Television CBS sitcom “Green Acres” concluded in 1971, which was part of the so-called “rural purge.” In search of a more sophisticated urban audience, the network also axed “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Mayberry, R.F.D.” and “Hee Haw” that season, and “Petticoat Junction” one year earlier…NBC drama “Operation: Runway,“ starring “Brady Bunch” patriarch Robert Reed, debuted in 1978. It aired for only four episodes… In 1986, electrical engineer John MacDougall jammed […]
Television Beloved Lucille Ball passed away in 1989 at age 77…Made-for-TV biopic “A Woman Named Golda” premiered in syndication in 1982. It starred Ingrid Bergman in what would be her Emmy-winning role as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Bergman’s daughter Pia Lindstrom accepted Bergman’s posthumous Emmy award. Bergman’s co-star Leonard Nimoy also received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited […]
Television NBC debuted western “Jefferson Drum” in 1958, which was co-written by future “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry…Crime drama “Vega$” starring Robert Urich debuted as a TV movie on ABC in 1978…Actress Jane Fonda released her first aerobics workout tape in 1982…Comedy “Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills” debuted on CBS in 1986. It starred Harvey Korman and Valerie Perrine and ran for six episodes. The […]
Television Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the “Gruen Guild Playhouse” on the DuMont Network in 1952 in an episode titled, “The Tiger”…Three NBC series began in 1978: two short-loved comedies “Rollergirls” and “Joe and Valerie,” and in NBC daytime, “Card Sharks.” The game show was originally hosted by Jim Perry and ran for three years. Its second […]
Television and Radio: Game show “Whew,“ hosted by Tom Kennedy, launched on CBS in daytime in 1979. It ran for one year…The pilot episode of the long-running beach-themed drama “Baywatch” debuted as a TV movie on NBC in 1989…Also in 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played his last regular season game in the NBA…Canadian TV movie “Due South,” which introduced the four season comical detective drama, […]
Television Barbara Walters was officially named the first woman to ever co-anchor NBC’s “The Today Show” in 1974…CBS sitcom “Maude,” starring Bea Arthur, concluded its six-season run in 1978. A seventh season was planned for Maude Findlay to move to Washington, D.C. to pursue a career in politics, but Arthur decided to call it quits. The proposed new storyline for […]
Television and Radio: The NBC daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” expanded to one hour in 1975…”Blankety Blanks,” the game show hosted by Bill Cullen, debuted on ABC daytime in 1975. It aired for just two months…Comedian-parody singer “Weird Al” Yankovic made his first television appearance on NBC’s “The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder” […]
