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    Today in TV History: Friday, April 3, 2020

    The first issue of TV Guide was released in 1953, with a photograph of Lucille Ball and her newborn son, Desi Arnaz, Jr. Two classic films opened in U.S. theaters in 1968: the original “Planet of the Apes” starring Charlton Heston and Stanley Kubrick’ “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth” starring Robert […]

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    CBS Announces New ‘I Love Lucy’ Special 

    CBS will present a new one-hour special featuring two back-to-back colorized episodes of “I Love Lucy” on Friday, April 19 from 8-9 p.m. ET.  The two episodes, “The Million-Dollar Idea” and “Bonus Bucks,” are newly colorized with a nod to the 1950s period in which they were filmed. As with previous “Lucy” specials, the main titles […]

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    Rob Reiner Recalls Desi Arnaz Once Going Ballistic at Him for Improvisation

    Promoting the release of his film “Shock and Awe”, the actor/director/producer Rob Reiner was a guest on the Aug. 3, 2018 edition of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”. A guest star on various 60’s TV comedies like “Gomer Pyle” and “The Beverly Hillbillies”, Reiner told a story about one guest spot that never came […]

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    Robert Osborne, Host of Turner Classic Movies, Dies at 84

    Film historian and former Hollywood Reporter columnist Robert Osborne, who shared his knowledge and passion for movies with millions of viewers as the longtime host of Turner Classic Movies, has died. He was 84. “All of us at Turner Classic Movies are deeply saddened by the death of Robert Osborne,” read a statement from Jennifer […]

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