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March 19, 1953…The First Televised Academy Awards Ceremony

March 19, 1953…The First Televised Academy Awards Ceremony

  • March 19, 2017

March 19, 1953...The First Televised Academy Awards Ceremony Although we have an interesting video, let's…

March 19, 1953 and March 19, 1954…Red Letter Days For Compatible Color

March 19, 1953 and March 19, 1954…Red Letter Days For Compatible Color

  • March 19, 2017

March 19, 1953 and March 19, 1954...Red Letter Days For Compatible Color On March 19,…

How The First Music Video Package Helped Create “American Bandstand”

How The First Music Video Package Helped Create “American Bandstand”

  • March 18, 2017

How The First Music Video Package Helped Create "American Bandstand" The Snader Telescriptions were not…

The Human Test Patterns Who First Calibrated Color TV

The Human Test Patterns Who First Calibrated Color TV

  • March 17, 2017

A Wonderful Primer On Early Color Television... From the Eyes Of A Generation's archives, here…

A Huge Show Few Remember Gave Us The First Use Of Live Chromakey

A Huge Show Few Remember Gave Us The First Use Of Live Chromakey

  • March 16, 2017

NBC's "Matinee Theater"...October 31, 1955 - June 27, 1958 This morning, I sat down to…

March 1971…The End Of An Era: Ed Sullivan Canceled By CBS

March 1971…The End Of An Era: Ed Sullivan Canceled By CBS

  • March 15, 2017

March 1971...The End Of An Era: Ed Sullivan Canceled By CBS Ed Sullivan began with…

March 14, 1970…Music-Television Debuts 11 Years Before MTV…

March 14, 1970…Music-Television Debuts 11 Years Before MTV…

  • March 14, 2017

March 14, 1970...Music-Television Debuts 11 Years Before MTV On Saturday, March 14, 1970, music shows…

Universal Studios…4 Stages Torn Down And 10 More To Go

Universal Studios…4 Stages Torn Down And 10 More To Go

  • March 14, 2017

Universal Studios...4 Stages Torn Down And 10 More To Go Recently Stages 22, 23, 24…

What Do “Bonanza”, The Beatles And Bozo Have In Common?…

What Do “Bonanza”, The Beatles And Bozo Have In Common?…

  • March 13, 2017

What Do "Bonanza", The Beatles And Bozo Have In Common? Aside from the letter "B",…

Rare NBC Brooklyn Studios Footage With TK41s…

Rare NBC Brooklyn Studios Footage With TK41s…

  • March 12, 2017

Rare NBC Brooklyn Studios Footage With TK41s It's not often that we get to see…

March 10, 1933…2 Earth Shaking Events In 1 Day At W6XAO Los Angeles …

March 10, 1933…2 Earth Shaking Events In 1 Day At W6XAO Los Angeles …

  • March 10, 2017

March 10, 1933...2 Earth Shaking Events In 1 Day At W6XAO Los Angeles No one…

March 9, 1954…Murrow’s Historic McCarthy Broadcast + An Editorial  …

March 9, 1954…Murrow’s Historic McCarthy Broadcast + An Editorial …

  • March 9, 2017

March 9, 1954...Murrow's Historic McCarthy Broadcast + An Editorial First the story of the March…

Television’s First Recorded Lip Sync Melt Down…An Epic Fail …

Television’s First Recorded Lip Sync Melt Down…An Epic Fail …

  • March 8, 2017

Television's First Recorded Lip Sync Melt Down...An Epic Fail Aside from showing you The Dave…

March 7, 1955…Behind The Scenes Of NBC’s “Peter Pan” Debut …

March 7, 1955…Behind The Scenes Of NBC’s “Peter Pan” Debut …

  • March 7, 2017

March 7, 1955...Behind The Scenes Of NBC's "Peter Pan" Debut A full course on "flying",…

The Full Story Of CBS Color Studio 72, New York …

The Full Story Of CBS Color Studio 72, New York …

  • March 6, 2017

The Full Story Of CBS Color Studio 72, New York https://eyesofageneration.com/cbs-color-studio-72/ At this link is…

How Howard Hughes Unwittingly Brought Hollywood’s Movies To TV …

How Howard Hughes Unwittingly Brought Hollywood’s Movies To TV …

  • March 5, 2017

How Howard Hughes Unwittingly Brought Hollywood's Movies To TV On March 5, 1956, "King Kong"…

March 4, 1948…Red Letter Day For RCA & NBC Sales Departments …

March 4, 1948…Red Letter Day For RCA & NBC Sales Departments …

  • March 4, 2017

March 4, 1948...Red Letter Day For RCA & NBC Sales Departments It was on this…

Martin & Lewis Radio Years…As You Have NEVER HEARD THEM! …

Martin & Lewis Radio Years…As You Have NEVER HEARD THEM! …

  • March 3, 2017

Martin & Lewis Radio Years...As You Have NEVER HEARD THEM! A little further down, we'll…

March 2, 1951…Desilu Empire Begins With The “I Love Lucy” Pilot …

March 2, 1951…Desilu Empire Begins With The “I Love Lucy” Pilot …

  • March 2, 2017

March 2, 1951...Desilu Empire Begins With The "I Love Lucy" Pilot On March 2, 1951,…

March 1, 1988…It Was “Camera Night” On The Letterman Show…

March 1, 1988…It Was “Camera Night” On The Letterman Show…

  • March 1, 2017

March 1, 1988...It Was "Camera Night" On The Letterman Show Just for fun, here is…

Television’s Forgotten Pioneer…The Amazing Captain Bill Eddy

Television’s Forgotten Pioneer…The Amazing Captain Bill Eddy

  • February 28, 2017

Television's Forgotten Pioneer...The Amazing Captain Bill Eddy Frankly, my head exploded this morning when I…

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The men and women who shaped American television —producers, directors, engineers, studio crews, and the families of industry legends shared their stories, photos, documents, and memories with me. Many told me the same thing, even the historians for the networks:

“You’re preserving the only institutional knowledge we have left.”

Eyes Of A Generation has always been a collection of history, but now — it has, by default, become a home for the institutional memory of ABC, NBC, and CBS.

In the same way networks kept the videotapes tapes but erased the talent, skill, craftsmanship and even revenue those recorded shows represented…they have lost their histories too!

This is television’s story — created by the people who shaped it and safeguarded here, for those who come after.

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