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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Oct
17
1999: LARRY DAVID'S 'CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM' SPECIAL DEBUTS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1999, HBO presented what it thought would be a one-time, one-hour special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
16
2001: 'SMALLVILLE' SHOWCASES SUPERMAN'S EARLY YEARS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 2001 marked the series premiere of Smallville, which chronicled the life of a young Clark Kent in the years before he adopted his alter ego, Superman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
15
1951: 'I LOVE LUCY' BEGINS ITS RUN ON CBS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 1951 marked the start of one of television's most popular and enduring television shows, I Love Lucy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
14
1968: APOLLO 7 PROVIDES THE FIRST TV BROADCAST FROM SPACE By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 1968 marked the first live television broadcast from a manned, orbiting American spacecraft...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
13
1947: THE GENESIS OF 'KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1947, WBKB in Chicago introduced the children's show, Junior Jamboree. A little over a year later, the show moved to WNBQ (later WMAQ) and was renamed Kukla, Fran and Ollie...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
12
1950: BURNS AND ALLEN MAKE THEIR TV DEBUT By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1950, husband-and-wife radio stars George Burns and Gracie Allen made their television series debut with The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
11
1962: 'MCHALE'S NAVY' LAUNCHES ON ABC By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1962, ABC introduced the sitcom McHale's Navy, which starred Ernest Borgnine as the commanding officer of a WWII Navy PT boat...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
10
1971: 'UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS' MAKES ITS BRITISH DEBUT By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1971, the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs debuted on Britian's ITV...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
9
1990: AUSTRALIA'S 'BANGKOK HILTON' DEBUTS IN US By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1990, TBS debuted Part 1 of the celebrated Australian miniseries, Bangkok Hilton...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
8
1958: NBC INTRODUCES DANDY LAWMAN 'BAT MASTERSON' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1958, NBC introduced the Western, Bat Masterson, a series loosely based on the life of frontier lawman William Barclay "Bat" Masterson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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