An experienced South Pacific Sea Dog by the name of Quinton McHale, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander into the U.S. Navy Reserve at the start of World War II.
McHale was made the Skipper of the Torpedo Patrol (PT) Boat #73 stationed at the U.S. Naval Installation on the island of Taratupa in the Southwest Pacific.
The 73 'Family' included, among others, a con man and amateur Magician, a womanizing hunk, a dedicated Family man, a guitar-playing, moonshine-making Tennessee good ol' boy, and even a deserter from the Japanese Navy, who was an excellent cook.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | An Ensign for McHale | 1962-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | A Purple Heart for Gruber | 1962-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | McHale and His Seven Cupids | 1962-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | PT 73, Where Are You? | 1962-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Movies Are Your Best Diversion | 1962-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Operation Wedding Party | 1962-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Who Do the Voodoo? | 1962-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Three Girls on an Island | 1962-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | McHale's Paradise Motel | 1962-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Battle of McHale's Island | 1962-12-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Day They Captured Santa Claus | 1962-12-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Beauty and the Beast | 1963-01-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Captain's Mission | 1963-01-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Send Us a Hero | 1963-01-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Captain Steals a Cook | 1963-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Ensign Gets a Zero | 1963-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Big Raffle | 1963-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | One of Our Engines is Missing | 1963-02-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Natives Get Restless | 1963-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Confidence Game | 1963-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Six Pounds from Paradise | 1963-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Washing Machine Charlie | 1963-03-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Nippon Nancy Calling | 1963-03-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | One Enchanted Weekend | 1963-03-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Mothers of PT 73 | 1963-04-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | H.M.S. 73 | 1963-04-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 27 | A Wreath for McHale | 1963-04-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 28 | Portrait of a Peerless Leader | 1963-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 29 | Instant Democracy | 1963-05-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 30 | Camera, Action, Panic | 1963-05-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 31 | Alias Captain Binghamton | 1963-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 32 | Parents Anonymous | 1963-05-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 33 | McHale's Millions | 1963-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 34 | The Hillbillies of PT 73 | 1963-06-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 35 | The Monster of McHale's Island | 1963-06-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 36 | Uncle Admiral | 1963-06-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Day the War Stood Still | 1963-09-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Binghamton Murder Plot | 1963-09-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | McHale and His Schweinhunds | 1963-10-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Is There a Doctor in the Hut? | 1963-10-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | To Binghamton with Love | 1963-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Have Kimono, Will Travel | 1963-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Today I Am a Man! | 1963-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Jolly Wally | 1963-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Scuttlebutt | 1963-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | The August Teahouse of Quint McHale | 1963-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | French Leave for McHale | 1963-11-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | The Happy Sleepwalker | 1963-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | A Letter for Fuji | 1963-12-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | My Ensign, the Lawyer | 1963-12-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Orange Blossoms for McHale | 1963-12-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Creature from McHale's Lagoon | 1963-12-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | A Medal for Parker | 1964-01-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Balloon Goes Up | 1964-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Who'll Buy My Sarongs? | 1964-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Evil-Eye Parker | 1964-01-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | The Great Impersonation | 1964-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Urulu's Paradise West | 1964-02-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | Dear Diary | 1964-02-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Babette Go Home | 1964-02-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | The Novocain Mutiny | 1964-03-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Stars Over Taratupa | 1964-03-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 27 | Comrades of PT 73 | 1964-03-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 28 | The Return of Big Frenchy | 1964-03-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 29 | Alias PT 73 | 1964-03-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 30 | The Rage of Taratupa | 1964-04-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 31 | Ensign Parker, E.S.P. | 1964-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 32 | The McHale Mob | 1964-04-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 33 | Carpenter in Command | 1964-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 34 | Marryin' Chuck | 1964-05-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 35 | The Dart Gun Wedding | 1964-05-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 36 | A Da-Da for Christy | 1964-05-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Ghosts of 73 | 1964-09-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Lester, the Skipper | 1964-09-18 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad War | 1964-09-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | McHale, the Desk Commando | 1964-10-06 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | McHale's Floating Harem | 1964-10-13 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Laugh, Captain, Laugh | 1964-10-20 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Will the Alligator Take the Stand? | 1964-10-27 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | The British Also Have Ensigns | 1964-11-10 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Senator Parker, Suh! | 1964-11-17 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Fountain of Youth | 1964-11-24 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | The Great Eclipse | 1964-12-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | McHale and His Jet Set | 1964-12-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Christy Goes Traveling | 1964-12-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | The Missing Link | 1964-12-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Fuji's Big Romance | 1964-12-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | The Stool Parrot | 1965-01-05 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | The PT 73 Follies | 1965-01-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | The Truth Hurts | 1965-01-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | The Late Captain Binghamton | 1965-01-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | McHale's Floating Laundromat | 1965-02-02 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | All Chiefs and No Indians | 1965-02-09 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | Pumpkin Takes Over | 1965-02-16 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker | 1965-02-23 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | The Return of Maggie | 1965-03-02 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Send This Ensign to Camp | 1965-03-09 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | By the Numbers, Paint | 1965-03-16 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 27 | Chuckie Cottontail | 1965-03-23 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 28 | The Great Necklace Caper | 1965-03-30 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 29 | Will the Real Admiral Please Stand Up? | 1965-04-06 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 30 | Hello, McHale? Colonna! | 1965-04-13 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 31 | Rumble on Taratupa | 1965-04-20 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 32 | All Ahead, Empty | 1965-04-27 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 33 | The Vampire of Taratupa | 1965-05-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 34 | Birth of a Salesman | 1965-05-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 35 | A Star Falls on Taratupa | 1965-05-18 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 36 | Make Room for Orvie | 1965-06-01 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | War, Italian Style | 1965-09-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Bathtub Thief | 1965-09-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Marriage, McHale Style | 1965-09-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Guiseppe McHale | 1965-10-05 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | A Nip in Time | 1965-10-12 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Piazza Binghamtoni | 1965-10-19 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | The Bald-Headed Contessa | 1965-10-26 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Voltafiore Fish-Fry | 1965-11-02 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | A Wine Cellar is Not a Home | 1965-11-09 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Vino, Vino, Who's Got the Vino? | 1965-11-16 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | The McHale Opera Company | 1965-11-23 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | The Good Luck Fountain | 1965-11-30 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Blitzkrieg at McHale's Beach | 1965-12-07 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Reunion for PT 73 | 1965-12-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | The Return of Guiseppe | 1965-12-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | The Boy Scouts of 73 | 1965-12-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Fire in the Liquor Locker | 1966-01-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | The Fugitive Ensign | 1966-01-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | The Wacky WAC | 1966-01-18 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | La Dolce 73 | 1966-01-25 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | McHale's Country Club Caper | 1966-02-08 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | Secret Chimp 007 | 1966-02-15 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 23 | 36-24-73 | 1966-02-22 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 24 | My Son, the Skipper | 1966-03-01 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 25 | Little Red Riding Doctor | 1966-03-08 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 26 | Who Was That German I Saw You With? | 1966-03-15 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 27 | The McHale Grand Prix | 1966-03-22 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 28 | An Ensign's Best Friend | 1966-03-29 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 29 | Binghamton, at 20 Paces | 1966-04-05 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 30 | Wally for Congress | 1966-04-12 | 30 min |
