Television “Maude” on CBS aired its 100th episode in 1976. The “All in the Family” spin-off aired for six seasons, concluding on April 22, 1978…”The Early Show,” initially hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Clayson and featuring Julie Chen at the news desk anchor, debuted on CBS in 1999. It ran until January 6, 2012 and was replaced by “CBS This Morning.”…Two short-lived series debuted on Fox in 2000: sitcom “Normal, Ohio” […]
Television “The Odd Couple” on ABC hit the 100-episode mark in 1974. It concluded on March 7, 1975 after five seasons…Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) and Dan (John Goodman) competed to see who is the spookiest on the first of the annual Halloween-themed episodes of ABC’s “Roseanne” in 1989. AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” based on Robert Kirkman’s comic-book series about a world suddenly overrun by zombies, launched with record ratings […]
Television and Radio On radio, and in 1938, Orson Welles and his troupe of radio actors interrupted the Columbia Broadcasting System’s programming to “report” that our planet had been invaded. It was actually the dramatization of H. G. Wells‘ fantasy “War of the Worlds.” According to reports, approximately 12 million people were listening when Welles’ broadcast came on the […]
Television Chet Huntley and David Brinkley teamed up for “The Huntley-Brinkley Report” in 1956, which was NBC’s flagship evening news program until July 31, 1970…On ABC’s prime time animated series “The Flintstones” in 1964, Fred must spend one night in a haunted house in order to inherit his uncle’s property…”Look What Happened to Rosemary’s Baby,” the follow-up to the 1968 theatrical thriller […]
Television Rhoda (Valerie Harper) was late to her own wedding in a one-hour episode of “Rhoda” in 1974 when scatter-brained Phyllis (Cloris Leachman) forgot to pick her up on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” spin-off. Over 52 million had tuned in, more than half of the viewing population at the time. Two CBS sitcoms celebrated their 100th episodes: “The […]
Television “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx premiered on ABC radio in 1947. He went on to host the original TV version of the comedy quiz show on NBC from 1950 to 1961. The current reboot hosted by Jay Leno is the third attempt at this series following Buddy Hackett in 1980-81 and Bill Cosby in 1991-92…The first Walt Disney show, “Disneyland,“ debuted in 1954. […]
Television Long-running “MASH” opened season 10 on CBS in 1981, which was supposed to be its final year. But a 4-to-3 vote from the cast in favor of one final abbreviated season led to 16 more episodes in 1982-83, including the historically top-rated series-finale on Feb. 28, 1983…NBC medical dramedy “St. Elsewhere,” which demonstrated the importance of the adult 18-49 demographic, opened its six […]
