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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Oct
10
1971: 'UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS' MAKES ITS BRITISH DEBUT By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1971, the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs debuted on Britian's ITV...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
9
1990: AUSTRALIA'S 'BANGKOK HILTON' DEBUTS IN US By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1990, TBS debuted Part 1 of the celebrated Australian miniseries, Bangkok Hilton...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
8
1958: NBC INTRODUCES DANDY LAWMAN 'BAT MASTERSON' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1958, NBC introduced the Western, Bat Masterson, a series loosely based on the life of frontier lawman William Barclay "Bat" Masterson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
7
1960: 'ROUTE 66' DROVE ONTO CBS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1960, CBS introduced the ambitious series, Route 66...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
6
1966: 'THE DATING GAME' GOES PRIMETIME By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1966, ABC plugged a hole in its primetime schedule with the daytime show, The Dating Game...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
5
1950: 'YOU BET YOUR LIFE' MAKES ITS TV DEBUT By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1950, the popular radio quiz show You Bet Your Life made its television debut...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
1957: 'LEAVE IT TO BEAVER' MAKES ITS DEBUT By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1957, one of television's most iconic family sitcoms, Leave It to Beaver, made its debut...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
3
1960: CBS INTRODUCED 'THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1960, CBS introduced The Andy Griffith Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
2
2011: SHOWTIME DEBUTS 'HOMELAND' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
One year ago today, Showtime introduced its award-winning drama, Homeland...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
1
2003: ABC INTRODUCED 'KAREN SISCO' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 2003, ABC debuted Karen Sisco, a series spun from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel, Out of Sight, and the same-name 1998 film...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley