Will McKinleyLucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.
This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.
A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:
WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC on this date in 1951.
Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.
On January 7, 1926, Nathan Birnbaum married Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen.
Happy 100th, George and Gracie!
As an adopted kid, I loved knowing that Burns and Allen had adopted their two children. Here they are w/ son Ronnie on the set of their TV show in 1958.
Florence Henderson became a co-host of NBC's TODAY show #OTD in 1959.
As "The TODAY Girl,” the future BRADY BUNCH star delivered "light news,” conducted interviews, and sang.
“It was quite a wonderful thing to have happen to you as a young person,” she said in 1999.
Great news for classic TV fans.
MeTV's new classic Western channel launched on Monday — and it's already streaming on Frndly TV.
WEST joins the 9 other Weigel Broadcasting nostalgia channels on Frndly, making it the only live TV streamer to offer them all.
THE HONEYMOONERS ended its one-season run on CBS on this date in 1956.
But CBS didn't cancel it. Jackie Gleason did, and he went back to his variety show, which had better ratings.
The 39 episodes of THE HONEYMOONERS went into syndication in 1958 and have lived on in reruns ever since.
Eartha Kitt (age 27) guest hosted the penultimate episode of NBC's live, 90-minute variety program YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS #OTD in 1954.
She was already a veteran performer, with hit songs and solo albums and appearances on Broadway.
THE HONEYMOONERS binges all day Sunday on MeTV sister channel Catchy Comedy.
32 of the "Classic 39" episodes will air starting 6am ET — and these shows are not on any streaming service, as far as I know.
Tonight in 1956 — Ralph and Norton got stuck in trick handcuffs en route to the Raccoon Lodge convention on THE HONEYMOONERS.
"Unconventional Behavior" was the 33rd of The Classic 39 episodes produced in 1955-56 — one season of brilliance that has been rerun for nearly 70 years.
Today in 1954 — The first mass-produced color TVs were introduced by RCA.
Cost: $1,000 — equal to $12,000 in today's dollars.
RCA-owned NBC began “color-casting" in 1953. Unlike CBS’s earlier color efforts, these “compatible" broadcasts were also viewable on B&W TV sets.
