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This Week in Television History: November 2024 PART I

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2024/11/04

November 8, 1914 Norman Nathan Lloydis born.Actor, producer, and director with a career in entertainment spanning roughly eight decades. Lloyd has appeared in over sixty films and television shows. In the 1980s, he gained a new generation of fans for playing Dr. Daniel Auschlander, one of the starring roles on the groundbreakingmedical dramaSt. Elsewhere.November 8, 1979The program, "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage", premiered on ABC-TV.The show was planned to be temporary, but it evolved

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Teri Garr

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2024/10/29

Speed bumps, I was thinking, you know, you're driving along, everything's OK, and then there's a speed bump to go, 'Slow down.' Go over it real slowly, and you hit the pedal, and you keep going, and I just thought it was kind of a nice metaphor for life.-Teri GarrTerry Ann GarrDecember 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024Teri Garr died from complications of multiple sclerosis at her home in Los Angeles, on October 29, 2024, at the age of 79.Good Night Ms. GarrStay TunedTony Figueroa

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This Week in Television History: October 2024 PART V

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2024/10/28

November2, 1959 Charles Van Doren, a game show contestant on the NBC-TV program Twenty-One admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance.One month after the hearings began, Van Doren emerged from hiding and confessed before the committee that he had been complicit in the fraud. On November 2, 1959, he admitted to theHouse Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, aUnited States Congresssubcommittee, chaired byArkansasDemocratOren Harris, that he had been given questions and answers

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This Week in Television History: October 2024 PART IV

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2024/10/21

October 23, 1984 NBC Nightly News aired footage of the severe drought in Ethiopia.October 25, 1924 Billy Barty was born William John Bertanzetti.Barty was one of the most famous 20th century people with dwarfism. Barty, an Italian American, was born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the gang in the Mickey McGuire serial of silent shorts (a children's comedy series of the 1920s, similar in tone to the "Our Gang"/"Little Rascals" comedies, starring a very young Mickey Rooney in the title

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This Week in Television History: October 2024 PART III

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2024/10/14

September 29, 1969 Love American Style debutsLove, American Styleis ananthologycomedy television series that aired onABCfrom September 29, 1969 to January 11, 1974. The series was produced byParamount Television. During the 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons, it was a part of ABC's Friday primetime lineup that includedThe Brady Bunch,The Partridge Family,Room 222, andThe Odd Couple. It featured some of the earliest work of future starsDiane Keaton("Love and the Pen Pals"),Sally Struthers("Love and the

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This Week in Television History: October 2024 PART II

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2024/10/07

October 7, 1964 The made-for-television movieSee How They Runpremiered.Three orphans head for the US, unknowingly carrying important evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father. The cartel is desperate to retrieve the evidence.October 9, 1954 Scott Stewart Bakula is born.His most prominent roles have been as Sam Beckett in the science fiction television series Quantum Leap, and as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise

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John Amos

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2024/10/02

It was an ongoing struggle to say no,I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.John AmosJohn Allen Amos Jr.December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024Amos became well known in his first major TV role, playingGordy Howard, the weatherman onThe Mary Tyler Moore Show,from 1970 until 1973. Upon the death ofBetty White, Amos andJoyce Bulifant(who played Marie Slaughter) became the last surviving semi-regular cast members of that show (not counting child actors). In 1971, he appeared

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This Week in Television History: October 2024 PART I

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2024/09/30

September 30, 1954 Barry Williams is born Barry William Blenkhorn.Best known for his role asGreg Bradyon theABCtelevision series,The Brady Bunch. Williams continued to be cast in guest roles on other TV series includingAdam-12,The Invaders,That Girl,Mission: Impossible,The Mod Squad,Here Come the BridesandBartleby, the Scrivenerbefore being cast in1969as Greg Brady onThe Brady Bunch. Following the cancellation ofThe Brady Bunchin1974, Williams continued to appear in guest roles on television,

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Drake Hogestyn

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2024/09/30

Donald Drake HogestynSeptember 29, 1953 – September 28, 2024Drake Hogestynwas drafted by two professional baseball organizations: theSt. Louis Cardinalsand theNew York Yankees. Hogestyn signed with the Yankees and played third base for one of their farm teams until he was injured in 1977.He began his acting career by entering aColumbia Picturestalent search that included 75,000 people.Hogestyn was among the 30 selected, and his first starring role was on the prime time seriesSeven Brides for Seven

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This Week in Television History: September 2024 PART IV

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2024/09/23

September 24, 1964The Munsters first aired.The show featured the home life of a family of benign monsters. It stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and the wholesome family fare of the era, and was produced by the creators of Leave It to Beaver. It ran concurrently with The Addams Family. It was canceled after ratings dropped to a low due to the premiere of ABC's Batman, which was in color

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This Week in Television History: September 2024 PART III

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2024/09/16

September 16, 1949Edward James Begley, Jr. was born.The actor and environmentalist. Begley is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Mark Craig's intern, Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations. He also had a reality show about green living calledLiving With Edonwith his wife, actressRachelle Carson.Commenting in 2006 on the appeal of the show, Begley said:"In the format of the show, everyone who watches—even people

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James Earl Jones on Sesame Street

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2024/09/10

James Earl Jones(1931-2024)This is fromMuppet WikiSesame Street Guest StarsEarly in his acting training, when studying at the American Theater Wing, one of Jones' teachers wasWill Lee, who in 1969 would playMr. HooperonSesame Street.Jones is considered bySesame Workshopto be the first celebrity guest onSesame Street,since inserts of the actor reciting thealphabetand counting numbers appeared inthe unbroadcast test pilotsand heavily influenced the show's pedagogical models. These inserts were later

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This Week in Television History: September 2024 PART II

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2024/09/09

September 9, 1956Elvis Presley sang "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" on Ed Sullivan's show Toast of the Town.Presley scandalized audiences with his suggestive hip gyrations, and Sullivan swore he would never book the singer on his show. However, Presley's tremendous popularity and success on other shows changed Sullivan's mind. Although Elvis had appeared on a few other programs already, his appearance on Ed Sullivan's show made him a household name.September 13, 1969 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You

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This Week in Television History: September 2024 PART I

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2024/09/02

September 2, 1969NBC-TV canceled Star Trek. The show had debuted on September 8, 1966.September 5, 1929 George Robert "Bob" Newhart, stand-up comedian and actor who is best known for playing psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on the popular 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show and as innkeeper Dick Loudon on the popular 1980s sitcom Newhart was born.He also appeared in film roles such as Major Major in Catch-22, and Papa Elf in Elf. He provided the voice of Bernard in the Walt Disney animated

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This Week in Television History: August 2024 PART IV

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2024/08/26

August26, 1939First televised Major League baseball game on station W2XBS (the station that was to become WNBC-TV). Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming did not yet exist, and very few people owned television sets--there were only about 400 in the New York area. Not until 1946 did regular network broadcasting catch on in the United

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This Week in Television History: August 2024 PART III

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2024/08/19

August20,1989Saved by the Bellfirstaired.A retool of theDisney ChannelseriesGood Morning, Miss Bliss, the show follows a group of friends and theirprincipal.Primarily focusing on lighthearted comedic situations, it occasionally touches on serious social issues, such asdrug use,driving under the influence,homelessness,divorce,death, andenvironmental issues.Saved by the BellstarredMark-Paul Gosselaar,Dustin Diamond,Lark Voorhies,Dennis Haskins,Tiffani-Amber Thiessen,Elizabeth Berkley, andMario

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Phil Donahue

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2024/08/18

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.-Phil DonahuePhillip John DonahueDecember 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024Donahue began his career in 1957 as a production assistant atKYW radioandtelevisionwhen that station was in Cleveland. He got a chance to become an announcer one day when the regular announcer failed to show up. After a brief stint as a bank check sorter inAlbuquerque, New Mexico, he became program director forWABJradio inAdrian, Michigan, soon

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This Week in Television History: August 2024 PART II

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2024/08/12

August 13, 1899Alfred Hitchcock is born the son of a London poultry dealer and fruit importer.He became a highly influential director of suspense films in the 1940s and 1950s, known for sneaking his own cameo appearance into every film.Hitchcock entered show business as a designer of title cards for silent films made by the newly formed London branch of Hollywood's Famous Players-Lasky (later, Paramount Pictures). He worked closely with screenwriters, who occasionally allowed him to direct a scene

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This Week in Television History: August 2024 PART I

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2024/08/05

August 8, 1974President Richard M. Nixonresigns in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign.In a televised address, Nixon, flanked by his family, announced to the American public that he would step down rather than endure a Senate impeachment trial for obstruction of justice. Since 1972, Nixon had battled increasing vociferous allegations that he knew of, and may have authorized, a botched burglary in which several men were arrested

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This Week in Television History: July 2024 PART V

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2024/07/29

August 2, 1924 John Carroll O'Connor was born.Actor, producer, and director whose television career spanned four decades. Known at first for playing the role of Major General Colt in the 1970 cult movie, Kelly's Heroes, he later found fame as the bigoted workingman Archie Bunker, the main character in the 1970s CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971 to 1979) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979 to 1983). O'Connor later starred in the 1980s NBC television crime drama In the Heat of the Night,

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