This Day In TV History

2020

Apr

1968: BOSTON AND JAMES BROWN USE TV TO CURB MLK-RELATED UNREST By TV WW

On this day in 1968, Boston city leaders used an impromptu live concert telecast to curb civil disturbance in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination...

2020

Apr

1970: CBS CANCELS 'PETTICOAT JUNCTION' By TV WW

On this day in 1970, CBS cancelled the sitcom, Petticoat Junction...

2020

Apr

1994: CHARLES KURALT STEPS DOWN FROM 'SUNDAY MORNING' By TV WW

On this day in 1994, CBS News' Sunday Morning host Charles Kuralt passed the torch to his successor, Charles Osgood...

2020

Apr

1978: 'DALLAS' DEBUTS ON CBS By TV WW

On this day in 1978, CBS introduced its game-changing prime-time soap opera, Dallas...

2020

Apr

1979: THE LAUNCH OF NICKELODEON By TV WW

On this day in 1979, cable's Pinwheel Network was relaunched as Nickelodeon...

2020

Feb

1988: 'DAY BY DAY' DEBUTS ON NBC By Linda Donovan

The short-lived sitcom Day by Day premiered on NBC on this date in 1988...

2014

Dec

2009: TVWW'S DAVID BIANCULLI GUESTS ON 'LATE LATE SHOW' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 2009, TV Worth Watching founder David Bianculli came out of his legendary basement bunker to discuss his book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson...

2014

Dec

1995: ABC OFFERS THE MUSICAL 'BYE, BYE BIRDIE' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1995, ABC presented a telefilm version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie...

2014

Dec

2007: CABLE'S SCI FI REIMAGINES 'THE WIZARD OF OZ' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 2007, cable's Sci Fi channel (before it became SyFy) introduced a reimagined version of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...