Sep 3	Wally GatorAnimated series	ABC	2	52	Comedy
Sep 8	Deputy DawgAnimated series	CBS	—	34	—
Sep 11	The Lloyd Bridges Show	CBS	1	34	Anthology
Sep 15	Sam Benedict	NBC	1	28	Legal drama
Sep 17	It's a Man's World	NBC	1	19	Comedy-drama
Sep 17	Saints and Sinners	NBC	1	18	Drama
Sep 19	The Virginian	NBC	9	249	Western
Sep 20	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	CBS	3	93	Anthology
Sep 20	The Wide Country	NBC	1	28	Western
Sep 21	Don't Call Me Charlie	NBC	1	18	Sitcom
Sep 21	Fair Exchange	CBS	1	27	Sitcom
Sep 23	Ensign O'Toole	NBC	1	32	Comedy
Sep 23	McKeever and the Colonel	NBC	—	26	Sitcom
Sep 23	The JetsonsAnimated series	ABC, Syndication	3	75	Children's
Sep 24	The New Loretta Young Show	CBS	1	26	Comedy-drama
Sep 25	Empire	NBC	1	32	—
Sep 26	The Beverly Hillbillies	CBS	9	274	Sitcom
Sep 27	The Doctors and the Nurses	CBS	3	98	—
Sep 28	I'm Dickens, He's Fenster	ABC	1	32	Sitcom
Sep 29	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	ABC	1	25	Sitcom
Sep 29	The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show	ABC	—	12	—
Sep 30	GE True	CBS	1	33	Anthology
Oct 1	Stoney Burke	ABC	1	32	Western
Oct 1	The Lucy Show	CBS	6	156	Sitcom
Oct 1	The Merv Griffin Show	NBC	—	4,855	—
Oct 1	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	NBC	30	4,531	Late-night talk show
Oct 2	Combat!	ABC	5	152	War
Oct 3	Going My Way	ABC	1	30	Comedy-drama
Oct 3	Our Man Higgins	ABC	1	34	Sitcom
Oct 3	The Eleventh Hour	NBC	2	62	—
Oct 5	The Gallant Men	ABC	1	26	—
Oct 11	McHale's Navy	ABC	4	138	Sitcom
Nov 16	Camouflage	ABC	—	—	—
—	Family Classics	WGN-TV	39	971	—
Dec 31	Match Game	CBS, ABC	—	1,760	Panel game

Finales

Shows that ended in 1962

Show	Network	Years	Seasons	Years on air
The Brighter Day	CBS, NBC	1948–1962	—	15
The Big Payoff	NBC, CBS	1951–1962	9	12
General Electric Theater	CBS	1953–1962	10	10
Maverick	ABC	1957–1962	5	6
Tales of Wells Fargo	NBC	1957–1962	6	6
Bachelor Father	CBS	1957–1962	5	6
Tonight Starring Jack Paar	NBC	1957–1962	—	6
The Verdict is Yours	CBS	1957–1962	5	6
Bronco	ABC	1958–1962	4	5
Lawman	ABC	1958–1962	4	5
The Quick Draw McGraw ShowAnimated series	Syndication	1959–1962	3	4
Adventures in Paradise	ABC	1959–1962	3	4
The Detectives	ABC	1959–1962	3	4
Hennesey	CBS	1959–1962	3	4
Surfside 6	ABC	1960–1962	2	3
Checkmate	CBS	1960–1962	2	3
Outlaws	NBC	1960–1962	2	3
National Velvet	NBC	1960–1962	2	3
The Roaring 20s	ABC	1960–1962	2	3
Courageous Cat and Minute MouseAnimated series	Syndication	1960–1962	—	3