Channing

Episode Info

Final: 1x26 -- My Son, the All-American (Apr/08/1964)

Cast

Henry Jones (1) As Dean Fred Baker	Jason Evers As Professor Joseph Howe
Leo G. Carroll As Professor John Miller	Leslie Nielsen As Professor Paul Stafford
Marion Ross As Assistant Dean Ryker

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lockefan

Reviews: 4

Littlee known but apparently goodRating: 1 likes, 0 dislikes

Yet another show that is very close to being in the "brilliant, but canceled' category. Channing was a show from the early sixties "social drama era", which began a little before the beginning of the sixties with Naked City and probably ended when Slattery's People was canceled. The big trend in this period was shows featuring non-traditional heroes( Psychiatrists, highschool teachers, defense attorneys, social workers,surgeons,state legislators))dealing with current social problems. Channing focused on college teachers. It was, in fact one of the two TV dramas that I can think of that was set on a college campus. Jason Evers played Professor Joseph Howe, Korean War Vet and would-be novelist who taught English at Channing College. His mentor and advisor was Dean Baker, played by that wonderful character actor Henry Jones. The show fearured some truly remarkable Guest stars( Agnes Morrehead, James Earl Jones, Rip Torn, Dawn Wells,) and frequently boasted edgy, intelligent writing. However, it never attrected a big enough audience and vanished after its first season. Oddly, alot of episodes seem to exist in private collections. Read more

Review posted on Saturday, July 10th 2010 at 4:41 pm

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Channing

Classification: Scripted
Genre: Drama
Status: Canceled/Ended
Network: ABC (

USA)
Airs: Wednesdays at 10:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: September 18, 1963
Ended: September 09, 1964

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