Just a few random TV related events that happened on September 18. Discuss or comment as you please……
(NOTE: Rather than typing a plethora of individual entries today, I will note that September 18 seems to have been an exceptionally prolific day for notable classic show debuts over the years. Among the well-known series premiering on this date are Hunter, WKRP in Cincinnati, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Twelve O’Clock High, The Addams Family, Wagon Train, The Patty Duke Show, L.A. Law, and many others.
1905: Actor Eddie “Rochester” Anderson (The Jack Benny Program) is born (as Edmund Lincoln Anderson) in Oakland, California. His trademark growling, raspy voice was the result of permanent damage inflicted on his vocal cords when he worked hawking newspapers on the street in his youth. DYK: Anderson owned a thoroughbred racehorse, Burnt Cork, which ran in the 1943 Kentucky Derby.
1920: One of America’s great character actors, Jack Warden (N.Y.P.D., Crazy Like a Fox, Jigsaw John, The Bad News Bears) is born (as John H. Lebzelter) in Newark, New Jersey. His six-decade career included roles in over 100 movies and countless TV shows.
1933: Actor Robert Blake (Baretta) is born (as Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi) in Nutley, New Jersey.
1939: The first major public demonstration of television in Ohio takes place at the H. & S. Pogue Department Store in downtown Cincinnati, featuring announcers and entertainers provided by Crosley radio stations WLW and WSAI.
1950: The first TV station in the Southern Hemisphere launches as PRF3-TV (São Paulo, Brazil) broadcasts a variety show to an estimated 200 sets in the city.
1984: The final network broadcast of Three’s Company airs on ABC. The following week would see the debut of the short-lived spin-off Two’s a Crowd.
2006: The CW Network rises from the ashes of UPN and The WB Network, Although the new network technically starts operating this day with reruns and specials, it regards its formal launch date as the 20th, with a 2-hour season premiere of America's Next Top Model.
(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…..)
(NOTE: Rather than typing a plethora of individual entries today, I will note that September 18 seems to have been an exceptionally prolific day for notable classic show debuts over the years. Among the well-known series premiering on this date are Hunter, WKRP in Cincinnati, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Twelve O’Clock High, The Addams Family, Wagon Train, The Patty Duke Show, L.A. Law, and many others.
1905: Actor Eddie “Rochester” Anderson (The Jack Benny Program) is born (as Edmund Lincoln Anderson) in Oakland, California. His trademark growling, raspy voice was the result of permanent damage inflicted on his vocal cords when he worked hawking newspapers on the street in his youth. DYK: Anderson owned a thoroughbred racehorse, Burnt Cork, which ran in the 1943 Kentucky Derby.
1920: One of America’s great character actors, Jack Warden (N.Y.P.D., Crazy Like a Fox, Jigsaw John, The Bad News Bears) is born (as John H. Lebzelter) in Newark, New Jersey. His six-decade career included roles in over 100 movies and countless TV shows.
1933: Actor Robert Blake (Baretta) is born (as Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi) in Nutley, New Jersey.
1939: The first major public demonstration of television in Ohio takes place at the H. & S. Pogue Department Store in downtown Cincinnati, featuring announcers and entertainers provided by Crosley radio stations WLW and WSAI.
1950: The first TV station in the Southern Hemisphere launches as PRF3-TV (São Paulo, Brazil) broadcasts a variety show to an estimated 200 sets in the city.
1984: The final network broadcast of Three’s Company airs on ABC. The following week would see the debut of the short-lived spin-off Two’s a Crowd.
2006: The CW Network rises from the ashes of UPN and The WB Network, Although the new network technically starts operating this day with reruns and specials, it regards its formal launch date as the 20th, with a 2-hour season premiere of America's Next Top Model.
(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…..)
