I remember talking to the late John Frankenheimer, one of television’s greatest directors of the…
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Randy West, Network Game show, Talk, Variety, Award show Announcer, Author
From Philo Farnsworth’s first breakthroughs to today, thousands of people helped shape American television…
HOW NFL FOOTBALL CAME TO TELEVISION IN 1956
Sig Mickelson was the first president of CBS News, and it is from that insider's…
How The First Music Video Package Helped Create “American Bandstand”
How The First Music Video Package Helped Create "American Bandstand" The Snader Telescriptions were not…
What Do “Bonanza”, The Beatles And Bozo Have In Common?…
What Do "Bonanza", The Beatles And Bozo Have In Common? Aside from the letter "B",…
January 26, 1992…First Successful Super Bowl Counter Programming
January 26, 1992...First Successful Super Bowl Counter Programming CLASSIC! Men On Football...'In Living Color' This…
NBC Color Kinescopes Continued…Surprises & Rare Footage
NBC Color Kinescopes Continued...Surprises & Rare Footage Yesterday, we discussed the RCA/Eastman Lenticular Color Kinescope…
Vladimir Zworykin: The Iconoscope and the Kinescope
December 20,1938...Vladimir Zworykin Patented The Iconoscope Although there was controversy over a lot of patents…
ULTRA RARE…FIRST “TONIGHT” SHOW, PART 1 of 2
ULTRA RARE...FIRST "TONIGHT" SHOW, PART 1 of 2 In Part 2, which will follow shortly,…
November 29, 1929…The NBC Chimes Sound For The First Time
November 29, 1929...The NBC Chimes Sound For The First Time In July of 1921, RCA…
Television’s 1st Prime Time Season; 1948…With My Detailed Notes
Television's 1st Prime Time Season; 1948...With My Detailed Notes This is just amazing...what you will…
September 21, 1963…”The Jerry Lewis Show” Debuts On ABC
September 21, 1963..."The Jerry Lewis Show" Debuts On ABC This is a strange tale, but…
September 19, 1960…The “Tonight” Show Goes Color
September 19, 1960...The "Tonight" Show Goes Color The "Tonight" Show is a creation of the…
September 15, 1938…NBC Debuts TV’s First Live Remote Show
September 15, 1938...NBC Debuts TV's First Live Remote Show On December 12, 1937, the world's…
September 11, 1967…”The Carol Burnett Show” Debuts on CBS
September 11, 1967..."The Carol Burnett Show" Debuts on CBS After leaving the "Garry Moore Show"…
Doug Quick Interview…Veteran CBS Stage Manager, “Price Is Right”
Sunday Matinee #2...Veteran Stage Manager Doug Quick, BTDT BTDT = Been There, Done That, and…
July 31, 1995…The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC
July 31, 1995...The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC Did you know that in…
ULTRA RARE HOWDY DOODY IMAGES! The Original Howdy…
Be sure to click through these historic images, as I have made extensive comments on…
RCA Camera Mystery Finally Solved!!! You Won’t Believe This…
RCA Camera Mystery Finally Solved!!! You Won't Believe This... Just what is that gear/wheel mechanism…
June 9…A Big Day For Media History…6 Event Stories And Video
June 9...A Big Day For Media History...6 Event Stories And Video June 9, 1948...WBZ Becomes…
Prime Time Television…1948 And ’49, With My Detailed Notes
Prime Time Television...1948 And '49, With My Detailed Notes This is just amazing...what you will…