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7/10/50 NBC's'Your Hit Parade'"50-'58 which orginally was on radio in 1935
This show was on Saturday nights for 1/2hr,the format, singing the 7 most popular songs at the time,# 1 song was always sung last.The regular cast of singers were:
Snooky Larson
Dorothy Collins
Eileen Wilson
Gisele MacKenzie
Russell Arms
The show was sponsored by Lucky Strikes Cigarettes
 

7/11/66 ABC's The Newlywed Game' a game show which had pairs of newlywed couples competing against each other in revealing questions,to determine just how much they really knew each other
In the 1st round the wives were off stage,husbands answer 3 questions,then husbands leave.A match was worth 5 points. By the 3rd round the points were worth 25 points
The grand prize was never a car or cash,mostly applicances furniture,home entertainment
The original host was Bob Eubanks,show's executive producer was Chuck Barris.He went on to host the 'Gong Show'
 
7/13/05 TNT's police drama'The Closer"
This series centered on Los Angeles Police Dept detectives,cases they get involved inand solve
"Brenda Leigh Johnson' {Kyra Sedgwick} as the LA police Deputy Chief. She was transferred from Atlanta due to her reputation as a 'Closer' interrogator who has a knack for solving cases and getting confessions that lead to convictions
The show had a wonderful supporting cast
JK Simmons"assistant chief'Will Pope" who requested Brenda to come to LA
Jon Tenney'Fritz Howard" ,FBI agent,Brenda's boyfriend,later husband
GW Bailey'Louie Privenza',deputy Lt ,2nd in command
Tony Dennison'Andy Flynn' deputy Lt
Michael Paul Tan'Michael Tao',scientific investigation specialist
Raymond Cruz' Julillo Sanchez' specialist with guns&gangs
PHil Keane'Buzz' who handled the video& audio tasks
I loved this show watched every week,thought it was well written . The show was a big hit with viewers avg 7-8 million It ended in Aug 2012
 

7/19/07 AMC's "Mad Men'
This series is set in the 60's at a fictious advertisement agency' Sterling Cooper' in NYC.The show's title was slang term used by advertising execs working on Madison Ave
The show centered on 'Don Draper'{Jon Hamm} the creative director of the agency,he was revered in the industry as a genius.Other cast members:
"Peggy' {Elizabeth Moss} Draper's secretary who becomes a copywriter
"Betty'{January Jones},Draper's ex wife mother of their 3 kids
"Joan'{Christina Hendricks} officer manager,head of secretary pool
"Bert'{Robert Morse} the eccentric senior partner who lets Draper run the agency
'Lane"{Jared Harris} the British financial officer
The show was a big hit with critics &viewers, was acclaimed for the writing/acting/directing
It won 16 Emmy awards,5 Golden Globes, was 1st cable TV show to win Best Drama,'08-'11
 
7/21/96 Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show'
This is a late night 11-11:30pm 1/hr comedy satire show drawing info from latest news stories,politcal figures,media orgs. The original host was Craig Kilborn '96-'98
comedian Jon Stewart hosted from '98-'15, Trevor Noah is now the host,he started in '15
When Stewart was hosting,the show became more political
Its a big hit with young viewers age 18-49
a few comedians got their start as correspondents on the show:
Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert,Ed Helms
 
7/29/57 "The Tonight Show with Jack Paar'
Paar replaced comedian Steve Allen who loved doing 'sketch comedy' at a frantic pace
Jack did things differently,known as a interviewer ,he was witty, became emotional at times would cry on air.
The regulars on the show were:
Jose Meles&orchestra
Hugh Downs-announcer
comedians,Cliff Arquette'Charley Weaver",Peggy Cass, Dody Goodman. Paar fired Dody in '58 because he felt she was upstaging him
The show was live until it was decided to tape in early evening to be shown at later time
Paar quit the show March '62 Johnny Carson would replace him in Oct
 
August
8/5/57 "American Bandstand' went national on ABC live weekday afternoons originally from Philadelphia with Dick Clark as host/also show's producer The premise was teenagers would dance to Top 40 songs,performers who appeared would lip-sync their latest single One of the features was 'rate a record',2 kids from audience would rate a record on a scale from 35-98. The catch phrase became'its got a good beat,you can dance to it' The show in '63 had a national audience of 20 million,was moved to Los Angeles in '64.
I learned how to do the "Twist',"Monkey' by watching the show
8/5/98'Whose Line Is It Anyway" an improv comedy show which had 4 comics on a bare stage doing improvised sketches/impressions based on lines given to them by moderator,comedian Drew Carey.He awarded points to which ever comic did the best job though no real prizes were handed out
The 3 original cast members were Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady,addtionally Greg Proops,Brad Sherwood,Chip Esten.
 
8/10/48 humor show which started on ABC'Candid Camera'
Allen Funt,was the orignal host,premise of the show,film unspecting people with hidden cameras watch their reactions to bizarre/strange happenings e.g. a guy at a bowling alley rolls the ball and when it returns in the chute,the finger holes were missing. The guy trying to figure out what is going on,The gag line was 'Smile You're on Candid Camera'
One of the most famous scenes filmed happened in 1964 in Pittsburgh. A traffic cop,Vic Ciana is directing cars at an intersection,he looks like he is performing a ballet
The show moved to NBC in July'49,then to CBS in '50
Funt was host from 1948-1990,then Dom Deluise for a yr,Allen's son,Peter took over in 1998- 2004
 
moviequeen1 said:
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8/5/57 "American Bandstand' went national on ABC live weekday afternoons originally from Philadelphia with Dick Clark as host/also show's producer The premise was teenagers would dance to Top 40 songs,performers who appeared would lip-sync their latest single One of the features was 'rate a record',2 kids from audience would rate a record on a scale from 35-98. The catch phrase became'its got a good beat,you can dance to it' The show in '63 had a national audience of 20 million,was moved to Los Angeles in '64.
I learned how to do the "Twist',"Monkey' by watching the show
8/5/98'Whose Line Is It Anyway" an improv comedy show which had 4 comics on a bare stage doing improvised sketches/impressions based on lines given to them by moderator,comedian Drew Carey.He awarded points to which ever comic did the best job though no real prizes were handed out
The 3 original cast members were Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady,addtionally Greg Proops,Brad Sherwood,Chip Esten.
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My sister and I watched Bandstand every day as kids it aired when we got home from school, and we would dance to a lot of the songs. When it first aired in Philadelphia where we lived we knew a lot of the kids on there. When Bobby Rydell, Fabian, and Frankie Avalon were on we would get excited because they lived near us. Bobby Rydell even married a girl my sister went to school with.
 
8/13/12 TNT"s'Major Crimes"
This police drama was a spinoff of 'The Closer' which was set in Los Angeles police dept
The squad detectives are still reeling from the sudden departure of their boss,'Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson"{Kyra Sedwick} The woman who replaces her is 'Capt Sharon Raydnor"{Mary McDonnell} who was an internal affairs officer. At first,the detectives did not like or trust her because she did things differently. In time they began to trust her
During the course of the series run,Sharon takes in &adopts 'Rusty Beck' who is a material witness to murder trail.She falls in love &marries one of the detectives'Lt Andy Flynn'{Tony Dennison}
A few of the cast members from "The Closer' appear in this show
GW Bailey"Louie Provenza" who is now 2nd in command,Tony Dennison,Michael Tan"Tao",Phil Kane'Buzz',who shoots video crime scenes
I loved this show,thought it was even better than "The Closer',well written.,great cast My favorite character was "Louie Provenza',always liked any show GW appears in
The show ended in 2018
 
8/21/88
NBC's "Later", a late night 30 min talk show with sportscaster,Bob Costa .It was on at 1:30-2am. There was no monologue,house band or studio audience.Each show had 1 guest,highlighted with clips of their career.It was a mix of sports figures,TV stars, on occasion politicans,news people.It was taped in NYC, His 1st guest was newswoman,Linda Ellerbee
The show relocated to Los Angeles in '94,Costa declined to continue with the show,he was still doing sports related programs for the network.He was replaced by young comic,Greg Kennear
 
Adventures in Paradise.
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I had a major crush on Gardner McKay when he starred in Adventures in Paradise. He just sailed around the islands in the South Pacific in his schooner the Tiki III having his "adventures". Back then I didn't care too much about the story line...just tuned in for Gardner McKay!
 
8/25/79 ABC's drama'Hart To Hart'
This detective series starred Robert Wagner&Stephanie Powers as Jonathan&Jennifer Hart. He was the self made millionaire who was CEO of Hart Industries,she was a international free lance journalist. They lived the rich, jet set,glamorous lifestyle,every week as they went around the world,they solved mystery crimes
Their chauffeur/confidant was Max{Lionel Stander} who did the voice over on every show. Their dog'Freeway' was a stray they found on the freeway. Nolan Miller,fashion/jewelry designer was costume designer on the show.The series was created by best selling author,Sidney Sheldon.The show ended in July '84. There were 8 made for TV movies starting in 1993
 
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9/8/66 ABC sitcom'That Girl' which starred Marlo Thomas as 'Ann Marie' an aspiring actress living in New York City,taking temp jobs to support herself.Her supportive boyfriend'Donald'{Ted Bissell} is a writer for a news magazine.Lew Parker,Rosemary De Camp play her concerned parents.Other cast members:
Bernie Kopell'Jerry' co worker of Donald's
Ruth Buzzi'Margie' friend of Ann Marie&Donald
Dabney Coleman,'Dr Bessmer' Ann's neighbor
Mabel Albertson'Mildred' Donald's mother
I remember watching this show,enjoyed it,thought it was funny At the time I had a crush on Dabney Coleman,Ted Bissell
 
9/9/01
HBO's war drama mini series'Band Of Brothers' which is based on author Stephen Ambrose's non fiction book,co created&exec produced by Tom Hanks,director Steven Spielberg
The 10 part series dramatizes 'Easy Company' 506th Parachute Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division,jump training in U.S. thru its participation in major European cities.The events are based on the author's research and taped interviews with Easy Company veterans. The series was filmed over 8-10months on Ellenbrooke Fields in Hertfordshire,Eng
cast members include:
Damian Lewis'Maj 'Dick Winter'
Ron Livingston'Capt Lewis Nixon'
Donnie Walburg'2nd Lt Lipton
At the time was the most expensive mini series budget at $125 million
It was a hit with critics,viewers,nominated for 20 Emmy Awards won 7 including Best Mini series directing,casting,
 
9/10/67 NBC western'The High Chaparral' which was set in the 1870;s in Southern Arizona in Apache Indian territory. The series was about family of,'Big John Cannon{Leif Erickson} and his ranch known as 'Big Chaparral. He ran it with his brother'Buck'{Cameron Mitchell} and his son 'Blue{Mark Slade}. John's 1st wife, Anna was killed in the 1st episode ,he remarried a beautiful,young Mexican woman,"Victoria'{Linda Christal} who was 30 yrs younger.Her brother 'Monolito{Henry Darrow} eventually came to work&live on the ranch
The show was filmed at Old Tucson Studios in Tucson,AZ and at NBC studios in Burbank,Calif
I loved this show,tuned in every week to watch,lasted 4 yrs
 
9/11/67 CBS 'The Carol Burnett Show' a variety/comedy show starring comedienne,Carol Burnett.
Each week before the show began,she would take questions from the studio audience
Jim Nabors,long time friend of Carol's guest starred on 1st show of every season
The cast members were Harvey Korman,Vicki Lawrence,Tim Conway{became a regular in '75} announcer,Lyle Waggoner .Harvey left the show in '77,Dick Van Dyke replaced him but there wasn't good chemistry between him&Carol,he left after 10 shows
The comedy sketches would spoof TV shows,movies,sketches:
'As The Stomach Turns' -spoof of soap operas
'The Oldest Man"'Duane Tuddleberry'{Tim Conway},an old,slow moving man in various situations usually with Harvey
"Mr Tudball&Mrs Wiggins' Carol plays a dim witted receptionist with Tim
"Ed &Eunice' Carol&Harvey play an uptight couple who constantly argue with her mom{Vicki}
Bob Mackie created all the costumes including the iconic curtain dress in the spoof of "Gone With the Wind'
The show would win 25 Emmy Awards during its 11 yr run
Carol& Vicki are the only cast members still with us
 
needshave said:
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.
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Yap! I am not watching the 2nd part of the 3rd year of Rawhide. Great show, great music and most are pretty good stories. I have also started the 13rd year of Gunsmoke. Never get tired of these great shows. Good stories minus the constant violence, swearing and nudity that the more recent TV shows seem mostly to trive on.
 
9/12/59 NBC western'Bonanza' which centers around a rich family,the'Cartwrights' who live in Virginia City,Nevada,their ranch name is'Ponderosa,show is weekly adventures of family&3 sons
The cast:
patriarch 'Ben' Lorne Greene
"Adam' Pernell Roberts,he left the show in '64
'Hoss" -Dan Blocker
"Little Joe' Michael Landon
The show debut on Sat nights at 7:30 later switched to Suns at 9pm,it ended 1/6/73
9/12/78
NBC sitcom'Taxi' show was about a group of NYC taxi drivers who worked at Sunshine Club Company,dealt with their obnoxious/abusive dispatcher'Louie'{Danny Devito}
The other cast members:
Alex-Judd Hirsch
Bobby-Jeff Conaway
Elaine-Marilu Henner
Tony-Tony Danza
"Rev Jim'- Christopher Lloyd,an aging 'hippie minister'
Latka- Andy Kaufman,played the mechanic who spoke in fractured English
The show would win 18 Emmys during its 5 yr run
 
9/13/77
ABC's sitcom'Soap' which was half hour satire on soap operas..The show centered on 2 familes,the wealthy'Tates"
Chester{Robert Mandan} was a businessman who had a few affairs,"Jessica{Katherine Helmond} played his scatterbrained wife,their kids,Corrine{Diana Conova}, Eunice{Jennifer Salt},Billy{Jimmy Baio} Their butler'Benson'{Robert Gilliaume} witnessed everything
The other family was the Campbell's who lived across town.Jessica's sister,Mary{Cathryn Damon} was married to "Burt"{Richard Mulligan} he disliked his step sons,'Jodie{Billy Crystal} who was gay,Danny{Ted Wass} who was involved with organized crime
This was a funny show with a great cast,I tuned in every week,loved it
9/13/74 NBC's detective drama'The Rockford Files',James Garner played,"Jim Rockford",an ex-con who was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit,he was eventually freed when new evidence was revealed. The cases he took were the ones where police thought were closed until he found new evidence.He would try and get Det Dennis Becker{Joe Santos} involved with the cases which Becker tried to avoid dealing with Jim.
Jim lived& worked out of a house trailer on a Los Angeles beach.His dad'Rocky'{Noah Berry,Jr} a retired truck driver would sometimes help him.Jim's girlfriend/attorney,'Beth{Gretchen Corbett} would always be around to bail him out when he got arrested. One of Jim's ex con friends was'Angel'{Stuart Margolin} constantly asked Jim for help when he got involved with former criminal buddies.
This was one of my fav detective shows,watched every week,show lasted until 1974
9/13/90 NBC"s long running police/legal drama'Law and Order"
This show was set&filmed in NYC was showed in 2 parts,the 1st the investigation of crime {usually murder},the arrest of the suspect by NYPD detectives.The 2nd part, the trial by the prosecutors from the Manhattan District Atty's office.The storylines were based on recent headlines but the crime&suspect were different.
The show had a revolving cast over the 20 yr run,the longest cast members were:
Steven Hill{DA Adam Schiff} season 1-10
Jerry Orbach{Lt Lennie Briscoe} season 3-14
S. Epatha Merkeson{Lt Anita Van Buren}
Sam Waterson{Jack McCoy} ex ass't DA,later DA season 5-20
Jesse L.Martin{Det Ed Green} season 10-18
The show led to 6 other 'spinoffs', 'Law&Order:SVU" '99 is the longest running police drama on network TV
I started watching the show when Sam Waterson became a cast member in'94,thought the show lost some of its spark when Jerry Orbach,continued to watch until the end
 
9/14/85 NBC's classic sitcom'The Golden Girls'
The show centered on 4 mature ladies in their 50's,60's all living together in a house in Miami,Fla
"Blanche'{Rue McClanhan} owned the house was a widow,Southern belle who loved going out on dates with different men
Dorothy{Bea Arthur} was a outspoken divorcee,substitute teacher with a strong personality,at times overpowered her housemates
Sophia{Estelle Getty} Dorothy's mom who moved in when her retirement home'Shady Pines' burnt to the ground.She was feisty at times
Rose{Betty White},a soft spoken, naive widow who worked as a grief counselor
This was a very funny show,looked forward to watching it every week
It was a big hit with the critics,viewers,won 10 Emmys during its run.All 4 leads won either Best Actress or Supp Actress Emmys
Bea Arthur wanted out of the show after the 7th season,she felt the scripts weren't as good as in the beginning. Its why the series ended
Betty is the remaining cast member still with us
 
9/16/71 ABC's legal drama'Owen Marshall,Counselor at Law'
Arthur Hill played the lead as a compassionate defense atty taking on various cases from civil rights to murder. Over the course of the series run he was aided by young assistants,Jess{Lee Majors}, Ted[David Soul}, Danny{Reni Santoni} He was aided by his loyal law clerk,Fredia{Joan Darling}.Marshall was a widower, with a 12 yr old daughter,Melissa{Christine Matchett}
I loved this show tuned in every week to watch,lasted 3 yrs. It was co created by David Victor,Jerry McNeeley who was a Univ of Wisconsin law professor
 
RadishRose said:
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/
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"Ees moose and squirrel, Natasha.". Aww I loved that show.
 
Aunt Marg said:
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.
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I am a Perry Mason nut. I try to watch both daily episode that appear on ME-TV, but I have to sleep sometime. And ME=TV only shows the series Monday-Friday. No problem ,I own the cd set. And I thought Barbara Hale was the most beautiful woman I knew. I figured out the killer was always the last person you thought it could be. Even though I know who the killer is, and I could probably recite some of the dialog, I love watching that show.
 


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