2020
Oct
22
1939: NBC PRESENTS THE FIRST TELEVISED PRO FOOTBALL GAME By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1939, NBC presented the first televised professional football game, a match-up between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Brooklyn Dodgers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
21
1954: JAMES, UM, JIMMY BOND MAKES HIS FIRST TV APPEARANCE By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1954, the CBS anthology series Climax! Mystery Theater presented the first screen adaptation of an Ian Fleming James Bond novel...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
20
1973: ARCHIE BUNKER MEETS GEORGE JEFFERSON By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1973, All in the Family's "lovable bigot" Archie Bunker finally met his next-door neighbor, George Jefferson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
19
1953: ARTHUR GODFREY FIRES JULIUS LA ROSA By TV WW
 
 
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...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
18
1953: ORSON WELLES PERFORMS 'KING LEAR' ON CBS By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1953, Orson Welles made his television debut in the Omnibus production of King Lear...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
17
1999: LARRY DAVID'S 'CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM' SPECIAL DEBUTS By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1999, HBO presented what it thought would be a one-time, one-hour special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
2001: 'SMALLVILLE' SHOWCASES SUPERMAN'S EARLY YEARS By TV WW
 
 
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...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
1951: 'I LOVE LUCY' BEGINS ITS RUN ON CBS By TV WW
 
 
This day in 1951 marked the start of one of television's most popular and enduring television shows, I Love Lucy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
14
1968: APOLLO 7 PROVIDES THE FIRST TV BROADCAST FROM SPACE By TV WW
 
 
This day in 1968 marked the first live television broadcast from a manned, orbiting American spacecraft...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
13
1947: THE GENESIS OF 'KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE' By TV WW
 
 
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...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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