Television and Radio “My Friend Flicka”, based on the book and theatrical of the same name, opened on CBS in 1955. The following fall it moved to NBC for a second season…Action comedy “B.J. and the Bear” starring Greg Evigan as an independent trucker who traveled with his pet chimpanzee began as a weekly series on NBC […]
Television The Beatles made their first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on CBS in 1964. For a look, click here…Oh my nose! On an episode of ABC comedy “The Brady Bunch” in 1973, Marcia (Maureen McCormick) got a swollen nose after Peter (Christopher Knight) accidentally hit her in the face with a tossed football…”The Life and Times of […]
Television “Good Times” turns 50! “Maude” spinoff “Good Times” opened its six season-run in 1974. Considering that Florida (Esther Rolle) was employed as a housekeeper for Maude (Bea Arthur) in Tuckahoe, New York and her husband’s name was Henry (John Amos), how did she and John Amos now as James get to inner-city Chicago? For a look back […]
Television Jane Fonda made her television acting debut in NBC movie “A String of Beads” in 1961…Variety hour “This Is Tom Jones” debuted on ABC in 1969. It aired for three seasons…One of the most expensive failures in the history of television, “Supertrain,” debuted in 1979. Developed after the success of “The Love Boat,” this inane NBC anthology set […]
Television Sitcom “Mister Ed” concluded in 1966. It launched in first-run syndication on Jan. 5, 1961, and moved to CBS the following fall…Seven part miniseries “The Winds of War,” based on the book of the same name by Herman Wouk, debuted on ABC in 1983. It starred Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, John Houseman and Jan-Michael Vincent…In 2012, musical dramedy “Smash”debuted on NBC. It aired for two half seasons…Jay Leno hosted NBC’s “The […]
Television “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” debuted on CBS in 1967…“Turn-On,” a half-hour sketch comedy on ABC patterned on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” was turned off in 1969 after just one episode. It was co-created by “Laugh-In” producer George Schlatter. Tim Conway was the guest host…In 1971, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell stepped onto the surface of the moon in the first of two lunar excursions…”Barney Miller” spin-off sitcom “Fish” […]
Television and Radio CBS sitcom “Co-Ed Fever”, inspired by blockbuster 1979 theatrical “Animal House”, came and went after one episode in 1979…Alex Trebek in 1991 became the first person to host three game shows at the same time (“Jeopardy!“, “Classic Concentration”, “To Tell the Truth”)…Part one of NBC miniseries “Gulliver’s Travels” debuted on NBC in 1996…Kathy Bates made her […]
