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Channing
Overview
Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College. The dean Fred Baker is his mentor as Howe is writing a novel about his experiences. They are frequently involved in the student's lives. Channing, a production of Revue Studios, aired during the same time frame as the first season of NBC's somewhat similar offering, Mr. Novak.
Key Crew
Producer: Jack Laird
Seasons
Season 1 (1963)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Message From the Tin Room
1963-09-18Episode 2: Exercise in a Shark Tank Sept
1963-09-25Episode 3: An Obelisk for Benny
1963-10-02A freshman who is better at partying and flirting with trouble takes a job to help a wheelchair bound paraplegic. It's a definite mismatch as he is sullen and diffident. The two over time learn from each other.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: No Wild Games for Sophie
1963-10-09Episode 5: Dragon in the Den
1963-10-23A Channing alumnus, running for State's Attorney on a "throw the rascals out" platform, discover his campaign manager is using dirty tricks to get him elected.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: Potato Bash World
1963-10-30Episode 7: Collision Course
1963-11-06Episode 8: A Patron Saint for the Cargo Cult
1963-11-13Episode 9: A Window on the War
1963-11-27Episode 10: A Doll's House with Pompoms and Trophies
1963-12-04One of Channing's oldest students is Don Burroughs, who's nearly thirty and never graduates. He and his wife and child live on her salary as the Dean's secretary, but he can't keep a job either. He seems like a charming eternal boy, always forgiven, but deep inside, he resents it.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: Beyond His Reach
1963-12-11Episode 12: The Last Testament of Buddy Crown
1963-12-18Episode 13: A Hall Full of Strangers
1963-12-25Episode 14: Memory of a Firing Squad
1964-01-01Episode 15: A Rich, Famous, Glamorous Folk Singer Like Me
1964-01-08Episode 16: Swing for the Moon
1964-01-15Episode 17: Another Kind of Music
1964-01-22Episode 18: Ou Sont Les Neiges...?
1964-02-12Episode 19: The Face in the Sun
1964-02-19Episode 20: A Claim to Immortality
1964-02-26Episode 21: Freedom Is a Lovesome Thing God Wot
1964-03-04Episode 22: The Trouble with Girls
1964-03-11Episode 23: Wave Goodbye to Our Fair-haired Boy
1964-03-18Episode 24: A Bang and a Whimper
1964-03-25Episode 25: Christmas Day Is Breaking Wan
1964-04-01Episode 26: My Son The All-American
1964-04-08Videos
Channing (1963-64) Promo for episode 1x06 The Potato Bash World
