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This article is about the television series. For other uses, see McHale's Navy (disambiguation).

McHale's Navy
Front to back: McHale, Binghamton, Parker, Fuji, Carpenter, Tinker, Virgil, Christy, Willy, Gruber
Created by	Edward Montagne
Starring	Ernest Borgnine Tim Conway Joe Flynn Bob Hastings
Theme music composer	Axel Stordahl
Composers	Axel Stordahl Cyril Mockridge Frank Comstock Jack Elliott
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	138 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Edward Montagne Si Rose (1964–1966)
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Sto-Rev-Co Productions Revue Studios (season 1) Universal Television (seasons 2-4)
Distributor	MCA TV
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 11, 1962 – April 12, 1966

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 a one-hour drama titled "Seven Against the Sea", broadcast on April 3, 1962 as part of the Alcoa Premiere anthology series. The ABC series spawned three feature films: McHale's Navy (1964); a sequel, McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); and a 1997 sequel-remake of the original series. The show can now be seen on Antenna TV.

"Seven Against the Sea" (1962)[edit]

Academy Award–winning dramatic actor Ernest Borgnine first appeared as Quinton McHale in an hour-long one-shot drama called "Seven Against the Sea",^[1] 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.^[2] It is considered the pilot show for the series although it is an hour-long drama instead of a half-hour situation comedy and is starkly different in tone.