Today in TV History 4/30/18

Today is Monday, April 30, 2018

Today in
Television History
1952 - Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on network television.

1964 - The FCC ruled that all TV receivers should be equipped to receive both VHF and UHF channels.

1975 - ABC aired the pilot episode of "Starsky and Hutch."

1992 - The final episode of "The Cosby Show" aired on NBC.

1996 - Jackson Communications Inc. was ordered to pay $1.6 million to Smith-Hemion Productions. Smith-Hemion had lost money because of Michael Jackson's failure to perform on the "Jackson Family Honors" TV special.

1997 - The television series "Ellen" made TV history when its lead character "came out" as a lesbian.

2002 - NBC aired the "Tonight" show's celebration of its 10th year with Jay Leno. Appearances were made by Tom Cruise, Cher and Steven Tyler (Aerosmith).

Today in
American Bandstand History
1959 - Dee Clark performed "Just Keep It Up" on "American Bandstand."

1966 - Jackie DeShannon performed "Come and Get Me" on "American Bandstand."

1966 - Bob Kuban & the In-Men performed "The Cheater" on "American Bandstand."

1977 - Andrew Gold performed "Lonely Boy" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Irene Cara performed "Flashdance...What a Feeling" on "American Bandstand."

1983 - Felony performed "The Fanatic" and "What a Way to Go" on "American Bandstand."

Today in TV History 4/29/18

Today is Sunday, April 29, 2018

Today in
Television History
1954 - Ernest Borgnine made his network television debut in "Night Visitor" on NBC-TV.

1961 - ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" premiered.

1974 - Phil Donahue’s TV show, "Donahue" moved to Chicago, IL.

1979 - The final episode of "Battlestar Galactica" was aired on ABC.

1993 - An animated Barry White was a guest on "The Simpsons."

2000 - The 100th episode of "Pokémon" aired.

2002 - "TV Guide" was released with a listing of the "Top 50 TV Shows" of all time. The TV show version of the "Top 50 TV Shows" aired on May 13.

2002 - Donovan Patton took over as host of the children's show "Blue's Clues." Steve Burns had been the host since the show's debut in December 1996.

2002 - White House press secretary Air Fleisher appeared on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno."


Today in
American Bandstand History
1958 - Buddy Greco appeared on "American Bandstand."

1959 - Chubby Checker performed "The Class" on "American Bandstand."

1960 - Dick Clark told the U.S. House of Representatives that he had never taken payola for the records he featured on his show "American Bandstand."

1967 - Don Grady & the Yellow Balloon performed "Yellow Balloon" on "American Bandstand."

1967 - Brenton Wood performed "The Oogum Boogum Song" on "American Bandstand."

1972 - Al Green performed "Look What You Done for Me" on "American Bandstand."

1978 - Wild Cherry performed "I Love My Music" on "American Bandstand."

Today in TV History 4/28

Today is Saturday, April 28, 2018

Today in
Television History
1957 - Mike Wallace was seen on TV for the first time. He was the host of "Mike Wallace Interviews."

1959 - Arthur Godfrey was seen for the last time in the final broadcast of "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" on CBS-TV.

1965 - Barbra Streisand's first TV special aired on CBS. It was titled "My Name is Barbra".

1975 - John Lennon appeared on "The Tonight Show."

1975 - Ringo Starr performed "No No Song" on "The Smothers Brothers Show."

1994 - The 100th episode of "The Simpsons" aired on FOX.

2000 - The final episode of "Cosby" aired on CBS.

2000 - Jay Leno received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2002 - NBC taped the "Tonight" show's celebration of its 10th year with Jay Leno.

Today in
American Bandstand History
1959 - The Rockin' R's performed "The Beat" on "American Bandstand."

1973 - Sam Neely performed "Rosalie" and "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" on "American Bandstand."

1979 - The Farragher Bros. performed "Stay the Night" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Bon Jovi performed "Runaway" and "She Don't Know Me" on "American Bandstand."

1984 - Mr. Mister performed "Hunters of the Night" on "American Bandstand."

Today in TV History 4/27/18

Today is Friday, April 27, 2018

Today in
Television History
1969 - Joe Cocker made his debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1969 - Glen Campbell and Dionne Warwick were guests on Jose Feliciano's TV special.

1971 - The final episode of "Green Acres" aired.

2001 - A&E aired "Live By Request" in which the BeeGees performed many of their hit songs.

1986 - Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupted HBO.

Today in
American Bandstand History

1962 - Fats Domino performed "You Win Again" and "Ida Jane" on "American Bandstand."

1974 - Kool & the Gang performed "Hollywood Swinging" on "American Bandstand."

1974 - The DeFranco Family performed "Save the Last Dance for Me" on "American Bandstand."