5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (276+ words) Sock it to me! Variety hour “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” debuted as a TV special on NBC in 1967. This resulted in the development of a weekly series which launched four months later and quickly became the No. 1 show on television. The…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (219+ words) Television The original “Star Trek” began its three-season run on NBC in 1966. “Star Trek: The Animated Series” debuted on this same day in 1973. Also in 1966, the ABC comedy “That Girl” premiered. Marlo Thomas, in her signature 60’s hairstyle, starred as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (265+ words) Children’s television show “H.R. Pufnstuf”, created by Sid and Marty Krofft, debuted on NBC in 1969. It ran for three seasons on Saturday morning. Three other short-lived series debuted: “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” starring Hugh O’Brian on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (213+ words) Television “The Huckleberry Hound Show” from Hanna-Barbera featuring Yogi Bear premiered in syndication in 1958. It was the second series produced by the studio following “The Ruff and Reddy Show.” In 1966, the first Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon with Jerry Lewis…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (419+ words) Television Known as the first detective-themed scripted drama, “Martin Kane, Private Eye,” based on a radio series, debuted on NBC in 1949. Produced live, four different actors (William Gargan, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Tracy and Mark Stevens) played Martin Kane and a…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (149+ words) Television CBS sitcom “Alice,” based on the 1974 theatrical “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” opened in 1976. It ran for nine seasons. Michael Jackson’s “Bad” video premiered on CBS in 1987. CGI-animated series “Father of the Pride” starring the voices of John Goodman,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (306+ words) Television Game show “Concentration,” hosted by Hugh Downs, debuted on NBC in daytime in 1958. Aaron Spelling found another hit in 1979 with the stylish adventure series “Hart to Hart,“ starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as jet-setting amateur sleuths. Created by…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (273+ words) Television The final telecast of classic sitcom “My Little Margie” aired in 1955. Headlined by Gale Storm as the 21-year-old daughter of a widowed New York investment banker (Charles Farrell), “My Little Margie” alternated between CBS and NBC during its three-and-one-half…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (190+ words) Television CBS drama “2000 Malibu Road,” starring Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian Bloom and Lisa Hartman, began its six-episode run on CBS in 1992. “Fear The Walking Dead,“ the prequel to “The Walking Dead,” opened on AMC in 2015. It ran for eight…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (240+ words) Sitcom “Living Single” starring Queen Latifah, Kim Fields, Kim Coles and Erika Alexander debuted on Fox in 1993. Despite airing opposite NBC’s “Must-See” Thursdays, it was one of the network’s consistent hits of the 90’s, mostly as a lead-out of the…...