McHale's Navy is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from an hour drama entitled Seven Against the Sea, broadcast on April 3, 1962. The series is seen, as of 1/6/2016, on American television on Antenna TV.
The series spawned three movies: McHale's Navy (1964), a sequel McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965) and a film that served as a sequel to the series, also entitled McHale's Navy (1997).
Academy Award-winning dramatic actor Ernest Borgnine first appeared as Quinton McHale in a one-shot drama called 'Seven Against the Sea', which aired as an episode of Alcoa Premiere in 1962, an ABC dramatic anthology also known as Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre and hosted by Fred Astaire, who introduced television audiences to the Quinton McHale character. It is considered the pilot show for the series.