Just a few random TV related events that happened on June 11. Discuss or comment as you please……
1908: Actor Robert Cummings (The Bob Cummings Show/Love That Bob, My Living Doll) is born in Joplin, Missouri. DYN: he received an Emmy award for his role as “Juror No. 8” in the first television production of Twelve Angry Men in 1955.
1918: Actor Barry Morse (The Fugitive, Space: 1999) is born in Shoreditch, England.
1955: KCOR-TV (later KWEX-TV) begins broadcasting on channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas. It is the first commercial Spanish language television station in the U.S. and the first UHF station in South Texas.
1977: The Streets of San Francisco airs its final network episode on ABC.
1989: Tales from the Crypt premieres on HBO.
1990: WYBE (channel 35) signs on in Philadelphia. It is one of the few (and one of the largest) public TV stations in the U.S. not affiliated with PBS.
1991: The final episode of the cult TV series Twin Peaks is broadcast by ABC. It ends with an unresolved cliffhanger that continues to be debated by die-hard fans of the show.
1995: Multiple award-winning sportscaster Lindsey Nelson, best known for his broadcasts of New York Mets baseball and college football, dies in Atlanta, aged 76. He was known for wearing loud, colorful plaid sports jackets that wreaked havoc with early television cameras.
1996: The Rosie O’Donnell Show begins a six-year run in syndication.
2006: After a 9-year run, Meredith Viera makes her final appearance on The View.
2007: The final episode of The Sopranos is broadcast by HBO. The episode’s cryptic and enigmatic ending leaves fans and critics agog with confusion, dismay, and a thousand theories.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits…..don’t expect it every single day. 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…..)
1908: Actor Robert Cummings (The Bob Cummings Show/Love That Bob, My Living Doll) is born in Joplin, Missouri. DYN: he received an Emmy award for his role as “Juror No. 8” in the first television production of Twelve Angry Men in 1955.
1918: Actor Barry Morse (The Fugitive, Space: 1999) is born in Shoreditch, England.
1955: KCOR-TV (later KWEX-TV) begins broadcasting on channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas. It is the first commercial Spanish language television station in the U.S. and the first UHF station in South Texas.
1977: The Streets of San Francisco airs its final network episode on ABC.
1989: Tales from the Crypt premieres on HBO.
1990: WYBE (channel 35) signs on in Philadelphia. It is one of the few (and one of the largest) public TV stations in the U.S. not affiliated with PBS.
1991: The final episode of the cult TV series Twin Peaks is broadcast by ABC. It ends with an unresolved cliffhanger that continues to be debated by die-hard fans of the show.
1995: Multiple award-winning sportscaster Lindsey Nelson, best known for his broadcasts of New York Mets baseball and college football, dies in Atlanta, aged 76. He was known for wearing loud, colorful plaid sports jackets that wreaked havoc with early television cameras.
1996: The Rosie O’Donnell Show begins a six-year run in syndication.
2006: After a 9-year run, Meredith Viera makes her final appearance on The View.
2007: The final episode of The Sopranos is broadcast by HBO. The episode’s cryptic and enigmatic ending leaves fans and critics agog with confusion, dismay, and a thousand theories.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits…..don’t expect it every single day. 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…..)