The nominations for THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, which will air live Sunday, June 16 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, and streaming on Paramount+ in the United States. This year, “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Stereophonic” lead with 13 nominations each. As previously announced, Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose returns to host the […]
At the time of writing, Netflix has more than 203 million active subscribers worldwide. That is an eye-watering amount, particularly when you consider that this is a paid-for service – there are no freebies here, and that highlights the extent to which content streaming platforms are now not only incredibly popular but actually essential in […]
Television: “Arthur Godfrey Time” began a 27 year run on CBS radio in 1945…Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on network television in 1952…The pilot episode of Aaron Spelling crime solver “Starsky and Hutch,” starring Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul, aired in 1975. It officially debuted on Sept. 10, 1975 and ran for four seasons…The series finale of “That’s […]
Television In 1954, Ernest Borgnine made his network television debut on dramatic anthology “Ford Theatre”…“The Wide World of Sports” debuted on ABC in 1961…Syndicated daytime talker “Donahue,” hosted by Phil Donahue, relocated to Chicago in 1974…The Vietnam War came to an official end in 1975…The final episode of the original “Battlestar Galactica” aired on ABC in 1979 after one season. When the fans protested, it […]
Television: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” won at 17th “Tony Awards” in 1963…Then 22-year-old Barbra Streisand was featured in her first-ever TV special, “My Name Is Barbra,” on CBS in 1965. Airing in conjunction with the release of her fifth album and the winner of three Emmy Awards, Streisand signed […]
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 […]
