Television Variety hour “The Everly Brothers Show” began on ABC in 1970 as a summer replacement for “The Johnny Cash Show.“ The final episode of “Police Squad,” which spawned the “Naked Gun” film franchise, aired on ABC in 1982. Only six episodes were produced. It starred Leslie Nielsen, Alan North and Peter Lupus. ABC sitcom “Mr. Belvedere” concluded its five-and-one-half season run in 1990. Historically, three pilots for a proposed […]
Television: Daytime drama “Ryan’s Hope” debuted on ABC in 1975. It aired through January 13, 1989 and initially focused on a large Irish-American family in the Riverside district of New York City…Also premiering in daytime in 1975 was the NBC’s “The Magnificent Marble Machine” hosted by Art James. The game show had celebrities and contestants displaying their pinball […]
Television: The TV series adaptation of “The Amazing Spider-Man” starring Nicholas Hammond in the title role of the comic book character concluded its run in 1979. Despite achieving respectable ratings, its expensive production costs led to the filming of only 13 episodes for CBS…”Snoops“, the crime-solver comedy-drama starring real-life married couple Tim Reid and Daphne Maxwell Reid, concluded its 13-episode […]
Television: The first episode of “Seinfeld” (then called “The Seinfeld Chronicles“) aired on NBC in 1989. The sitcom aired for eight seasons (and 180 episodes)…The short-lived “The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour” debuted on ABC in 1983. It was hosted by Arsenio Hall and Thom Sharp. Guest appearing on the show’s first episode were Joan Collins, […]
Television ABC introduced variety half-hour “The Andy Williams Show” as a summer replacement for “The Pat Boone – Chevy Showroom” in 1958. The following summer, the series expanded to one-hour and shifted to CBS as a replacement for “The Garry Moore Show.“ In 1962, Williams was upgraded to his own regular season show, this time on NBC…CBS debuted the variety […]
Television The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) went on air with W3XK in 1928, the first television broadcasting station in the USA…”The Bob & Ray Show,” hosted by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, premiered on NBC radio in 1951…“The Lawrence Welk Show,“ which was initially a summer replacement series, began its 16-season run on ABC in 1955. […]
Television The beginning of commercial television broadcasting began in 1941. The Federal Communications Commission licenses went into effect, allowing broadcasters to transmit programs and advertising. The first channels to receive FCC licenses were WNBT in New York (the precursor to WNBC), operated by the National Broadcasting Company, and WCBW (now CBS), operated by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Any broadcasting before that date was […]
