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Television History
Television History
1953 - Raymond Burr made his network-TV acting debut. It was in "The Mask of Medusa" on ABC-TV's "Twilight Theater."
1959 - BBC-TV aired "Juke Box Jury" for the first time.
1966 - The final episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" aired.
1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news station.
1999 - BBC Knowledge was launched on digital television.
2009 - Conan O'Brien debuted as the host of NBC's "Tonight Show." In January 2010 he stepped down after a dispute with the network.
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Dick Clark's American Bandstand History
Dick Clark's American Bandstand History
1959 - Dion & the Belmonts performed "A Teenager in Love" on American Bandstand.
1960 - The Flamingos performed "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" on American Bandstand.
1961 - Tony Orlando performed "Halfway to Paradise" on American Bandstand.
1968 - The Irish Rovers performed "The Unicorn" and "Whiskey on a Sunday" 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
1980 - The film "The Blues Brothers" was released in the U.S.
| Now, Garth, if you hurl, then I'm gonna spew. And if I spew, chances are someone else is gonna honk, alright? And if that happens it could set off a peristaltic chain reaction. - Mike Myers (as Wayne) |
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Dick Clark's American Bandstand History