2020
Oct
2
2011: SHOWTIME DEBUTS 'HOMELAND' By TV WW
 
 
Today, in 2011, Showtime introduced its award-winning drama, Homeland...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
1
2003: ABC INTRODUCED 'KAREN SISCO' By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 2003, ABC debuted Karen Sisco, a series spun from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel, Out of Sight, and the same-name 1998 film...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
30
1960: ABC BREAKS NEW TV GROUND WITH 'THE FLINTSTONES' By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1960, ABC introduced The Flintstones, TV's most popular Stone Age family...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
29
1998: 'FELICITY' BEGINS ON THE WB By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1998, the WB introduced Felicity, which starred Keri Russell as a young California girl who impulsively upends her West Coast college plans to follow her high-school crush to New York...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
28
1991: ABC INTRODUCES 'THE COMMISH' By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1991, ABC introduced the dramedy, The Commish...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
27
1954: NBC'S LATE-NIGHT FRANCHISE DEBUTS WITH 'TONIGHT!' By TV WW
 
 
Steve Allen's first NBC show, broadcast on September 27, 1954, launched Tonight! into orbit, and it hasn't returned since...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
26
1960: TV'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: NIXON VS. KENNEDY By TV WW
 
 
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...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
25
1997: NBC'S 'ER' SCORES WITH A LIVE EPISODE By TV WW
 
 
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...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
24
1968: THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING FOR CBS' '60 MINUTES' By TV WW
 
 
Today in 1968, CBS debuted the news magazine 60 Minutes, one of the most honored and successful programs in television history...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
23
1962: ABC INTRODUCES ITS FIRST COLOR SERIES, 'THE JETSONS' By TV WW
 
 
In 1962, viewers met George Jetson (and his family) when ABC launched the animated space-age series, The Jetsons...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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