Television Early daytime drama “A Woman to Remember” premiered on the DuMont network in 1947. It moved from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET in May in that first season (out of “Captain Video and His Video Rangers”) and aired through July 15, 1949…The Jackson 5 made their debut on ABC’s “American Bandstand” in 1970…On ABC’s “Three’s Company” in 1978, Stanley Roper (Norman Fell) […]
Posted in:
Television Two long-running CBS series hit the 200-episode mark: “Perry Mason” in 1964 and “The Jeffersons” in 1983…The first pilot episode of detective series “Columbo” starring Peter Falk aired as a made-for-TV movie on NBC in 1968. …”Good Morning America” co-host David Hartman exited in 1987 after 11 years on the ABC morning franchise…On NBC’s “Friends” in 1997, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) ended her romantic […]
Television Two long-running CBS series hit the 200-episode mark: “Perry Mason” in 1964 and “The Jeffersons” in 1983…The first pilot episode of detective series “Columbo” starring Peter Falk aired as a made-for-TV movie on NBC in 1968. …”Good Morning America” co-host David Hartman exited in 1987 after 11 years on the ABC morning franchise…On NBC’s “Friends” in 1997, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) ended her romantic […]
Television Two long-running CBS series hit the 200-episode mark: “Perry Mason” in 1964 and “The Jeffersons” in 1983…The first pilot episode of detective series “Columbo” starring Peter Falk aired as a made-for-TV movie on NBC in 1968. …”Good Morning America” co-host David Hartman exited in 1987 after 11 years on the ABC morning franchise…On NBC’s “Friends” in 1997, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) ended her romantic […]
Television: The children’s television series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,“ hosted by Fred Rogers, began in 1968 on National Educational Television (NET) and ran on its successor, PBS, through August 31, 2001…CBS sitcom “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,“ starring Jim Nabors and spun-off from “The Andy Griffith Show,” shot its last scene (episode #150) in 1969. It aired on May 2, 1969. Shazam!…Three-part Miniseries “A Woman of Independent […]
Television “Tattletales“, hosted by Bert Convy, premiered on CBS in daytime in 1974. The game show about celebrity couples who answered questions to win money for the studio audience lasted four years in its original run. It returned to CBS in 1982 for an additional two years…“Roots: The Next Generations,” which was set two years after “Roots” made television history, […]
Television NBC private eye comedy-drama “Remington Steele” concluded its five-season run in 1987. It starred Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan and Doris Roberts. After originally being canceled in 1986, the network reversed its its decision and brought it back in a series of six TV movies…On NBC’s “Seinfeld” in 1994, George (Jason Alexander) attempted to purchase […]
