Channing

Channing

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.

Drama

Seasons

1. Message From the Tin Room

Air Date: 1963-09-18

2. Exercise in a Shark Tank Sept

Air Date: 1963-09-25

3. An Obelisk for Benny

Air Date: 1963-10-02

A 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.

4. No Wild Games for Sophie

Air Date: 1963-10-09

5. Dragon in the Den

Air Date: 1963-10-23

A 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.

6. Potato Bash World

Air Date: 1963-10-30

7. Collision Course

Air Date: 1963-11-06

8. A Patron Saint for the Cargo Cult

Air Date: 1963-11-13

9. A Window on the War

Air Date: 1963-11-27

10. A Doll's House with Pompoms and Trophies

Air Date: 1963-12-04

One 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.

11. Beyond His Reach

Air Date: 1963-12-11

12. The Last Testament of Buddy Crown

Air Date: 1963-12-18

13. A Hall Full of Strangers

Air Date: 1963-12-25

14. Memory of a Firing Squad

Air Date: 1964-01-01

15. A Rich, Famous, Glamorous Folk Singer Like Me

Air Date: 1964-01-08

16. Swing for the Moon

Air Date: 1964-01-15

17. Another Kind of Music

Air Date: 1964-01-22

18. Ou Sont Les Neiges...?

Air Date: 1964-02-12

19. The Face in the Sun

Air Date: 1964-02-19

20. A Claim to Immortality

Air Date: 1964-02-26

21. Freedom Is a Lovesome Thing God Wot

Air Date: 1964-03-04

22. The Trouble with Girls

Air Date: 1964-03-11

23. Wave Goodbye to Our Fair-haired Boy

Air Date: 1964-03-18

24. A Bang and a Whimper

Air Date: 1964-03-25

Christmas Day Is Breaking Wan

25. Christmas Day Is Breaking Wan

Air Date: 1964-04-01

26. My Son The All-American

Air Date: 1964-04-08

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Rating

7.0/10

Release Date

1963-09-18

Episodes

26 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

Revue Studios