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This Week in Television History: April 2026 PART I

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2026/04/06

April 12, 1941Life of Rileyradio show debuts.Anunrelated radio show with the nameLife of Rileywas a summer replacement show heard on CBS from April 12, 1941 to September 6, 1941. The CBS program starredLionel Standeras J. Riley Farnsworth and had no real connection with the more famous series that followed a few years later staringWilliam Bendix as a bullheaded family man. The show ran for 10 years on radio and about six years on television.Stay TunedTony Figueroa

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This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART V

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2026/03/30

March 30, 1966Barbra Streisand's "Color Me Barbra" special aired on CBS-TV.April 3, 1956 Elvis sings his first RCA recording, "Heartbreak Hotel," on NBC's Milton Berle Show.An estimated 25 percent of America's population saw him sing that night; by April 21, the song had become Elvis' first No. 1 single.April 4, 1971The final episode of Hogan's Heroes aired.Rockets Or Romance: Three mobile rocket launchers are aimed at London and awaiting detonation, or destruction. With radio detection trucks

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This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART IV

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2026/03/23

March 26, 1971CannontheCBSdetectivetelevisionseries produced byQuinn Martinprimered. Frank Cannon was a detective with theLos Angeles Police Department, however he retired after the deaths of his wife and son in acar accidentand later became aprivate detective. The series begins at the point where Cannon is just beginning this new career (the pilot film picks up after Cannon has just spent 2 1/2 months overseas on an investigation). The cause of death of Cannon's wife and child was not clear

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This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART III

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2026/03/16

March18, 1981The Greatest American Hero flew onto the small screen for the first time.The series that aired for three seasons from1981to1983onABC.Created by producerStephen J. Cannell, it premiered as a two-hour pilot movie on March 18, 1981. The series featuresWilliam Kattas teacher Ralph Hinkley ("Hanley" for the latter part of the first season),Robert Culpas FBI agent Bill Maxwell, andConnie Selleccaas lawyer Pam Davidson.The series chronicles Ralph's adventures after a group of aliens gives him

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This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART II

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2026/03/09

March 9, 1976 ABC premiered Family, a weekly prime-time drama about a Pasadena California suburban family.The show was created by novelist and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen, directed by film director Mark Rydell, and produced by film director Mike Nichols, as well as television moguls Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.The show featured James Broderick and Sada Thompson as Doug and Kate Lawrence. Doug was an independent lawyer, and Kate was a housewife. They had three children: Nancy (portrayed

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This Week in Television History: March 2025 PART I

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2026/03/02

March 3, 1986The pilot episode of Matlock aired on NBC.Theshow centers on widower Benjamin Leighton "Ben" Matlock, a renowned, folksy and popular though cantankerous attorney. Usually, at the end of the case, the person who is on the stand being questioned by Matlock is the actual perpetrator, and Matlock will expose him, despite making clear that his one goal is to prove reasonable doubt in the case of his client's guilt or to prove his client's innocence.Matlock studied law atHarvard, and after

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This Week in Television History: February 2025 PART IV

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2026/02/23

February 28, 1931Gavin MacLeod is born Allan George See.Character actor, mayor, and ship's ambassador, who in his six decades of television is notable for playing Joseph "Happy" Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for his lead role as Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat.Stay TunedTony Figueroa

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This Week in Television History: February 2025 PART III

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2026/02/16

February 20, 1946Sandra Kay "Sandy" Duncan is born.The singer, dancer, comedienne and actress of stage and television, recognized through a blonde, pixie cut hairstyle and perky demeanor. She is best known for her performances in the Broadway revival of Peter Pan and in the sitcom The Hogan Family.Stay TunedTony Figueroa

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This Week in Television History: February 2025 PART II

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2026/02/09

February 9, 1971The1971 San Fernando earthquake(also known as theSylmar earthquake). Thequake occurred in the early morning of in the foothills of theSan Gabriel Mountainsin southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had amoment magnitudeof 6.5 or 6.7 (as determined by several independent institutions) and had a maximumMercalli intensityof XI (Extreme). The event was one in a series that affected the Los Angeles area in the late 20th century, and a study of the Sierra Madre Fault

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This Week in Television History: February 2025 PART I

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2026/02/02

February 6, 1966 The final episode of "Mr. Ed" aired on CBS. Wilbur pleads with Ed to stick to being a horse, especially when Ed wants to go to college to become a Doctor.February 8, 1996The U.S. Telecommunications Bill was signed into law. The bill included provisions that required TV manufacturers to install V-chip devices in all television sets with a 13 inch screen or larger. The chips would allow consumers to block "sexual, violent, and other material about which parents should be informed

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Demond Wilson

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2026/02/01

Sanford and Son' transcended politics and race.It was a show about a son and a father who have a love-hate relationship but yet need one another to get by in life.-Demond WilsonGrady Demond WilsonOctober 13, 1946 – January 30, 2026Demond Wilsonwas born inValdosta, Georgia, on October 13, 1946,and grew up inNew York City, where he studied tap dance and ballet.He made his Broadway debut at age four and danced at Harlem'sApollo Theaterat age 12.Wilson was raised as aCatholicand served as analtar boy

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Catherine O'Hara

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2026/01/30

I'm pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart and I believe in family. I also have a basic belief that God takes care of me.I believe in prayer, even though I'm not that religious.I just have that foundation from my family.I mean when you think that you're just a human being and one of God's creatures, you can't take anything that seriously.-Catherine O'HaraCatherine Anne O'HaraMarch 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026Catherine O'Harastarted her career in thesketch comedyseriesSecond City

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This Week in Television History: January 2025 PART IV

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2026/01/26

January26, 1926 John Logie Baird gave the world's first demonstration of true television before 50 scientists in an attic room in central London.In 1927, his television was demonstrated over 438 miles of telephone line between London and Glasgow, and he formed the Baird Television Development Company. (BTDC). In 1928, the BTDC achieved the first transatlantic television transmission between London and New York and the first transmission to a ship in mid-Atlantic. He also gave the first

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This Week in Television History: January 2025 PART III

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2026/01/19

January 25, 1949The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presents its first industry award at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles. The Emmy for most popular program went to Pantomime Quiz Time, and puppeteer Shirley Dinsdale and her puppet Judy Splinters won an award for Outstanding TV Personality. Most of the awards were for programs produced by TV station KTLA. The station also won an award for Outstanding Overall Achievement.Stay TunedTony Figueroa

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This Week in Television History: January 2025 PART II

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2026/01/12

January 12, 1926Original Amos n Andy debuts on Chicago radioThe two-man comedy series "Sam 'n' Henry" debuts on Chicago's WGN radio station. Two years later, after changing its name to "Amos 'n' Andy," the show became one of the most popular radio programs in American history.Though the creators and the stars of the new radio program, Freeman Gosden and Charles Carrell, were both white, the characters they played were two black men from the Deep South who moved to Chicago to seek their fortunes. By

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Your HOLIDAY SOR-BAY: Lin-Manuel Miranda explains the...

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2026/01/06

Here is a"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"alittle spark of madnessthat we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.Stay TunedTony Figueroa

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This Week in Television History: January 2025 PART I

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2026/01/05

January 1, 1951The Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago demonstrates the first pay television system.The company sent movies over the airway via scrambled signals, and the 300 families who participated in the test could send telephone signals to decode the movies for $1 each. Three movies were shown in the demonstration: April Showers with Jack Carson, Welcome Stranger with Bing Crosby, and Homecoming with Clark Gable and Lana Turner. During the four-week test, test families ordered more

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Your HOLIDAY SOR-BAY: Barney Miller - Happy New Year

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2026/01/01

Here is a"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"alittle spark of madnessthat we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.Barney Miller S02E15 Happy New Year"Happy New Year"is the fifteenth episode of season two of the situation comedy seriesBarney Millerand the thirty-sixth episode of the series overall. It was directed byMark Warrenwith a script written byReinhold Weege,Chris HaywardandDanny Arnold. It first aired onABConThursday,January 8th,1976.Stay TunedTony Figueroa

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MTV

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2026/01/01

Parent company Paramount announced on October 10, 2025, that its United Kingdom and Ireland channelsMTV Music,MTV 80s,MTV 90s,Club MTV, andMTV Livewill all stop broadcasting after December 31, 2025. The broadcaster's "flagship" channel, MTV HD, will remain on air, showingreality seriessuch asDating Naked UK,Teen Mom, andGeordie Shore.North American channels will remain unaffected but will also be evaluated later.

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Your HOLIDAY SOR-BAY: Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years...

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2026/01/01

Here is a"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"alittle spark of madnessthat we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.The Puerto Rico segment is co-hosted by actress/producerRoselyn SánchezStay TunedTony Figueroa

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