Channing (TV series) explained

Alt Name:	The Young and the Bold
Genre:	Drama
Starring:	Jason Evers Henry Jones
Composer:	Jack Marshall
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	26
Executive Producer:	Stanley Rubin
Producer:	Jack Laird
Company:	Revue-Betford
Runtime:	45 - 48 minutes
Channel:	ABC

Channing (also known as The Young and the Bold) is an hour-long American drama series that aired at 10:00 p.m. on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 8, 1964.^[1] The series depicted life at fictitious Channing College, with Jason Evers in the lead role of Professor Joseph Howe, and Henry Jones as Fred Baker, the dean of the institution.^[2]

Channing, a production of Revue Studios, aired during the same time frame as the first season of NBC's somewhat similar offering, Mr. Novak.

Cast

• Henry Jones as Dean Fred Baker
• Jason Evers as Professor Joseph Howe

Jones and Evers were the only regulars.

Notable guest stars

• Leo G. Carroll as Professor John Miller
• Yvonne Craig as Kathy O'Reardon
• Keir Dullea as Larry Franklin
• Joey Heatherton as Lynn Walton
• Leslie Nielsen as Professor Paul Stafford
• Suzanne Pleshette as Laurie Moore
• Marion Ross as Assistant Dean Ryker
• Dawn Wells as Nancy Kyle
• Joyce Bulifant
• James Caan
• John Cassavetes
• Michael Constantine
• Ellen Corby
• Noreen Corcoran
• Tim Conway
• Bob Crane
• Pete Duel
• Peter Fonda
• Mark Goddard
• Joan Hackett
• Barbara Harris
• Mariette Hartley
• Peter Helm
• Rafer Johnson
• James Earl Jones
• Peggy McCay
• Ralph Meeker

• Agnes Moorehead
• Greg Morris
• Leela Naidu
• Ed Nelson
• Leslie Nielsen
• Michael Parks (two episodes as Dante Donati)
• Suzanne Pleshette
• Michael J. Pollard
• Denver Pyle
• Chris Robinson
• Telly Savalas
• George Segal
• William Shatner
• Tom Simcox
  • Forrest Tucker Elen Willard

Production notes

Stanley Rubin was the executive producer; Jack Laird, the producer, and Bob Rafelson, the associate producer.

Notes and References

1. Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 154
2. News: A.B.C.-TV TO DROP '77 SUNSET STRIP' / Also Discontinuing 3 Other Series Before April. The New York Times, p.41. Adams, Val. January 1, 1964. November 18, 2018.