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 […]
Television: Variety half-hour “The Victor Borge Show” ended its five-month run on NBC in 1951…CBS daytime soap “The Guiding Light” began its 57-year run in 1952…CBS introduced the half-hour “The Johnny Carson Show,” which was a mixture of comedy sketches and singing, in 1955. The audience interest was minimal and the series expired on March 29, 1956. Carson began his almost […]
Television: Elvis Presley guest starred on “The Steve Allen Show” in 1956 with a rendition of “Hound Dog” sung to an actually hound…The first draft of the original “Star Trek” pilot, titled “The Cage,” was released in 1964. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became “Where No Man Has Gone Before.“ Most of the original footage from […]
