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Television History
Television History
1955 - "The Perry Como Show" moved to Saturday nights on NBC-TV.
1963 - "The Fugitive" premiered on ABC-TV. The show starred David Janssen.
1964 - ABC began airing the series "Bewitched."
1965 - The first episode of "Hogan's Heroes" aired.
1965 - "The Smothers Brothers Show" premiered on CBS-TV.
1966 - "Mission Impossible" premiered on CBS-TV.
1967 - The Doors appear on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and performed "Light My Fire" and "People Are Strange."
1972 - The first episode of "M*A*S*H" aired on CBS.
1978 - The series "Battlestar Galactica" began airing on ABC.
1991 - The first episode of "Home Improvement" aired on ABC.
1995 - The 10th season of "Married With Children" began.
2002 - "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" returned to television on Animal Planet.
2010 - CBS aired the final episode of "As the World Turns."
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Dick Clark's American Bandstand History
Dick Clark's American Bandstand History
1966 - Neil Diamond performed "Cherry Cherry" on American Bandstand.
1977 - The Brothers Johnson performed "Strawberry Letter #23" on American Bandstand.
1983 - Amy Holland performed "I Hand on Your Every Word" and "Shake Me, Wake Me" on American Bandstand.
1983 - Scott Baio performed "Some Girls" and "She's Trouble" on American Bandstand.
| "He had boundless energy and a remarkable ability to do innumerable things at any given time." - Fran La Maina, the longtime president of Dick Clark Productions Inc. |
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Saturday Night Live History
Saturday Night Live History
2003 - In Las Vegas, the Palms hotel-casion introduced five "SNL"-themed machines: "Church Lady," "Coneheads," "The Blues Brothers," "Pumping up With Hans and Franz" and "Saturday Night Frenzy."
2009 - Amy Poehler was guest on Saturday Night Live.
| I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell! - Christopher Walken |
Television History
Dick Clark's American Bandstand History