Television: “Rawhide” with Clint Eastwood opened its seven-and-one-half season run on CBS in 1959. It ran for seven-and-one seasons, producing 217 episodes in total. Music: “More of the Monkees”, the second album by The Monkees, was released in 1967. It displaced the band’s debut album from the top of the Billboard 200 chart and remained […]
Television and Radio CBS western “Rawhide,” starring Clint Eastwood, opened its seven season run in 1959…Jacques Cousteau’s first undersea special aired on NBC in 1968…Fox sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle” launched in 2000. Linwood Boomer (Adam from “Little House on the Prairie”) was the creator…In 1989, “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak began a 15-month stint as host of late night CBS talker “The Pat Sajak Show.” It could not compete with “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” on NBC…Also […]
Television and Radio George Burns and Gracie Allen were married in 1926…“The Newlywed Game”, hosted by Bob Eubanks, debuted on ABC in daytime in 1967…”Fame,” based on the movie of the same name, launched on NBC in 1982. After a one and one-half season run, the musical drama headed to first-run syndication effective on October 10, 1983 and stayed on the air for another four seasons…“The Dukes of Hazzard” on […]
Television and Radio Four series of note premiered: “Wild Kingdom” (also known as “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom”) on NBC in 1963; “A.M. America” on ABC in 1975; game show “Wheel of Fortune,” originally hosted by Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford, on NBC also in 1975; and Fox reality/competition “Joe Millionaire” in 2003. Prior to “Good Morning America”, “A.M. America” was a morning news program produced by ABC […]
The past year was a great one for TV. Due to unpreceded events, TV’s star rose over Hollywood, putting everyone in front of the small compared to big screens. Netflix and Apple’s TV value soared in 2021, and the companies paid back the loyalty to their viewers with a terrific production of shows. From completely […]
Television and Radio “Mister Ed“, the sitcom about the talking horse which starred Alan Young and the voice of Allan Lane, premiered in syndication in 1961. CBS picked the show up for the fall of that year and ran for five more seasons…Daytime serial “All My Children” premiered on ABC in 1970. The series, which famously starred Susan Lucci, […]
Television and Radio Early daytime soap “The Brighter Day” opened its eight season run on CBS in 1954…“Blondie” starring Pamela Britton, the first of two sitcoms based on the comic book strip and the movie series, debuted on NBC in 1957. It ran for one season. CBS tried next in the fall of 1969, with Patricia Harty in the […]
