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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Oct
27
1966: CBS PREMIERED 'IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1966, CBS debuted the seasonal classic, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
26
2003: NBC QUIETLY ENDS 'THE LYON'S DEN' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 2003 marked the last official broadcast of NBC's Rob Lowe vehicle, The Lyon's Den...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
25
1993: MTV PRESENTS 'THE JON STEWART SHOW' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1993, MTV introduced the 30-minute talk show, The Jon Stewart Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
24
2000: 'SEINFELD' ALUM MICHAEL RICHARDS GETS HIS OWN SHOW By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 2000, NBC debuted The Michael Richards Show, the first major post-Seinfeld project for the show's celebrated Kramer...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
23
2000: FOX DEBUTS 'BOSTON PUBLIC' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 2000, Fox launched the David E. Kelley drama, Boston Public...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
22
1939: NBC PRESENTS THE FIRST TELEVISED PRO FOOTBALL GAME By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1939, NBC presented the first televised professional football game, a match-up between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Brooklyn Dodgers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
21
1954: JAMES, UM, JIMMY BOND MAKES HIS FIRST TV APPEARANCE By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1954, the CBS anthology series Climax! Mystery Theater presented the first screen adaptation of an Ian Fleming James Bond novel...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
20
1973: ARCHIE BUNKER MEETS GEORGE JEFFERSON By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1973, All in the Family's "lovable bigot" Archie Bunker finally met his next-door neighbor, George Jefferson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
19
1953: ARTHUR GODFREY FIRES JULIUS LA ROSA By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1953, "The Old Redhead" Arthur Godfrey fired "Little Godfrey" singer Julius La Rosa during the live radio broadcast of Arthur Godfrey Time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
18
1953: ORSON WELLES PERFORMS 'KING LEAR' ON CBS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1953, Orson Welles made his television debut in the Omnibus production of King Lear...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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