2012
May
28
1984: 'ONE DAY AT A TIME' HAS ITS FINAL DAY By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1984, CBS aired the final original episode of the sitcom One Day at a Time, perhaps the only series finale in TV history that featured only one member of the show's credited cast...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
26
1969: DICK CAVETT MOVES TO PRIME TIME (THEN LATE NIGHT) By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1969, ABC debuted The Dick Cavett Show. More specifically, the prime time Dick Cavett Show. It was the second incarnation of Cavett's talker, which originally premiered as a daytime show in March, 1968...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
1988: SNOW FALLS ON 'ST. ELSEWHERE,' CREATING A FINALE TO REMEMBER By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1988, TV viewers saw one of the most famous — and perhaps the most debated — series finales in TV history. The episode marked the end of St. Elsewhere, an NBC drama about St. Eligius, a run-down Boston hospital...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
24
2010: THE CLOCK STOPS TICKING ON FOX'S '24' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 2010, the clock stopped ticking for 24, the Fox actioner that starred Kiefer Sutherland as a Counter Terrorist Unit agent charged with stopping terrorist activity...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
23
1990: THE START OF THE SUMMER OF 'TWIN PEAKS' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 1990 marked the first season finale of the serial drama, Twin Peaks, on ABC and kicked off the summer of speculation into the show's primary question: Who killed Laura Palmer?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
1992: JOHNNY CARSON SAYS GOODBYE AS 'TONIGHT SHOW' HOST By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1992, Johnny Carson made his final appearance as host of The Tonight Show, and bid his audience a very heartfelt good night. Carson's final week was filled with memorable moments...Taped before an invitation-only audience, episode 4,531 was a retrospective that offered clips from Johnny's 30-year reign as the king of late night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
20
1997: 'ROSEANNE' ENDS ITS NINE-SEASON RUN By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1997, ABC aired the final episode of Roseanne. The sitcom — which revolved around a blue-collar family — was the most watched television show in the United States during its second season, and ranked among Nielsen's top five shows for its first six seasons...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
19
2002: 'THE X-FILES' COMES TO A CLOSE By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 2002 marked the last original telecast of The X-Files, one of Fox's most popular shows. The science fiction series starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI special agents assigned to investigate unsolved cases that involved paranormal and unexplained phenomena...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
18
1996: COMEDY CENTRAL DROPS 'MST3K' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 1996 marked Mystery Science Theater 3000's final outing on Comedy Central. The cult series revolved around a man (and his robot friends) who were trapped on a space station and forced to watch bad sci-fi movies. Throughout the presentation of the featured film, the motley crew could be seen in silhouette, providing a colorful commentary about what was happening on the screen...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
17
1997: HBO PREMIERES ‘WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION’ By David Bianculli
 
 
On this day in 1997, HBO presented Larry Gelbart’s penultimate telemovie, a sharp satire about a pro football team being pursued hotly by warring media barons – one played by Ben Kingsley, the other by Gabriel Byrne...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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