Just a few random TV related events that happened on May 19. Discuss or comment as you please……
1935: TV personality David Hartman (Good Morning, America) is born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
1939: The Walt Disney cartoon “Donald's Cousin Gus” airs on NBC's experimental station W2XBS in New York. This is reputedly the first cartoon to be televised in the U.S. [Note I said “reputedly.” Yes, I know we just had the whole “firsts” discussion in the last edition of TDITVH. It’s entirely possible that someone, somewhere telecast a cartoon pre-1939 – I’d be surprised if Don Lee’s L.A. station didn’t transmit a cartoon at some point, for one. This is not exhaustive research...all I know is what I read in the funny papers...]
1945: DuMont signs on experimental station W3XWT (which would eventually become WTTG) in Washington, D.C.
1953: South Dakota’s first TV station, KELO-TV (channel 11), signs on in Sioux Falls.
1985: WOIO-TV (channel 19) begins broadcasting in Shaker Heights (Cleveland), Ohio, as an independent station. By year’s end, they would surpass WCLQ (channel 61) as the market's second highest-rated independent station (behind only WUAB, channel 43).
1994: Two notable shows airing their final episodes this night: NBC’s L.A. Law, and Fox’s In Living Color. Also, this week, starting today through the 23rd (broadcast dates vary), the series finale (“All Good Things...”) of Star Trek: The Next Generation airs in syndication.
1996: TV’s longest-running mystery series comes to an end as the 264th episode of Murder, She Wrote is broadcast on CBS.
2002: The 2-hour series finale of The X-Files (titled “The Truth”) airs on Fox.
(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…..)
1935: TV personality David Hartman (Good Morning, America) is born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
1939: The Walt Disney cartoon “Donald's Cousin Gus” airs on NBC's experimental station W2XBS in New York. This is reputedly the first cartoon to be televised in the U.S. [Note I said “reputedly.” Yes, I know we just had the whole “firsts” discussion in the last edition of TDITVH. It’s entirely possible that someone, somewhere telecast a cartoon pre-1939 – I’d be surprised if Don Lee’s L.A. station didn’t transmit a cartoon at some point, for one. This is not exhaustive research...all I know is what I read in the funny papers...]
1945: DuMont signs on experimental station W3XWT (which would eventually become WTTG) in Washington, D.C.
1953: South Dakota’s first TV station, KELO-TV (channel 11), signs on in Sioux Falls.
1985: WOIO-TV (channel 19) begins broadcasting in Shaker Heights (Cleveland), Ohio, as an independent station. By year’s end, they would surpass WCLQ (channel 61) as the market's second highest-rated independent station (behind only WUAB, channel 43).
1994: Two notable shows airing their final episodes this night: NBC’s L.A. Law, and Fox’s In Living Color. Also, this week, starting today through the 23rd (broadcast dates vary), the series finale (“All Good Things...”) of Star Trek: The Next Generation airs in syndication.
1996: TV’s longest-running mystery series comes to an end as the 264th episode of Murder, She Wrote is broadcast on CBS.
2002: The 2-hour series finale of The X-Files (titled “The Truth”) airs on Fox.
(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…..)
