Television “Time Enough at Last,” the classic episode of “The Twilight Zone” with Burgess Meredith as a bookish little man named Henry Bemis who survives a nuclear war, arrived in 1959. The episode was adapted from a short story in the January 1953 edition of the magazine “If: Worlds of Science Fiction.“ Drew Barrymore hosted NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” at age 7 in 1982…ABC miniseries “The Day After,” which showed the aftermath […]
Television Animated “Rocky & His Friends” debuted in 1959. If aired initially on ABC and then on NBC on Saturday morning through 1964, and was also known under the following titles: “The Bullwinkle Show” from 1961 to 1964, and “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show” and “The Adventures of Bullwinkle and Rocky” in syndication. There have been numerous feature film adaptations of the […]
Television In 1951, the early documentary series “See It Now,” hosted by Edward R. Murrow, debuted on CBS. The show had a major influence on TV journalism spawning many successors, most notably of which the recurring documentary series “CBS Reports” and the granddaddy of primetime newsmagazines, “60 Minutes,” which was created by “See It Now” producer Don Hewitt. Janet (Joyce DeWitt) discovered Chrissy’s […]
Television NBC broke away from a pro football game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders in 1968 to air a TV movie adaptation of “Heidi,” sparking furious protest. From that point on, all televised NFL football games have been shown in their entirety, taking precedence over subsequent programming…In 1973, Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) enlisted […]
Television and Radio Katie (Tina Cole) gave birth to identical triplet sons on classic sitcom “My Three Sons” in 1968. At the end of the episode, the new mother asks her husband Robbie (Don Grady) “What are you thinking?” and Robbie replies “I’m thinking about how much I love you… and my three sons”…Two classic series […]
Television Sunday morning public affairs program “This Week” with host David Brinkley launched on ABC in 1981. It succeeded the long-running “Issues and Answers“. Brinkley remained on the show for 15 years. George Stephanopoulos, Martha Raddatz and Jonathan Karl are the program’s current lead anchors…The 200th episode of the original “Dallas” on CBS aired in 1985 as the Ewing clan grieved […]
Television Candice Bergen began her run on CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown” in 1988. The height of its popularity stemmed from a speech given by then Vice President Dan Quayle on May 19, 1992, criticizing the Murphy Brown character for “ignoring the importance of fathers by birthing a child alone.” The revival of “Murphy Brown” in 2018 lasted only 13 episodes. Movies “Network”, […]
