Click the link below for Amazon warehouse deals and every click helps keep this channel running and commercial freebr br br . McHale's Navy is an American sitcom starring br Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hourbr episodes over four seasons, from October br 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC br television network. The series was filmed br in black and white and originated from an br hour drama entitled Seven Against the Sea,br br broadcast on April 3, 1962.br br The ABC series spawned three feature films:br McHale's Navy (1964); a sequel, McHale'sbr Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); and a much br later 1997 sequel-remake of the original series.