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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Sep
26
1960: TV'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: NIXON VS. KENNEDY By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1960, an estimated 70 million Americans tuned in to watch Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon take part in the first-ever televised presidential debate...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
25
1997: NBC'S 'ER' SCORES WITH A LIVE EPISODE By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1997, ER opened its fourth season with a special episode, with the cast of the NBC medical drama performing two live broadcasts...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
24
1968: THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING FOR CBS' '60 MINUTES' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Today in 1968, CBS debuted the news magazine 60 Minutes, one of the most honored and successful programs in television history...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
23
1962: ABC INTRODUCES ITS FIRST COLOR SERIES, 'THE JETSONS' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Fifty years ago today, viewers met George Jetson (and his family) when ABC launched the animated space-age series, The Jetsons...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
22
1999: 'THE WEST WING' STARTS ITS SEVEN-YEAR RUN By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1999, NBC introduced one of television's most honored dramatic series, The West Wing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
21
1970: 'MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL' KICKS OFF ON ABC By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1970, ABC introduced Monday Night Football...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
20
1977: FONZIE JUMPED THE SHARK; 'HAPPY DAYS' DIDN'T By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1977, ABC aired the third episode in a three-part story arc that took the Happy Days gang to Hollywood, and subjected The Fonz to a nail-biting water-skiing contest...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
19
1970: 'THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW' DEBUTS ON CBS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1970, CBS introduced one of television's most memorable sitcoms, The Mary Tyler Moore Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
18
1965: 'I DREAM OF JEANNIE' BEGINS ON NBC By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 1965 marked the debut of I Dream of Jeannie, NBC's answer to ABC's hit show, Bewitched...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
17
1966: CBS ACCEPTS 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1966, CBS premiered the espionage series Mission: Impossible...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley