This Day In TV History

2014

Nov

1995: 'THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY' AIRS ON ABC By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1995, ABC debuted the first installment of the three-part documentary series, The Beatles Anthology...

2014

Nov

1951: CBS INTRODUCES TV'S FIRST NEWSMAGAZINE 'SEE IT NOW' By David Bianculli

Television's all-time most important and impressive newsmagazine, See It Now, was also its first. It began Nov. 18, 1951 in an almost hidden timeslot — 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon — with reporter Edward R. Murrow and Director Don Hewitt broadcasting live from a cramped CBS News studio...

2014

Nov

1968: NBC CUTS AWAY FROM JETS-RAIDERS NAILBITER FOR 'HEIDI' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1968, AFL rivals the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders were locked in a back-and-forth battle for dominance when, with just over a minute to play, NBC cut away from the game to broadcast the previously-scheduled film, Heidi, in the Eastern time zone...

2014

Nov

1981: 'GENERAL HOSPITAL' CELEBRATES LUKE AND LAURA'S WEDDING By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1981, one of television's most famous wedding celebrations took place, with General Hospital's Luke and Laura saying "I do" in front of 30 million viewers...

2014

Nov

1989: THE COMEDY CHANNEL GOES LIVE By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1989, Time Warner introduced cable's first all-comedy channel, simply called The Comedy Channel...

2014

Nov

1988: CBS DEBUTS 'MURPHY BROWN' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1998, CBS introduced Murphy Brown...

2014

Nov

1969: VEEP SPIRO AGNEW BLASTS THE TV NEWS MEDIA By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1969, Vice President Spiro Agnew stood before an audience at the Midwestern Regional Republican Conference in Des Moines, Iowa and spoke out against "the tiny, enclosed fraternity of privileged men elected by no one" whom he felt showed an unfair bias against President Richard Nixon — specifically, the television news media...