On September 24, 1968, Television’s longest running news magazine program debuted. The show was created and produced by Don Hewitt who started as the director of ‘Douglas Edwards With The News’ and ‘See It Now’ with Edward R. Murrow. Hewitt also produced the Kennedy – Nixon Debates and was Executive Producer of The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations…Part 2 Today, pictures from President Eisenhower’s first and second inaugurations in 1953 and ’57, and the inauguration of President Kennedy in 1961. Although the Kennedy oath and speech was in glorious black and white, the parade was the first to be broadcast in color. The first two images are from […]
November 2, 1959…The Game Show Scandal Breaks Wide Open It was on this day in 1959 that Charles Van Doren admitted before a congressional committee that he had indeed received the answers to the questions on “Twenty One”. Here is Herb Stempel discussing loosing to Charles Van Doren by missing the “Marty’ Question. For all […]
A Rare Article On Leonard Goldneson…Driving Force At ABC You don’t hear much about this man, but to do what he did, you have to be a pretty sharp cookie. Here a three page look at his leadership of ABC from yesterday’s Investor’s Business Daily. -Bobby Ellerbee http://news.investors.com/management-leaders-in-success/012615-736262-leonard-goldenson-built-a-winner-at-abc.htm Leonard Goldenson Built Tiny ABC Into Daring […]
In Case You Always Wondered… If you are like me, you always wonder what we don’t see when shots of famous sets are on camera. Well, here’s what we never saw when and ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor or correspondent reported from the west coast. On the far wall is the NBC News Los Angeles, backdrop […]