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December 28: This Day in TV History

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Stanislav

Just a few random TV related events that happened on December 28. Discuss or comment as you please……

1931: Actor Martin Milner (Route 66, Adam-12) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1932: Actress Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek) is born (as Grace Nichols) in Robbins, Illinois.

1940: TV host Don Francisco (Sábado Gigante) is born (as Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld) in Talca, Chile.

1954: KEPR-TV (channel 19) begins operating in Pasco, Washington as a satellite of KIMA-TV in Yakima. It is said to be the first full-power satellite station in the U.S.

1967: KTSB (channel 27, now KSNT) debuts in Topeka, Kansas. It is the first full-power UHF station in the state.

1972: WNMU (channel 13) begins broadcasting from Northern Michigan University in Marquette.

1973: KVTV (channel 13) signs on in Laredo, Texas.

1975: With 24 seconds left on the clock, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach heaves a desperation pass from midfield to wide receiver Drew Pearson at the 5-yard line, who scores a touchdown, giving the Cowboys a last-second victory over the Minnesota Vikings in an NFL Divisional Playoff game. In a post-game interview, Staubach refers to the desperate play as a “Hail Mary pass” – a colloquial term that quickly moves into common use by TV sportscasters.

1983: Actor William Demarest (My Three Sons) dies in Palm Springs, California, aged 91)

1984: The Edge of Night airs its 7420th and final episode.

1990: Actor Kiel Martin (Hill Street Blues) dies in Rancho Mirage, California, aged 46.

1999: Actor Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger) dies in West Hills, California, aged 85.

2004: Actor Jerry Orbach (Law & Order) dies in New York City, aged 69.

(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..) ;)
 
December 28, 1958 - NBC-TV televises the NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts from Yankee Stadium with announcers Chris Schenkel and Chuck Thompson. The Colts force the first overtime game in NFL history with a tying field goal late in regulation by Steve Myra. In the overtime, Baltimore wins 23-17 on a TD run by Alan Ameche. The contest has come to be referred to as "The Greatest Football Game Ever Played" and is credited with taking pro football to a new level in popularity.
 
Cincinnati Kid said:
December 28, 1958 - NBC-TV televises the NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts from Yankee Stadium with announcers Chris Schenkel and Chuck Thompson. The Colts force the first overtime game in NFL history with a tying field goal late in regulation by Steve Myra. In the overtime, Baltimore wins 23-17 on a TD run by Alan Ameche. The contest has come to be referred to as "The Greatest Football Game Ever Played" and is credited with taking pro football to a new level in popularity.
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Geez, I'm surprised I missed that one... ???
 
Stanislav said:
Cincinnati Kid said:
December 28, 1958 - NBC-TV televises the NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts from Yankee Stadium with announcers Chris Schenkel and Chuck Thompson. The Colts force the first overtime game in NFL history with a tying field goal late in regulation by Steve Myra. In the overtime, Baltimore wins 23-17 on a TD run by Alan Ameche. The contest has come to be referred to as "The Greatest Football Game Ever Played" and is credited with taking pro football to a new level in popularity.
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Geez, I'm surprised I missed that one... ???
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I remember that game!
 
johnnyu said:
Stanislav said:
Cincinnati Kid said:
December 28, 1958 - NBC-TV televises the NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts from Yankee Stadium with announcers Chris Schenkel and Chuck Thompson. The Colts force the first overtime game in NFL history with a tying field goal late in regulation by Steve Myra. In the overtime, Baltimore wins 23-17 on a TD run by Alan Ameche. The contest has come to be referred to as "The Greatest Football Game Ever Played" and is credited with taking pro football to a new level in popularity.
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Geez, I'm surprised I missed that one... ???
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I remember that game!
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I'll bet that you also remember January 12th, 1969. :)

I'm confident that we'll be reminded of it's 40th anniversary this next month. Heh Heh.
 
johnnyu said:
Stanislav said:
Cincinnati Kid said:
December 28, 1958 - NBC-TV televises the NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts from Yankee Stadium with announcers Chris Schenkel and Chuck Thompson. The Colts force the first overtime game in NFL history with a tying field goal late in regulation by Steve Myra. In the overtime, Baltimore wins 23-17 on a TD run by Alan Ameche. The contest has come to be referred to as "The Greatest Football Game Ever Played" and is credited with taking pro football to a new level in popularity.
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Geez, I'm surprised I missed that one... ???
Click to expand...
I remember that game!
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Link to ESPN's recent special about the game, which got the restored-and-colorized treatment...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/feature/index?page=greatestgame
 
1908: Actor Lew Ayres (d. Dec. 30, 1996) is born in Minneapolis. His TV appearances include being the host of CBS's 1958 Western anthology series Frontier Junction, the role of the Governor in the pilot of Hawaii Five-O, The Bionic Woman, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He turned down the title role on Dr. Kildare in 1961 (the role went to Richard Chamberlain).
 
1908: Actor Lew Ayres (d. Dec. 30, 1996) is born in Minneapolis. His TV appearances include being the host of CBS's 1958 Western anthology series Frontier Junction, the role of the Governor in the pilot of Hawaii Five-O, The Bionic Woman, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He turned down the title role on Dr. Kildare in 1961 (the role went to Richard Chamberlain).
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At nearly 30 years older than Richard Chamberlain, how different would he have been as Dr. Kildaire? Bit of trivia: during "Hawaii Five-O"'s run, the governor was played by Richard Denning, who played the title role in Lucille Ball's radio sitcom, "My Favorite Husband".
 
Tim from Springfield said:
1908: Actor Lew Ayres (d. Dec. 30, 1996) is born in Minneapolis. His TV appearances include being the host of CBS's 1958 Western anthology series Frontier Junction, the role of the Governor in the pilot of Hawaii Five-O, The Bionic Woman, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He turned down the title role on Dr. Kildare in 1961 (the role went to Richard Chamberlain).
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Funny . . . by the time the Dr. Kildare TV series was being prepared, Mr. Ayres was probably old enough to play Kildare's mentor, Dr. Gillespie (the role of which went to Raymond Massey).
 
Not really a moment in TV history, but something of interest that happened 10 years ago tomorrow (and if anyone purchased TV's from that store):

2000: The Montgomery Ward department store chain announces that it will go out of business after 128 years.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
Not really a moment in TV history, but something of interest that happened 10 years ago tomorrow (and if anyone purchased TV's from that store):

2000: The Montgomery Ward department store chain announces that it will go out of business after 128 years.
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Wards going out of business was actually one of the "worst" kept secrets in retail at the time. In other words, Wards tried everything to keep it a secret even though in that kind of business ( hey its kinda like broadcasting)..impossible ! !
My then next door neighbors for example had a problem with the Direct TV system they had just bought from Wards. They called up the toll-free number and in conversation my neighbor told the operator that he had heard that Wards was going out of business. The operator said it was "false info". Then a few days later my neighbor receives a letter from Wards. Was it about his DBS set up? Ah no it was Wards asking him where he had heard the news that they were going out of business so they can "...find out who is spreading such false information abut Montgomery Ward."

Not quite three months later Wards had made it official..that they are going out of business. I don't think anybody was surprised..perhaps maybe those who had worked at Wards.
 
Stanislav said:
Just a few random TV related events that happened on December 28. Discuss or comment as you please……

1954: KEPR-TV (channel 19) begins operating in Pasco, Washington as a satellite of KIMA-TV in Yakima. It is said to be the first full-power satellite station in the U.S.
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Also in 1954: TV/film actor Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere, and lots of films, including
Cry Freedom, The Pelican Brief, and Remember the Titans), is born in Mount Vernon, NY.
 
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