debut of TV shows

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I'm starting a thread today debut of TV shows from the past to present.I thought it would be an interesting topic for those of us who watch TV I won't be posting every day,I'm using my reference TV book'Complete Directory of TV Shows from 1946-2007 If you know the exact date/yr a favorite show debuted ,feel free to post it here,comments welcomed
The 1st entry
Oct 6,2000
original 'CSI:Crime Scene Investigation" '00-'15 The show is about a forensic team in Las Vegas working with the Criminal Bureau of the Police Dept,they used advanced techniques to analyze evidence found at crime scenes esp gruesome murders. I remember watching the 1st episode,fast paced,was hooked watched the show for most of its run.The cast: William Petersen "Gil Grissom" played the senior forensic investigator,Marg Helgenberger'Catherine' his assistant,Robt. David Hall- chief medical examiner,Jorja Fox'Sara' the rookie,Eric Szmanda'Greg' who was eccentric lab tech
Petersen left the show in '09 Helgenberger left in 2012,but they both returned for the finale in '15.I know Ted Danson replaced Petersen but I didn't watch the show then
 

Perry Mason, first episode date, September 21, 1957.

One of my all-time favourite shows. Not only did I love Raymond Burr, for his acting and character in the show, my husband tells me that he had a big-time crush on Barbara Hale.
 
I'm not one for watching or liking Movies, that said I work out every evening starting on the stationary Bike and then Nordic Track, while watching Rawhide on YouTube. All very good actors, Rowdy, Wishbone, Mushy, Vaver, etc, and excellent subject. It was a great show.
 

Rocky and Bullwinkle

began life in the 1950's television show, The Frostbite Falls Review. It was created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott. Their names in that show were Rocket J. Squirrel and Canadian Moose. The Frostbite Falls Review was not very successful so Rocky and Bullwinkle became the stars of their own show, Rocky and His Friends.

The show was co-created by Alex Anderson and premiered on November 29th, 1959 on ABC. Added to the cast were Boris and Natasha, two Pottsylvanian spies. The show also featured various segments; Peabody's Improbable History, Fractured Fairy Tales, Mr. Know-It-All, and Aesop and Son.

In 1961, the show moved to NBC and was renamed The Bullwinkle Show. In 1964 the creators moved the show back to ABC where it was cancelled at the end of that season. The next year the show did reappear back on ABC; Bullwinkle and Rocky were replaced by Hoppity Hooper, while the other segments remained.

The show ran on ABC until 1974. It was then syndicated under the name of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. In 1996, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle was picked up by Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network. It has since moved to the classic cartoon network, Boomerang where it is still running today.

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-rocky-and-bullwinkle-show/
 
Lost September 22,2004

This is my favorite pilot. Very well done and HD had just started to become mainstream so it looked extra special on my 32" HD..lol. I know that some felt the show strayed after a couple of seasons but I stuck with it to the end. Every now and then I go back to watch the pilot and follow up episode just to recapture that feeling of watching it for the first time.
 
One of my most favorite shows was Criminal Minds. It first aired on September 22,2005. Sadly it ended this year after a 15yr run. I still watch it on netflex even though I have seen all the episodes, It was a wonderful show with a terrific cast.
 
Oct 7th
10/7/60 CBS drama'Route 66' starring Martin Milner 'Tod Stiles',George Maharis'Buz Murdock' The show was about the 2 guys travelling around the country in Tod's corvette looking for adventure .It was shot on location across the U.S. George left the show in '63 due to health reasons,he was replaced by Glenn Corbett
 
Ken N Tx said:
American Bandstand was an American music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.
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I watched Bandstand every day after school. It first aired near where I lived in Philadelphia. My sister and I would dance to all the fast dances and we loved it. I loved seeing some of the performers on the show. Frankie Avalon,Bobby Ridell and Fabian all lived in the same neighborhood as I did.
 
The Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show which aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised for four seasons, from 1955 to 1959, by ABC.
 
Oct 10th
10/10/58 '77 Sunset Strip' was detective drama
The stars,Efrem Zimbalist Jr played'Stu Bailey' an ex OSS officer an expert in languages.Roger Smith played'Jeff Spencer' a former govt undercover agent.The shows' title was the location where their office was in Hollywood,Calif. Edd Brynes played'Kookie' the young valet who worked at the restaurant next door,dreamed of becoming a detective one day,helped the two guys on some cases
 
Oct 11th
10/11/75 SNL{Saturday Night Live} debuted a comedy/variety show live 11:30pm-1am live from NYC,45 yrs later still on the air
The show consists of comedians who do skits on topical subjects,each week there is a guest host who appears in some of the skits, a musical guest
The 1st show late comedian George Carlin was the host,Billy Preston&Janis Ian were musical guests
From 1975- 1980,featured 7 comics aka'Not Ready for Prime Time Players' who did the skits,They are:
Chevy Chase-he left after the 1st yr,replaced by Bill Murray
Jane Curtin
Dan Aykroyd-left in '79
JOhn Belushi-left in'79
Gilda Radner
Garrett Morris
Laraine Newman
I watched the show during the early yrs,thought it was very funny,something different
 
Oct 15
10/15/59
'The Untouchables'59-'63 based on actual events set in Chicago,Ill in the bullet ridden days of Prohibition in the 30's.The show starred Robert Stack as' Elliott Ness' he and his group of agents battle major crime lords including Al Capone At the time this was the most violent show on TV,but it scored big ratings for ABC
The movie version'87,Kevin Costner played'Ness',Robert deNiro played 'Capone'
 
Oct 25th
10/25/82
"Newhart''82-'90 In this funny sitcom,Bob plays "Dick Loudon" a NYC writer of'How To Books',he and his wife'Joanna"{Mary Frann} decide to buy and renovate "The Stratford Inn' in Norwich,VT which was built in 1754. They get help running the inn with some interesting characters."George'{Tom Poston} who's family had been caretakers of the inn for more than 200 yrs. Three brothers who were the worst handymen '"Larry,Darryl,#1 Darryl# 2
The finale has been called 'all time classic'.A Japanese businessman has bought the entire town to convert it into a golf club/course /hotels.Bob refused to sell the inn at first then,5 yrs later it become a hotel on the 14th fairway of the golfcourse.Bob after arguing with the businessman,walks out the front door,is hit by a errant golf ball knocking him unconscious.He wakes up to tell his wife about a strange dream he had owning an inn in VT.As the lights come on,in bed with him is his 1st TV wife,Suzanne Pleshette"Emily"
 
Oct 26th
10/26/82-8/10/88
NBC's medical drama"St. Elsewhere' one of my all time favorite shows. The series was set in Boston,Mass at St Eligius hosptial where patients were sent who couldn't afford to go to more expensive hosptials. The staff was first rate,'Dr Westphall' chief of staff{Ed Flanders}, "Dr Mark Craig,egotistical heart surgeon{William Daniels},"Dr Aushlander,veteran dr{Norman Lloyd},and the residents/interns. A couple favorites were 'Dr Jack Morrison"{David Morse},'Dr Phillip Chandler{Denzel Washington} Dr Victor Ehrlich{Ed Begley,Jr}
The series finale was strange which I truly hated.The last scene shows Dr Westphall's 6 yrold austic son,Tommy with a snow globe of the hospital in his hand,was all a dream
MTM Enterprises Mary Tyler Moore,her 2nd husband,Grant Tinker,their production company produced this show along with a few others:
"MTM,Hill Street Blues,Remington Steele,Newhart,Lou Grant,WKRP in Cincinatti
 
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