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Today in TV History 11/6/22

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Sunday, November 6, 2022

Today in Television History

1965 – The Rolling Stones, Strangeloves and Fontella Bass appeared on “Shindig!”

1967 – Phil Donahue began a TV talk show in Dayton, OH. The show, “Donahue,” was on the air for 29 years.

2001 – The TV show “24” aired for the first time.

2004 – The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh re-opened. One of the main attractions was the expanded ‘Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.’

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Dick Clark’s American Bandstand History

1957 – Jerry Reed appeared on American Bandstand.

1959 – Freddy Cannon performed “Okeee-fun-okee” and “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” on American Bandstand.

1965 – The Sunrays performed “I Live For The Sun” on American Bandstand.

1976 – The Sylvers performed “Hot Line” on American Bandstand.

1976 – Rick Springfield performed “Take a Hand” on American Bandstand.

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Saturday Night Live History

1999 – Dylan McDermott and the Foo Fighters were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2004 – “The Best of Tom Hanks” aired for the first time.

Today in TV History 11/1/22

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Today in Television History

1964 – The Dave Clark Five performed “Glad All Over” on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

1976 – The 100th episode of “Maude” aired.

1994 – Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” performance was released as “MTV Unplugged in New York.”

 

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Dick Clark’s American Bandstand History

1957 – The Four Esquires performed “Love Me Forever” on American Bandstand.

1960 – Jerry Butler performed “He Will Break Your Heart” on American Bandstand.

1969 – Joe South performed “Games People Play” and “Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home” on American Bandstand.

1969 – Andy Kim performed “So Good Together” on American Bandstand.

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Saturday Night Live History

2004 – “Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2004” aired for the first time.

2014 – Chris Rock and Prince were guests on Saturday Night Live. Prince, with his band 3rdEyeGirl and guest vocalist Lianne La Havas performed a medley of the songs “Clouds,” “Marz,” and “AnotherLove.”

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Today in TV History 10/31/22

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Monday, October 31, 2022

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.”

 

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Dick Clark’s 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 in
Saturday Night Live History

1981 – Donald Pleasence, Fear, John Belushi, Michael Davis and Andy Warhol were guests on Saturday Night Live. John Belushi made a cameo appearance during the opening. It was his final “SNL” appearance.

1987 – Cassandra Peterson, Dabney Coleman and The Cars were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1992 – Catherine O’Hara and 10,000 Maniacs were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1993 – Christian Slater and Smashing Pumpkins were guests on Saturday Night Live.

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Today in TV History 10/30/22

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Sunday, October 30, 2022

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.

 

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Dick Clark’s 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 in
Saturday Night Live History

1976 – Buck Henry and The Band were guests on Saturday Night Live. This was the final episode to feature “Weekend Update with Chevy Chase.”

1982 – Michael Keaton, Joe Jackson and Michael Palin were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1995 – “Best Of Saturday Night Live – Chevy Chase” was released on VHS.

2004 – Kate Winslet and Eminem were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2010 – Jon Hamm and Rihanna were guests on Saturday Night Live. Arcade Fire performed “We Used To Wait” and “Sprawl II.”

Today in TV History 10/20/22

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

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.

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Dick Clark’s 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 in
Saturday Night Live History

1979 – Eric Idle, Bob Dylan, Andy Kaufman, Bob Zmuda, Lorne Michaels, Michael O’Donoghue and Buck Henry were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1984 – Andrae Crouch, Wintley Phipps and Rev. Jesse Jackson were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1990 – George Steinbrenner, Lorne Michaels, Bob Costas, Al Franken and The Time were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2012 – Bruno Mars was a guest on Saturday Night Live and performed “Locked Out of Heaven” and “Young Girls.”

Today in TV History 10/17/22

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Monday, October 17, 2022

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.

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Dick Clark’s 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 in
Saturday Night Live History

1947 – Michael McKean was born.

1981 – George Kennedy, Miles Davis, Harry Anderson, Ron Howard, Regis Philbin and John Candy were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1987 – Steve Martin and Sting were guests on Saturday Night Live. Kevin Nealon became a cast member in this episode. This show was done live without a dress rehearsal due to a fire in a nearby studio.

1998 – Lucy Lawless and Elliott Smith were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2009 – Gerard Butler and Shakira were guests on Saturday Night Live.

Today in TV History 10/16/22

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Sunday, October 16, 2022
 

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.

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Dick Clark’s 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.

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Saturday Night Live History

1976 – Karen Black and John Prine were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1999 – Heather Graham and Marc Anthony were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2004 – “The Best of Jimmy Fallon” aired for the first time.

2009 – “Thursday Night Live (2)” aired. This half-hour special consisted of a spoof of the third presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, followed by an election-themed edition of Weekend Update.

Today in TV History 10/15/22

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Saturday, October 15, 2022

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.

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Dick Clark’s 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.

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Saturday Night Live History

1977 – Hugh Hefner, Libby Titus and Andy Kaufman were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1983 – Rhea Perlman, Danny DeVito, Eddy Grant and Dick Cavett were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1988 – Matthew Broderick and the Sugarcubes were guests on Saturday Night Live.

1993 – “The Best of Saturday Night Live Hosted by Eddie Murphy” was released on VHS.

1994 – John Travolta and Seal were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2011 – Anna Faris and Drake were guests on Saturday Night Live. Drake performed “Headlines (They Know)” and “Proud of You” (featuring Nicki Minaj).

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Today in TV History 10/14/22

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Friday, October 14, 2022

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.”

 

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Dick Clark’s 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 in
Saturday Night Live History

1978 – Fred Willard and Devo were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2000 – Kate Hudson and Radiohead were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2012 – Christina Applegate and Passion Pit were guests on Saturday Night Live. Passion Pit performed “Take a Walk” and “Carried Away.”

 

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Today in TV History 10/13/22

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

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.

 

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Dick Clark’s 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 in
Saturday Night Live History

1979 – Steve Martin, Blondie and Buck Henry were guests on Saturday Night Live. Blondie performed “Dreaming” and “The Hardest Part.”

1984 – Bob Uecker and Peter Wolf were guests on Saturday Night Live.

2001 – Drew Barrymore and Macy Gray were guests on Saturday Night Live.

 

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