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April 16, 1949
Garroway
at Large debuts. Radio personality Dave Garroway moves to TV, as the host of one of television's
earliest musical-variety shows. Garroway at Large was one… Read More
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I represent the first generation who, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson.
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2024-04-08 07:00
April 8, 1979
The last episode of All In The Family aired. Stay TunedTony Figueroa Read More
2024-04-03 01:15
If you don't hop aboard the change train, you're gonna get derailed.-Joe FlahertyJoseph FlahertyJune 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024Joseph O'Flaherty was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl… Read More
2024-04-01 07:00
April 2, 1974
The 46th Academy Awards Streaker. While David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor to
present the award for Best Picture, a streaker na… Read More
2024-03-29 21:20
I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on a daily basis that it is honed and deeply spiritual... I want to believe that the audience believe… Read More
2024-03-25 07:00
March 27, 1974
The Rockford Files premier
episode. The Rockford Files is an American television drama series which aired on
the NBC
network between September… Read More
2024-03-18 07:00
March 21, 1983
The last episode of the long-running TV series Little House on the Prairie aired. The
series, based on the children's book by Laura Ingalls Wilder… Read More
2024-03-11 07:00
March 11, 1989
COPS debuts on Fox. The hit reality-based television show COPS premieres on the Fox television
network, and audiences hear the reggae beat of its dis… Read More
2024-03-08 02:13
You will never see a portrait of my love, for miracles are never seen.— Steve LawrenceSteve Lawrenceborn Sidney LiebowitzJuly 8, 1935 – March 7, 2024When he was 18 year… Read More
2024-03-04 08:00
March 4, 1994
John Candy dies. The larger-than-life comedic star John Candy dies suddenly of a heart
attack on this day in 1994, at the age of 43. At the time… Read More
2024-02-29 19:53
I was way more comfortable in front of strangers than I was in front of relatives. So when they would laugh at my dysfunctions or my anxiety, I felt less alone, and I still do it for the sam… Read More
2024-02-26 08:00
March 1,
1954
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is
born. Film director, producer and actor.
He came to prominence playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The
Andy Griffith Sho… Read More
2024-02-19 08:00
February 25, 1928
The Federal Radio Commission issues the first
television license. The license went
to the Charles Francis Jenkins Laboratories for a television bro… Read More
2024-02-12 08:00
February 18, 1954
John
Joseph Travolta is born. Actor,
dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing
on the television series Welcome
Back… Read More
2024-02-05 08:00
February 6, 2014
The last Tonight Show with Jay Leno… again.
February 7,
2014
The Last Late
Night with Jimmy Fallon
February
7, 1964
Beatles
arrive in… Read More
2024-01-29 08:00
January
29, 1969
The Glen
Campbell Goodtime Hour debuted on CBS-TV. January 31, 1949These Are My Children, the first
daytime soap opera, debuts on NBC.
The show, only 15 minutes… Read More
2024-01-24 01:25
Life is beautiful but people are crazy.Charles OsgoodCharles Osgood Wood IIIJanuary 8, 1933 – January 23, 2024Charles Osgood Wood III, known professionally as Charles Osgood, was… Read More
2024-01-22 08:00
January 23, 2004
Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
died in Windsor, Vermont at age 76. He was survived by three children, Michael Derek,
Laurie Margaret, and Maeve Jeanne. His wife… Read More
2024-01-15 08:00
January 15, 1974The first episode of Happy Days airs. A minor character, super-cool biker Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli, soon came to be the show's central character. The… Read More
2024-01-15 01:11
Joyce RandolphOctober 21, 1924 – January 13, 2024Joyce Randolph was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 21, 1924, of Finnish descent. As a teenager, she acted with the… Read More
2024-01-14 02:42
Before I got on Days of Our Lives, I had never watched a serial and I had heard all the remarks downgrading the serials. The only reason I joined Days was to be able to stay in Hollywoo… Read More
2024-01-08 08:00
January
9, 1959
Rawhide premiered. The Western series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood aired for eight seasons on CBS network with a
total of 217 … Read More
2024-01-05 20:31
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things.If the door open… Read More
2024-01-01 08:00
January 3, 1949
Colgate sponsors the early anthology series, Colgate
Theater. Like most dramatic
programming at the time, the show consisted of weekly plays and/or scripts
adapte… Read More
2023-12-30 21:57
Here is a"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"a little spark of madnessthat we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.Stay TunedTony Figueroa Read More
2023-12-30 17:18
Here is a"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"a little spark of madnessthat we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.Stay TunedTony Figueroa Read More
2023-12-27 22:57
Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard.The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking.-Tom SmothersThomas Bolyn Smothers… Read More
2023-12-07 06:09
That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people.They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.Norman LearNorman Milton… Read More
2023-11-27 08:00
November 27, 1978
The White Shadow first aired.November 29, 1948Children's show Kukla, Fran and Ollie premieres
on prime time network TV. The show
featured beloved… Read More
2023-11-25 20:00
“If we did the drugs everybody thought we did, we’d be dead today,”“You cannot work stoned.”-Marty KrofftMarty KrofftApril 9, 1937 – November 25, 2023I gr… Read More
2023-11-23 08:00
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!-Arthur CarlsonHere is a Thanksgiving "HOLIDAY SOR-BAY" tradition.This is a little brain candy to snack on while dinner is c… Read More
2023-11-20 08:00
November 20, 1943
Veronica Hamel is
born, in Philadelphia. She began a fashion
modeling career after being discovered by Eileen Ford. In her first fi… Read More
2023-11-13 08:00
November 14, 1988
The first episode of Murphy Brown aired. Murphy Brown aired on CBS from November 14,
1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred C… Read More
2023-11-06 08:00
November 10, 1969
Sesame Street premiered. The longest running children's program on television.
The show is produced by the non-profit organization Sesame Workshop,
former… Read More
2023-10-30 07:00
November
2, 1998CBS debuted the
television series "Becker."
November 3, 1933
Ken Berry is born. Sitcom actor, dancer and singer. Berry has had success
in multiple televi… Read More
2023-10-29 02:35
Women always think that I'm Chandler, so if I don't joke around for half an hour, they think that something's wrong. Then I explain that I don't have comedy writers scripting everything I'm… Read More
2023-10-28 04:48
Charles Richard MollJanuary 13, 1943 – October 26, 2023In the 1977 film Brigham, Moll (credited as Charles Moll) appeared as Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Sain… Read More
2023-10-23 07:00
October 23, 1983
Jessica Savitch died at
the age of 36.Jessica Savitch had dinner
with Martin Fischbein, vice-president of the New York Post, in New
Hope, Pennsylvania. After the meal at Od… Read More
2023-10-16 07:00
October
18, 1943
The
first broadcast of Perry Mason was presented on CBS Radio. The Honeymoon Murder Case - Perry Mason - John LarkinOctober 22, 1938
Christopher Allen Lloyd is born… Read More
2023-10-16 00:18
I understood something way back when I was on 'Three's Company.' When I got the part, I was flat broke. I was so happy to get the part, but I kept thinking, 'Ugh - dumb blondes are so irrita… Read More
2023-10-09 07:00
October 9, 1953
Anthony Marcus "Tony" Shalhoub was born. The actor
of Lebanese
origin is best known for his role as manic-obsessive sleuth Adrian Monk on the TV series Monk. By 1… Read More
2023-10-02 07:00
October 2, 1928George Robert Phillips
"Spanky" McFarland was born. Most famous for his appearances in the Our Gang
series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The Ou… Read More
2023-09-25 07:00
September 29, 1948
Bryant Charles Gumbel is
born. The television
journalist, sportscaster, newscaster, television
personality and sports anchor is best known for his 15 ye… Read More
2023-09-18 07:00
September
18, 1963
The Patty Duke Show premiered on
ABC-TV. September
18, 1978The first episode of WKRP in Cincinnati aired on CBS.
September 18, 1983A… Read More
2023-09-13 19:00
This Week in TV History - Tony on the Picket Line Part II
Tony Figueroa attended a Special Solidarity march and rally from Netflix to Paramount.
Attendees included SAG-AFTRA President Fran… Read More
2023-09-11 07:00
September 10, 1993
The science fiction series The X-Files premiered. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson stared. Duchovny
played FBI agent Fox Mulder and Anderson played Dana Scu… Read More
2023-09-09 02:49
2023-09-04 07:00
September
4, 2002Kelly Clarkson wins first American Idol. On this day in 2002, Kelly
Clarkson, a 20-year-old cocktail waitress from Texas, wins Season One of American
Idol in a li… Read More
2023-08-28 07:00
August 29, 1958The King of Pop Michael Jackson is born
in Gary, Indiana. Jackson began
performing with his four brothers in the pop group the Jackson 5 when he was a
child. The gr… Read More
2023-08-27 23:32
My first animated voice work was Harley. It was great fun because so much of my acting work has been built around my hair, my earrings, my hats and costumes. On Batman, I could come in looki… Read More
2023-08-26 23:24
Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decision of who stays and who goes.I am very fortunate, in that the television viewers of our cou… Read More
2023-08-21 07:00
August 22, 1958
TV series Life of Riley airs its
last episode on this day in 1958. Launched as a radio series in the 1940s, the show moved to TV in 1949, starring
young comedian… Read More
2023-08-14 07:00
August
15, 1923
Rose Marie, actress and comedian who also had a successful singing career as Baby Rose Marie was born.A
veteran of vaudeville, Rose Marie's career includes
film, theat… Read More
2023-08-07 07:00
August 7, 1948Stanley Victor Freberg author, recording
artist, animation voice
actor, comedian, radio
personality, puppeteer, and advertising creative
director was born. His first… Read More
2023-08-01 01:25
But I don't know.Pee-wee just kind of popped out one day,pretty much fully fleshed-out and fully formed.-Paul ReubensPaul Reubens born RubenfeldAugust 27, 1952 – July 30, 202… Read More
2023-07-31 07:00
August 6, 1908Will Lee is born. William
"Will" Lee (August 6, 1908 – December 7, 1982) was an American actor
and comedian, best known for playing Mr. Hooper on Sesame Stre… Read More
2023-07-24 07:00
July 27, 2003Bob Hope dies at age 100 in Toluca Lake, California.
Known for entertaining American servicemen and women for more than five
decades, Hope had a career that spanned… Read More
2023-07-17 07:00
July 18, 1913Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton was born. The comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971 Skelton's
show business caree… Read More
2023-07-10 07:00
July 11, 1983
Reading Rainbow is an American educational children's
television series that
originally aired on PBS and afterwards PBS Kids and … Read More
2023-07-02 07:00
July 5, 1963 Edie Falco is born in Brooklyn, New York. The Sopranos,
proclaimed by some critics to be the greatest TV series of all time, debuted on
HBO in January 1999. The show… Read More
2023-06-26 07:00
June 27, 1968 Elvis Presley tapes his
famous TV "comeback special"There was quite a bit more
than just 12 years and a few extra pounds separating the Elvis Presley of 1968
f… Read More
2023-06-19 07:00
June
19, 2013James Gandolfini, TV's
Tony Soprano, dies at 51On
this day in 2013, James Gandolfini, the actor best known for his role as New Jersey crime boss Tony Soprano on the T… Read More
2023-06-12 07:00
June 13, 2008Tim Russert Dies at
Age 58Timothy John
"Tim" Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American
television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than
16 yea… Read More
2023-06-05 07:00
June 6, 1998 Sex and the City premieres
on HBO. On this day in 1998, the
cable network HBO airs the pilot episode of Sex and the City, a new
comedy series chronicling the lives and lov… Read More
2023-05-29 07:00
May 29, 2003Bob Hope celebrates 100th birthdaySome 35 U.S. states declare it to be Bob Hope Day on
this day in 2003, when the iconic comedic actor and entertainer turns 100 years
old.In a pu… Read More
2023-05-22 07:00
May 23, 1933Joan Collins is born. Joan Collins, a classically trained actress who will
become best known for her role on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty,
is born in London… Read More
2023-05-15 07:00
May 17, 1973Televised Watergate hearings beginIn Washington,
D.C., the Senate Select Committee on
Presidential Campaign Activities, headed by Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina, b… Read More
2023-05-12 07:00
Here is another "Mental Sorbet"A little spark of madnessthat we could use to momentarily forget about thosethings that leave a bad taste in our mouthsPlaying live with the Employee of t… Read More
2023-05-08 07:00
May 10, 1983Laverne &
Shirley ended its 8 season run.The show was a spin-off from Happy Days, as the two lead
characters were originally introduced on that series as acquaintances… Read More
2023-05-08 05:05
"NOOO!!! You don't have to call me Johnson! My name is Raymond J. Johnson Jr. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can c… Read More
2023-05-06 07:00
When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit dow… Read More
2023-05-01 07:00
May 5, 1993
The final episode of Quantum Leap aired on NBC. At the end of season five, Bellisario was told to write an episode that could serve as a season finale or… Read More
2023-04-28 18:33
Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers. -Jerry SpringerJerry SpringerFebruary 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023Gerald Norman Springer was born on February 13… Read More
2023-04-26 01:04
My activism always existed.My art gave me the platform to do something about the activism.-Harry BelafonteHarry Belafonte(born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.March 1, 1927 – April 2… Read More
2023-04-24 07:00
April 25, 1908Edward R.
Murrow was born Egbert
Roscoe Murrow. He
first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by… Read More
2023-04-23 01:51
When people laugh at me, they are not laughing in the way that they normally would at a comedian. They are laughing with relief, because the truth has been spoken, and political correc… Read More
2023-04-10 07:00
April 12, 1998
The pilot episode of Junkyard Wars aired. April 15, 1948Hollywood
Screen Test debuts. TV
talent show Hollywood Screen Test debuts on this day in 1948. Unlike
other… Read More
2023-04-03 07:00
April 3, 1953
"TV Guide" was
published for the first time. The cover was a photo of Lucille Ball's infant
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV. April 4, 1973
NBC aired the Elvis Presley
movie "… Read More
2023-03-30 18:51
I'll keep doing it until I die or the audiences die.-Mark RussellMark RussellAugust 23, 1932 – March 30, 2023 Beginning in the early 1960s, he was a regular entertainer at the&nbs&hell…Read More
2023-03-27 07:00
March 27, 1973 Marlon Brando declines Best Actor Oscar. Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Godfather. The Native American actress Sacheen… Read More
2023-03-20 07:00
March 20, 1928Fred McFeely Rogers is born. Mr. Rogers was most famous for creating and hosting Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001), which featured his… Read More
2023-03-13 07:00
March 14, 1948Billy Crystal is born in Long Beach, California. Crystal began performing in comedy clubs as a teenager; after graduating from New York University's film scho… Read More
2023-03-06 08:00
March 7, 1988 Writers Guild of America strike begins. After rejecting what the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) said was a final offer, represent… Read More
2023-02-27 08:00
February 27, 2003Children’s Television Host Fred Rogers succumbs to stomach cancer at 74. The talented writer and puppeteer, known to generations of children simply as &ldqu&hell…Read More
2023-02-21 03:48
To be able to work for 20 years as an actor in an industry that is not so predictable, I'm grateful every day. I'll do it till I drop, I guess - or drop out.-Richard BelzerRichard Jay Belzer… Read More
2023-02-20 08:00
February 25, 1928 The Federal Radio Commission issues the first television license. The license went to the Charles Francis Jenkins Laboratories for a television broadcast station… Read More
2023-02-18 14:39
I don’t enjoy making people get a hard-on as much as I do trying to make them laugh.— Stella StevensStella Stevensborn Estelle EgglestonOctober 1, 1938 – February 17… Read More
2023-02-15 22:10
I have a very, very good life.I'm grateful for all of my friends,my family and the life that I have,and the possibilities in my future. -Raquel WelchRaquel WelchBorn Jo Raquel TejadaSep… Read More
2023-02-13 08:00
February 19, 1978Project U.F.O. first airedAn anthology television series which ran on NBC from 1978 to 1979. Running for two seasons of 13 episodes each, the show was ba… Read More
2023-02-06 08:00
February 8, 1928 Jack Edward Larson is born. Actor, librettist, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of photographer/cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the TV se… Read More
2023-01-31 03:41
Growing up in the country,you're left to the wilds of your imagination.Cindy WilliamsCynthia Jane WilliamsAugust 22, 1947 – January 30, 2023After college, Williams began her profession… Read More
2023-01-30 08:00
January 30, 1933The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radioWith the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a shout of "Hi-yo, Silver! Away!"The Lone Ranger debuts on Detr… Read More
2023-01-19 08:00
Here is another "Mental Sorbet"A little spark of madnessthat we could use to momentarily forget about thosethings that leave a bad taste in our mouthsOn January 19, 1993, the band Fleet… Read More
2023-01-16 08:00
January 16, 1973 Long-running western series Bonanza is cancelled after 14 seasons. The episode The Hunter was written and directed by Michael Landon. The show, which debuted in 1959, was… Read More
2023-01-09 08:00
January 11, 1958Seahunt debuted on CBS-TV. Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) is a free-lance scuba diver who has various adventures. Nelson, a former U.S. Navy frogman (having left… Read More
2023-01-06 08:00
Here is a"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"a little spark of madnessthat we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.Stay TunedTony Figueroa Read More
2023-01-02 08:00
January 3, 1993 The first episode of Star Trek - Deep Space Nine aired. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (sometimes abbreviated to DS9) is a science fiction television series… Read More
2022-12-31 06:59
A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.-Barbara WaltersBarbara Jill WaltersSeptember 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022During her childhood her father managed the La… Read More
2022-12-11 08:00
Here is a"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"a little spark of madnessthat we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.Stay TunedTony Figueroa Read More
2022-12-06 05:43
I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working. -Kirstie AlleyKirstie Louise AlleyJanuary 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022Kirstie Alley died on December 5, 2022, foll… Read More
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