Television CBS sitcom “Alice,” based on the 1974 theatrical “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” opened in 1976. It ran for nine seasons…Michael Jackson’s “Bad” video premiered on CBS in 1987…Tito and Jermaine Jackson walked off the set of NBC’s “Today” show in 1993 when a crew arrived to interview the two about the troubles of their brother Michael with the Los Angeles Police Department…The final episode of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” hosted by Fred Rogers, aired on PBS in 2001. It […]
Television Tom Brokaw became host of NBC’s “Today’s Show” in 1976 and remained in the job until 1981…“The Late Show with David Letterman” debuted on CBS in 1993 and stayed on the air through May 20, 2015. Billy Joel was the first musical guest…Post-apocalyptic science-fiction drama “Falling Skies” starring Noah Wyle concluded its five-season, 52-episode series run on TNT in 2015…At the MTV Video Music Awards […]
Television More than 78 million viewers tuned in to see Richard Kimble (David Janssen) square off with the “One-Armed Man” (Bill Raisch) on the series finale of the original version of drama “The Fugitive” on ABC in 1967. This was the most watched episode of a regularly scheduled television series until the mystery of “Who Shot J.R. […]
Television Sitcom “The Jamie Foxx Show” began its five season run on The WB in 1996…HBO historical drama “Rome,” which was set in the 1st century BC and looked at the rise of the Roman Empire through the eyes of two Roman soldiers, debuted in 2005. Five seasons were planned, but it aired for only two seasons due to high production costs. Movies “The Killers”, starring Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster in […]
Television The police drama “Stand by for Crime,“ the first program to be transmitted from Chicago to New York, concluded on ABC in 1949. One of the stars was veteran newsman Mike Wallace, under his real name, Myron Wallace…In 1964, Gracie Allen of the Burns and Allen comedy duo passed away at the age of 69. Her beloved husband, George Burns, died on March […]
The first televised major league baseball games were shown on experimental station W2XBS in 1939: a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field…The sci-fi drama “M.A.N.T.I.S.” starring Carl Lumbly as a paralytic scientist who invented a costume that enabled to him perform superhuman feats debuted on Fox in 1994. It only lasted one season…“7th Heaven,” the longest […]
Television Game show “Concentration,” hosted by Hugh Downs, debuted on NBC in daytime in 1958…Mega-producer Aaron Spelling scored another hit with adventure series “Hart to Hart” starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers, which debuted on ABC in 1979. The drama, created by novelist Sidney Sheldon, aired for five seasons. Eight made-for-TV movies were produced from 1993-96…Family sitcom “Roc” starring Charles S. Dutton and Rocky Carroll premiered on Fox in 1991. […]
