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The Oldest Shows on TV Today
- Thread starter Gregg
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Joseph_Gallant
Guest
Maybe at first, only black-and-white prints of "Cisco Kid" were distributed to local stations.
> Why
> > does TV Land only show about the last 8 or 9 years of
> > "Gunsmoke"? It would really be interesting to see the
> black
> > & white ones, even the half hour eps, with Dennis Weaver
> and
> > Burt Reynolds. PBS does basically the same thing with
> > Lawrence Welk, mainly showing the cheesy syndicated shows
> > from the 70's and early 80's. Once they showed one from
> > around 1958, and it was head and shoulders above the later
shows.
Because they are showing the color episodes(1966-1975) that have been syndicated for years. The B & W episodes of Gunsmoke were seen on CBN/The Family Channel but only the hour shows from 1961-1966 and they seemed to air only select episodes of these shows and only aired on weekends.
As for Lawrence Welk,many times you see the ABC episodes and basically those from 1965 to 1971(color episodes),once in a while you see an episode in black and white.
> I've been wondering if TVLand has ever aired the final
> season of Bonanza(the episodes produced after Dan Blocker's
> death)?
TV Land and PAX never have. The Family Channel and Hallmark have carried the final season of Bonanza under the title Bonanza: The Lost Episodes which were episodes from 1965-1967 and 1970-1973 that were never seen in syndication. What TV Land airs is what stations have aired in syndication for years,episodes from 1959-1965 and 1967-1970.
> > does TV Land only show about the last 8 or 9 years of
> > "Gunsmoke"? It would really be interesting to see the
> black
> > & white ones, even the half hour eps, with Dennis Weaver
> and
> > Burt Reynolds. PBS does basically the same thing with
> > Lawrence Welk, mainly showing the cheesy syndicated shows
> > from the 70's and early 80's. Once they showed one from
> > around 1958, and it was head and shoulders above the later
shows.
Because they are showing the color episodes(1966-1975) that have been syndicated for years. The B & W episodes of Gunsmoke were seen on CBN/The Family Channel but only the hour shows from 1961-1966 and they seemed to air only select episodes of these shows and only aired on weekends.
As for Lawrence Welk,many times you see the ABC episodes and basically those from 1965 to 1971(color episodes),once in a while you see an episode in black and white.
> I've been wondering if TVLand has ever aired the final
> season of Bonanza(the episodes produced after Dan Blocker's
> death)?
TV Land and PAX never have. The Family Channel and Hallmark have carried the final season of Bonanza under the title Bonanza: The Lost Episodes which were episodes from 1965-1967 and 1970-1973 that were never seen in syndication. What TV Land airs is what stations have aired in syndication for years,episodes from 1959-1965 and 1967-1970.
M
mstgator
Guest
> > > 'Face The Nation' has been on CBS television since 1954,
>
> > > having started on radio several years earlier.
> >
> > But it was off the schedule for more than a year after the
>
> > disastrous attempt to turn it into a prime-time debate
> show
> > rather than a Sunday morning interview show.
> >
>
> Not according to Brooks and Marsh.
>
...which lists a gap of at least one year between moderator Howard K. Smith (1960-1961) and his successor Paul Niven (1963-1965).
>
> > > having started on radio several years earlier.
> >
> > But it was off the schedule for more than a year after the
>
> > disastrous attempt to turn it into a prime-time debate
> show
> > rather than a Sunday morning interview show.
> >
>
> Not according to Brooks and Marsh.
>
...which lists a gap of at least one year between moderator Howard K. Smith (1960-1961) and his successor Paul Niven (1963-1965).
K
KMRichards
Guest
> > > 'Face The Nation' has been on CBS television since 1954,
>
> > > having started on radio several years earlier.
> >
> > But it was off the schedule for more than a year after the
>
> > disastrous attempt to turn it into a prime-time debate
> show
> > rather than a Sunday morning interview show.
> >
>
> Not according to Brooks and Marsh.
Try reading Bob Schieffer's book "Face The Nation", which devotes some time to discussing the aforementioned debacle.
Besides, the Brooks & Marsh book doesn't cover daytime programming.
The Castleman & Podrazik book, which does cover the entire broadcast day, does reflect the gap, showing the Winter 1961 change in time slots from early Sunday evening to weekday late prime-time, then its disappearance until Fall 1963, when it returned on Sunday mornings.<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
>
> > > having started on radio several years earlier.
> >
> > But it was off the schedule for more than a year after the
>
> > disastrous attempt to turn it into a prime-time debate
> show
> > rather than a Sunday morning interview show.
> >
>
> Not according to Brooks and Marsh.
Try reading Bob Schieffer's book "Face The Nation", which devotes some time to discussing the aforementioned debacle.
Besides, the Brooks & Marsh book doesn't cover daytime programming.
The Castleman & Podrazik book, which does cover the entire broadcast day, does reflect the gap, showing the Winter 1961 change in time slots from early Sunday evening to weekday late prime-time, then its disappearance until Fall 1963, when it returned on Sunday mornings.<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
A
AuntPresident
Guest
> Maybe at first, only black-and-white prints of "Cisco Kid"
> were distributed to local stations.
>
From oldest shows to b/w and color shows...I remember hearing that the final episode of "Perry Mason" was in black and white for the first half hour, and in color the second half hour. Anybody know about this?
> were distributed to local stations.
>
From oldest shows to b/w and color shows...I remember hearing that the final episode of "Perry Mason" was in black and white for the first half hour, and in color the second half hour. Anybody know about this?
B
Bob1370
Guest
> So if What's My Line and Beat The Clock
> date back to the early 50s, are these the
> oldest shows regularly seen on commercial
> or cable TV?
We'll set aside broadcasts of major sports like baseball, football, basketball and hockey, which have been on the air since TV's experimental days before World War II and continue today.
Among non-sports series, Meet The Press has been on continuously on the NBC schedule since 1947, it's the oldest show still in production.
Second oldest is the CBS Evening News; daily broadcast began in the summer of 1948. NBC and ABC started their nightly newscasts the next year.
The Lone Ranger, which is still rerun on various cable channels, first premiered on ABC in the fall of 1949 and was in original production through 1957 before going into perpetual reruns, where it lives on.
What's My Line's earliest episodes on CBS date from the fall of 1950...don't know how many of the kinescopes of the earliest ones were saved, although those produced from about 1957 on were taped and most of those tapes still exist.
The oldest sitcom we still see? Probably I Love Lucy, which premiered first-run on CBS in October, 1951. It stopped production in 1957 but has been on the air continuously in reruns ever since.
The Today Show has been on the air on NBC every weekday since January of 1952.
The Tonight Show premiered in 1953 on WNBC in New York and went out over the network every night starting in 1954.
Among prime time programs of all kinds still airing original new episodes today, the oldest is 60 Minutes, which premiered on CBS in the fall of 1968.
The oldest prime time comedy still on the air in original new episodes? The Simpsons, which premiered on Fox in December, 1989.
The oldest drama still in production? Probably NBC's Law and Order, which started its run in the fall of 1990.
> date back to the early 50s, are these the
> oldest shows regularly seen on commercial
> or cable TV?
We'll set aside broadcasts of major sports like baseball, football, basketball and hockey, which have been on the air since TV's experimental days before World War II and continue today.
Among non-sports series, Meet The Press has been on continuously on the NBC schedule since 1947, it's the oldest show still in production.
Second oldest is the CBS Evening News; daily broadcast began in the summer of 1948. NBC and ABC started their nightly newscasts the next year.
The Lone Ranger, which is still rerun on various cable channels, first premiered on ABC in the fall of 1949 and was in original production through 1957 before going into perpetual reruns, where it lives on.
What's My Line's earliest episodes on CBS date from the fall of 1950...don't know how many of the kinescopes of the earliest ones were saved, although those produced from about 1957 on were taped and most of those tapes still exist.
The oldest sitcom we still see? Probably I Love Lucy, which premiered first-run on CBS in October, 1951. It stopped production in 1957 but has been on the air continuously in reruns ever since.
The Today Show has been on the air on NBC every weekday since January of 1952.
The Tonight Show premiered in 1953 on WNBC in New York and went out over the network every night starting in 1954.
Among prime time programs of all kinds still airing original new episodes today, the oldest is 60 Minutes, which premiered on CBS in the fall of 1968.
The oldest prime time comedy still on the air in original new episodes? The Simpsons, which premiered on Fox in December, 1989.
The oldest drama still in production? Probably NBC's Law and Order, which started its run in the fall of 1990.
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