Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Today in TV History - October 2017


Today is Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Today in
Television History

1953 - "Carmen," by Bizet, became the first "major" opera to be televised in "color."

1974 - The 100th episode of "The Odd Couple" aired on ABC.

1998 - The 900th episode of "Soul Train" aired.

2010 - AMC aired the first episode of "The Walking Dead."

Today in
American Bandstand History

1960 - Duane Eddy performed "Kommotion" and "Peter Gunn" on "American Bandstand."

1964 - Lou Johnson performed "Always Something There to Remind Me" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Monday, October 30, 2017


Today in
Television History

1931 - NBC began putting a TV transmitter on top of the Empire State Building. The first experimental TV broadcast from the building was on December 22, 1931.

1986 - The 100th episode of "Cheers" aired on NBC-TV.

1990 - The 100th episode of "Matlock" aired on NBC.

1992 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the Heartbroken Bride" aired.


Today in
American Bandstand History

1971 - Freda Payne performed "You Brought the Joy" and "Bring the Boys Home" on "American Bandstand."

1976 - Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids performed "Did You Boogie" on "American Bandstand."

1976 - Marilyn McCoo & Billi Davis, Jr. performed "You Don't Have To Be A Star, Baby" on "American Bandstand."

1982 - Janet Jackson performed "Young Love" on "American Bandstand."

1982 - Laura Branigan performed "Gloria" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Sunday, October 29, 2017


Today in
Television History

1956 - "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" premiered on NBC.

1956 - Videotape was used for the first time in network television programming. CBS recorded the evening news and fed the tape to West Coast stations three hours later.

1959 - General Mills became the first corporation to use close-circuit television.

1996 - The 100th episode of "Mad About You" aired.

2001 - KTLA broadcasted the first coast to coast HDTV network telecast.
Today in

American Bandstand History

1957 - Bonnie Guitar performed "Dark Moon" and "Mr. Fire Eyes" on "American Bandstand."

1958 - Phil Spector (with the Teddy Bears) performed "To Know Him Is To Love Him" on "American Bandstand."

1977 - Shaun Cassidy performed "That's Rock 'n' Roll" and "Hey Deanie" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - The Gap Band performed "Party Train" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Huey Lewis & the News performed "Heart and Soul" and "Heart of Rock 'n' Roll" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Billy Joel's video for "Tell Her About It" was played on "American Bandstand."

Today is Saturday, October 28, 2017


Today in
Television History

1963 - The 100th episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" aired.

1964 - The 100th episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" aired.

1976 - The 200th episode of "Hawaii Five-O" aired.

1978 - The movie "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" aired on NBC-TV as the NBC Movie of the Week.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1958 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets performed "Think It Over," "Fool's Paradise," and "Heartbeat" on "American Bandstand."

1967 - Billy Joe Royal performed "Hush!" on "American Bandstand."

1978 - David Gates performed "Took the Last Train" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Friday, October 27, 2017


Today in
Television History


1945 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman made his first live television appearance.

1947 - The first episode of "You Bet Your Life" premiered on ABC Radio. The show was later shown on NBC TV.

1954 - The first Walt Disney television show "Disneyland" premiered on ABC.

1988 - The 10th season of "Knots Landing" began.

1998 - The reunion episode "CHiPs '99" aired for the first time on the cable network TNT.

2007 - The 500th episode of "Pokémon" aired. 


Today in
American Bandstand History

1959 - Stonewall Jackson performed "Waterloo" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Stephen Stills performed "Stranger" and "Can't Let Go" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Steve Perry's video for "Strung Out" was played on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Prime Time performed "I Owe It to Myself" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Thursday, October 26, 2017


Today in
Television History

1981 - The 10th season of "M*A*S*H" began on CBS.

1994 - Roseanne Barr appeared on her TV show "Roseanne" dressed as Prince.

1990 - William S. Paley died at the age of 89. He was the founder of CBS Inc.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1959 - Marv Johnson performed "You Got What It Takes" on "American Bandstand."

1962 - Joey Dee and the Starliters performed "I Lost My Baby" on "American Bandstand."

1963 - The Busters performed "Bust Out" on "American Bandstand."

1974 - Johnny Bristol performed "You and I" on "American Bandstand."

1974 - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods performed "Who Do You Think You Are" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Wednesday, October 25, 2017


Today in
Television History

1954 - A U.S. cabinet session was televised for the first time. It was a special meeting of Eisenhower's administration cabinet.

1964 - The Rolling Stones made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1982 - The first episode of "Newhart" aired on CBS.

1990 - The 200th episode of "Cheers" aired on NBC-TV.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1960 - Fats Domino performed "Walkin' To New Orleans" and "My Girl Josephine" on "American Bandstand."

1969 - Three Dog Night performed "Easy to be Hard" and "Eli's Coming" on "American Bandstand."

1975 - Gary Tom's Empire performed "7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Blow Your Whistle" on "American Bandstand."

1975 - Cotton, Lloyd & Christian performed "I Go To Pieces" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Tuesday, October 24, 2017


Today in
Television History

1965 - NBC became the first TV network to carry 30 minutes of nightly news seven days a week.

1989 - Reverend Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000 for his conviction on 24 counts of fraud. In 1991, his sentence was reduced to eighteen years and he was released on parole after a total five years in prison.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1964 - The Spats performed "Gator Tails and Monkey Ribs" on "American Bandstand."

1964 - Bobby Vinton performed "Mr. Lonely" on "American Bandstand."

1970 - Mark Lindsay performed "Silver Bird" and "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Monday, October 23, 2017


Today in
Television History

1954 - Walt Disney appeared on the cover of "TV Guide." He was pictured on a TV screen surrounded by his most famous cartoon characters.

1956 - NBC broadcasted the first videotape recording. The tape of Jonathan Winters was seen coast to coast in the U.S.

1984 - "NBC Nightly News" aired footage of the severe drought in Ethiopia.

2002 - A Michigan appeals court reversed the 1999 decision against the "Jenny Jones Show." The court ruled that the program had no legal duty to protect a guest who was murdered after revealing a gay crush. Scott Amedure was shot to death by Jonathan Schmitz in 1995, three days after Amedure revealed an attraction to Schmitz during a taping of the show in Chicago. The segment was never aired.

2011 - The pilot episode of "Once Upon a Time" aired.


Today in
American Bandstand History

1950 - Dick Clark appeared on "The Jack Benny Program."

1957 - Georgia Gibbs performed "Walkin' the Floor Over You" on "American Bandstand."

1961 - Fats Domino performed "Let the Four Winds Blow" and "What a Party" on "American Bandstand."

1962 - Bobby "Blue" Bland performed "Stormy Monday Blues" on "American Bandstand."

1965 - The Mojo Men performed "Dance With Me" on "American Bandstand."

1971 - Al Green performed "Tired of Being Alone" and "Let's Stay Together" on "American Bandstand."

1976 - Lady Flash performed "Street Singin'" on "American Bandstand."

1982 - Lionel Richie performed "Truly" on "American Bandstand."

1982 - ABC performed "The Look of Love" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Sunday, October 22, 2017


Today in
Television History

1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.

1961 - Chubby Checker appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and performed "The Twist."

1974 - Fidel Castro gave his first in-depth interview since 1968. Dan Rather interviewed him on CBS.

1991 - The 100th episode of "Full House" aired on ABC.

1997 - MTV Italy launched its first domestically planned and produced Italian-language show, "Sonic."

Today in
American Bandstand History

1962 - Marvin Gaye performed "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" on "American Bandstand."

1965 - Left Banke performed "Walk Away Renee" on "American Bandstand."

1977 - Ronnie McDowell performed "The King Is Gone" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Michael Sembello performed "Maniac" and "Automatic Man" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Menudo's video for "Cannonball" was played on "American Bandstand."


Today is Saturday, October 21, 2017


Today in
Television History

1962 - Cliff Richard appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show."

1966 - The Who appeared on Britain's "Ready Steady Go!"

1992 - Elton John filed a $35 Million lawsuit accusing a reporter from the TV show "Hard Copy" of falsely stating that he had moved to Atlanta to be near an AIDS treatment center.


Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - The Five Satins performed "To the Aisle" on "American Bandstand."

1967 - The Grass Roots performed "Wake Up, Wake Up" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Friday, October 20, 2017


Today in
Television History


1957 - Walter Cronkite began hosting "The 20th Century." The show aired until January 4, 1970.

1985 - The movie "I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later" aired.

1991 - The movie "I Still Dream of Jeannie" aired.

1993 - Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to limit the violence in their programs.

2004 - ABC announced that they had dropped the option to carry the annual Miss America pageant. The September 18, 2004, pageant drew a record low 9.8 million viewers. 


Today in
American Bandstand History

1984 - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band performed "On the Dark Side" and "Tender Years" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - David Bowie's video for "Blue Jean" was played on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Champaign performed "Off and On Love" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Thursday, October 19, 2017


Today in
Television History


1937 - "Big Town" made its debut on CBS.

1953 - Singer Julius LaRosa was fired on publicly on "Arthur Godfrey Time" by Godfrey.

1967 - The 100th episode of "Batman" aired on ABC.

1974 - The news program "Weekend" debuted on NBC.

1990 - The 100th episode of "Perfect Strangers" aired on ABC. 


Today in
American Bandstand History

1960 - The Shirelles performed "Tonight's The Night" on "American Bandstand."

1961 - James Brown and the Famous Flames performed "I Don't Mind" and "Baby, You're Right" on "American Bandstand."

1963 - Little Peggy March performed "I Will Follow Him" and "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love" on "American Bandstand."

1968 - Al Wilson performed "The Snake" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Wednesday, October 18, 2017


Today in
Television History


1943 - The first broadcast of "Perry Mason" was presented on CBS Radio. The show went to TV in 1957.

1954 - The 100th episode of "I Love Lucy" aired.

1958 - The first computer-arranged marriage took place on Art Linkletter's show.

1969 - The Jackson 5 made their U.S. television debut on ABC-TV's "Hollywood Place."

1975 - Simon and Garfunkel reunited on "Saturday Night Live."

1988 - The first episode of "Roseanne" aired on ABC.

Today in

American Bandstand History

1975 - Natalie Cole performed "This Will Be" on "American Bandstand."

1980 - Irene Cara performed "Fame" on "American Bandstand."

1980 - Livingston Taylor performed "First Time Love" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Tuesday, October 17, 2017


Today in
Television History

1962 - The Beatles first appeared on Great Britain's Grenada TV Network.

1972 - The TV movie "Sandcastles" aired. It was the first TV movie to use a single camera videotape system.

1995 - Rhino Home Video released 58 episodes of "The Monkees" on 21 cassettes. It was the largest video boxed set to be released.

1997 - Warren G filed a lawsuit against Garth Brooks, his company Blue Rose Inc., and Home Box Office Inc. The suit alleged that Brooks had infringed on the trademarked circled "g" logo.


Today in
American Bandstand History

1958 - Roy Hamilton performed "Pledging My Love" on "American Bandstand."

1962 - Frank Ifield performed "I Remember You" on "American Bandstand."

1964 - Jerry Lee Lewis performed "High Heeled Sneakers" on "American Bandstand."

1970 - The O'Kaysions performed "Girl Watcher" and "Love Machine" on "American Bandstand."

1970 - The Moments performed "Love on a Two-Way Street" and "If I Didn't Care" on "American Bandstand."

1980 - Ronnie Milsap performed "There's No Gettin' Over Me" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Monday, October 16, 2017


Today in
Television History

1957 - Elvis Presley made his first appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride."

1976 - The 100th episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" aired.

2008 - The iTunes Music Store reached 200 million television episodes sold and 1+ million HD episodes sold.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1959 - The Revels performed "Midnight Stroll" on "American Bandstand."

1961 - Curtis Lee performed "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" on "American Bandstand."

1962 - Neil Sedaka performed "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" and "Next Door to an Angel" on "American Bandstand."

1965 - The Toys performed "A Lover's Concerto" on "American Bandstand."

1976 - The Ritchie Family performed "Best Disco in Town" on "American Bandstand."

1982 - Hall & Oats performed "Your Imagination," "Maneater," "Did it in a Minute" and "I Can't Go for That" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Sunday, October 15, 2017


Today in
Television History


1951 - The first episode of "I Love Lucy" aired on CBS.

1955 - "Grand Ole Opry" premiered on ABC-TV.

1960 - The 100th episode of "Perry Mason" aired on CBS.

1973 - "Tomorrow" debuted on NBC-TV.

2001 - The 0-4 Dallas Cowboys and the 0-4 Washington Redskins played on Monday Night Football. It was the only time in the 31-year history of Monday Night Football that two 0-4 teams played. The Cowboys won the game 9-7.

2006 - The first episode of "The Price is Right," with Drew Carey as host, aired.

2007 - The 100th episode of "Two and a Half Men" aired. 


Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - Carol Jarvis performed "Rebel" on "American Bandstand."

1966 - Stevie Wonder performed "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Paul Anka performed "Hold Me Til the Mornin' Comes" and "Gimme the Work" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Loverboy's video for "Queen of the Broken Hearts" was played on "American Bandstand."

Today is Saturday, October 14, 2017


Today in
Television History

1928 - The first televised wedding took place in Des Plains, IL. James Fowlkes and Cora Dennison were married in a radio studio.

1943 - The Radio Corporation of America finalized the sale of the NBC Blue radio network. Edward J. Noble paid $8 million for the network that was renamed American Broadcasting Company.

1968 - The first live telecast to come from a manned U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7. There were six broadcasts during the 11-day mission.

2001 - Toys "R" Us introduced the new version of Geoffrey the giraffe in a 60-second commercial before WABC-TV aired Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove."

Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - The Four Coins performed "My One Sin" on "American Bandstand."

1972 - Rufus Thomas performed "The Funky Chicken" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Friday, October 13, 2017


Today in
Television History

1937 - The FCC adopted new television allocations including seven channels between 44 and 108 MHz and 12 channels between 165 and 194 MHz.

1947 - "Junior Jamboree" began airing in Chicago, IL. The show's name was later changed to "Kukla, Fran and Ollie."

1957 - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra introduced the Ford Edsel on an hour long special.

1963 - The Beatles appeared on the BBC's "Sunday Night at the Palladium." It was their first appearance on a major TV show.

1971 - The first World Series night game was telecast on NBC.

1984 - Jesse Jackson appeared on "Saturday Night Live."

1988 - The 100th episode of "The Cosby Show" aired on NBC.

2000 - WRAL-TV became the first TV station in the world to produce and air an all-HD newscast, including graphics, live shots, and news stories.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1973 - Johnnie Taylor performed "I Believe In You" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Billy Ocean performed "Caribbean Queen" and "Loverboy" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Tina Turner's video for "Better Be Good To Me" was played on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Deborah Allen performed "Heartache and a Half" on "American Bandstand."
Today is Thursday, October 12, 2017


Today in
Television History

1949 - The police drama "The Plainclothesman" began airing on the DuMont Network.


Today in
American Bandstand History

1959 - The Tempos performed "See You in September" on "American Bandstand."

1960 - Jack Scott performed "Patsy" on "American Bandstand."

1963 - The Chiffons performed "He's So Fine" and "A Love So Fine" on "American Bandstand."

1968 - Johnny Nash performed "Hold Me Tight" and "You Got Soul" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Wednesday, October 11, 2017


Today in
Television History


1971 - Hugh Downs left the "Today" show and "Concentration." He later became the host of ABC's "20/20".

1975 - "Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time. George Carlin was the guest host. Janis Ian performed "At Seventeen" and "In the Winter" and Billy Preston played "Nothing from Nothing" and "Fancy Lady." 


Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - The Del-Vikings performed "Come and Go with Me," "Whispering Bells" and "Cool Shake" on "American Bandstand."

1969 - The Grass Roots performed "Heaven Knows" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Tuesday, October 10, 2017


Today in
Television History

1950 - The FCC approved the CBS color TV system effective November 20. CBS had promised 20 hours of color programs a week within two months.

1964 - NBC-TV aired the opening ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was the first live color TV program to be transmitted to the U.S. by satellite.

2000 - "The Geena Davis Show" premiered on ABC-TV.

2010 - Discovery Kids was relaunched and rebranded as The Hub. It was a joint operation by Discovery Communications and Hasbro, Inc.


Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - Thurston Harris performed "Little Bitty Pretty One" on "American Bandstand."

1960 - Joe Jones performed "You Talk Too Much" on "American Bandstand."

1962 - Chris Montez performed "Let's Dance" on "American Bandstand."

1970 - Poco performed "Better Think Twice" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Monday, October 9, 2017


Today in
Television History

1967 - Doc Severinsen replaced Skitch Henderson as musical director of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."

1982 - The 400th episode of "Soul Train" aired.

1986 - Joan Rivers debuted her new "The Late Show" on the FOX network.

2000 - The 100th episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" aired on CBS.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - Johnny Mathis performed "Chances Are" on "American Bandstand."

1958 - Duane Eddy performed "Ramrod" on "American Bandstand."

1965 - Barbara Mason performed "Yes I'm Ready (To Learn)" on "American Bandstand."

1965 - The Vejtables performed "I Still Love You" on "American Bandstand."

1982 - Kim Carnes performed "Voyeur" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Sunday, October 8, 2017


Today in
Television History

1956 - The show "Lawrence Welk’s Top Tunes and New Talent" debuted.

1994 - "Elvis Aaron Presley - The Tribute" was aired as a pay-per-view special.

1998 - The 100th episode of "Friends" aired on NBC.

2000 - NBC debuted the television series "Ed."

2000 - The first episode of "Nikki" aired on the WB network.


Today in
American Bandstand History

1966 - Mel Carter performed "You You You" and "Take Good Care of Her" on "American Bandstand."

1966 - Roy Head performed "To Make a Big Man Cry" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Marshall Crenshaw performed "Whenever You're on My Mind" and "Our Town" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - The Animals performed "The Night" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Shalamar's video for "Dead Giveaway" was played on "American Bandstand."


Today is Saturday, October 7, 2017


Today in
Television History

1950 - "The Frank Sinatra Show" debuted.

1952 - "Bob Horn's Bandstand" began as a local program in Philadelphia. Dick Clark began hosting the show in July of 1956.

1964 - The made-for-television movie "See How They Run" premiered.

1978 - The Rolling Stones appeared on "Saturday Night Live."


Today in
American Bandstand History

1952 - "Bob Horn's Bandstand" began as a local program in Philadelphia. Dick Clark began hosting the show in July of 1956.

1967 - Merry Go Round performed "You're a Very Lovely Woman" and "Live" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Friday, October 6, 2017


Today in
Television History

1949 - The "Ed Wynn Show" became the first regularly scheduled network show to be broadcasted from the West Coast of the United States.

1968 - "The Doors are Open" was aired on British TV. The show was a documentary about the Doors.

1968 - On "The Smothers Brothers Show" a promotional clip for the Beatles' "Hey Jude" was shown.

1991 - Cable News Network aired a videotape of American hostage Terry Anderson that had been made in Beirut, Lebanon.

1992 - Ross Perot appeared in his first paid broadcast on CBS-TV after entering the U.S. presidential race.

2000 - The first episode of CBS's "CSI" aired.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1973 - The New Seekers performed "Pinball Wizards/See Me, Feel Me" on "American Bandstand."

1973 - Willie Hutch performed "Slick" and "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" on "American Bandstand."

1979 - Smokey Robinson performed "Cruisin'" on "American Bandstand."

1976 - Mary MacGregor performed "Good Friends" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Sparks performed "With All My Might" and "Pretending to Be Drunk" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Billy Ocean's video for "Caribbean Queen" was played on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Karen Kamon performed "Da Do Ron Ron" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Thursday, October 5, 2017


Today in
Television History

1947 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House. The subject was the current international food crisis.

1951 - "The Honeymooners" was introduced during Jackie Gleason's first variety series "Cavalcade of Stars."

1969 - The Who performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1969 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuted on BBC television.

1974 - The 100th episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" aired on CBS.

1986 - "Business World" began airing on ABC-TV.

1989 - Jim Bakker was convicted of using his television show to defraud his viewers.

1998 - HBO premiered Janet Jackson's new video for "Every Time".

Today in
American Bandstand History

1963 - Dee Dee Sharp performed "Wild!" on "American Bandstand."

1968 - Eddie Floyd performed "I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)" and "Bring it on Home to Me" on "American Bandstand."

1968 - Iron Butterfly performed "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Wednesday, October 4, 2017


Today in
Television History

1953 - "I Led Three Lives" was first seen in syndication. The TV show was never on network.

1954 - "December Bride" debuted on CBS-TV.

1956 - "Playhouse 90" debuted on CBS-TV.

1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS-TV.

1976 - Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the "ABC Evening News" for the first time

1981 - Bruce Jenner and Harry Belafonte debuted in their first dramatic roles in NBC-TV's "Grambling's White Tiger".

1986 - Two men mugged Dan Rather in New York City, NY.

1987 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the Murdered Madam" aired.

1990 - FOX began airing "Beverly Hills 90210."

Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - Jackie Wilson performed "Reet Petite (The Prettiest Girl You Ever Wanna Meet)" on "American Bandstand."

1961 - Freddy Cannon performed "For Me and My Gal" on "American Bandstand."

1975 - Faith, Hope and Charity performed "To Each His Own" on "American Bandstand."


Today is Tuesday, October 3, 2017


Today in
Television History

1947 - WMAL-TV became the first VHF high band station.

1951 - CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago.

1954 - "Father Knows Best" began airing on CBS-TV.

1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS-TV.

1955 - ABC aired "The Mickey Mouse Club" for the first time.

1957 - "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom" premiered on ABC-TV.

1960 - "The Andy Griffith Show" began airing on CBS.

1961 - "The Dick Van Dyke Show" debuted on CBS-TV.

1976 - The first episode of "Quincy, M.E." aired on NBC. It was a 90 minute movie called "Go Fight City Hall -- To the Death!"

1977 - CBS-TV broadcasted "Elvis In Concert." It was a special that was filmed during his last tour.

1992 - Sinead O'Connor tore a picture of the pope during her appearance on "Saturday Night Live."

2001 - ESPN began its 10th season of National Hockey League (NHL) coverage.

2004 - The first season of "Desperate Housewives" began.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1957 - Marvin Rainwater performed "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" on "American Bandstand."

1960 - Ike and Tina Turner performed "A Fool in Love" on "American Bandstand."

1961 - The Duals performed "Stick Shift" on "American Bandstand."

1964 - The Newbeats performed "Bread and Butter" and "Everythin's Alright" on "American Bandstand."

1970 - The Grass Roots performed "Come On and Say It" on "American Bandstand."

1970 - The Spinners performed "It's a Shame" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Monday, October 2, 2017


Today in
Television History

1890 - Groucho Marx was born in New York. He is known for the "Marx Brothers" movies and his quiz show "You Bet Your Life"

1946 - "Faraway Hill" aired for the first time on the DuMont network. It was the first TV network soap opera.

1949 - "The Aldrich Family" debuted on NBC-TV.

1953 - "Person to Person" debuted on CBS-TV.

1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" debuted on CBS-TV.

1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes.

1965 - The Who made their debut on U.S. TV on the show "Shindig!"

1971 - "Soul Train" premiered in syndication.

1976 - John Belushi came out on stage with Joe Cocker while he was performing on "Saturday Night Live."

1983 - The 10th season of "The Jeffersons" began.

2006 - The 100th episode of "C.S.I.: Miami" aired.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1961 - Duane Eddy performed "My Blue Heaven" on "American Bandstand."

1965 - Derek Martin performed "You Better Go" on "American Bandstand."

1971 - Bill Withers performed "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Grandma's Hands" on "American Bandstand."

1976 - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots performed "Disco Duck" on "American Bandstand."

1976 - The Four Tops performed "Catfish" on "American Bandstand."

Today is Sunday, October 1, 2017


Today in
Television History


1952 - "This is Your Life" began airing on NBC-TV.

1955 - The television series "Honeymooners" began airing.

1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.

1962 - "The Lucy Show" aired for the first time.

1970 - The 200th episode of "Bewitched" was aired on ABC.

1982 - NBC aired the first episode of "Remington Steele."

1997 - The 10th season of "Murphy Brown" began.

2006 - The pilot episode of "Dexter" aired.

2010 - Sony launched the Sony Movie Channel. It was Sony's first wholly-owned American channel.


Today in
American Bandstand History


1959 - The Poni-Tails performed "I'll Be Seeing You" on "American Bandstand."

1966 - ? and the Mysterians performed "96 Tears" and "I Need Somebody" on "American Bandstand."

1966 - Lesley Gore performed "Young Love" on "American Bandstand."

1977 - Leif Garrett performed "Surfin' USA" and "Runaround Sue" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Bonnie Taylor performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Frank Stallone performed "Far from Over" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - The Lionel Richie video for "All Night Long" was played on "American Bandstand."

1997 - The hard back version of John Jackson's book "American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'N' Roll Empire" was published.

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