This Day In TV History

2019

Oct

2000: FOX DEBUTS 'BOSTON PUBLIC' By TV WW

On this day in 2000, Fox launched the David E. Kelley drama, Boston Public...

2019

Oct

1939: NBC PRESENTS THE FIRST TELEVISED PRO FOOTBALL GAME By TV WW

On this day in 1939, NBC presented the first televised professional football game, a match-up between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Brooklyn Dodgers...

2019

Oct

1954: JAMES, UM, JIMMY BOND MAKES HIS FIRST TV APPEARANCE By TV WW

On this day in 1954, the CBS anthology series Climax! Mystery Theater presented the first screen adaptation of an Ian Fleming James Bond novel...

2019

Oct

1973: ARCHIE BUNKER MEETS GEORGE JEFFERSON By TV WW

On this day in 1973, All in the Family's "lovable bigot" Archie Bunker finally met his next-door neighbor, George Jefferson...

2019

Oct

1953: ARTHUR GODFREY FIRES JULIUS LA ROSA By TV WW

On this day in 1953, "The Old Redhead" Arthur Godfrey fired "Little Godfrey" singer Julius La Rosa during the live radio broadcast of Arthur Godfrey Time...

2019

Oct

1953: ORSON WELLES PERFORMS 'KING LEAR' ON CBS By TV WW

On this day in 1953, Orson Welles made his television debut in the Omnibus production of King Lear...

2019

Oct

1999: LARRY DAVID'S 'CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM' SPECIAL DEBUTS By TV WW

On this day in 1999, HBO presented what it thought would be a one-time, one-hour special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm...

2019

Oct

2001: 'SMALLVILLE' SHOWCASES SUPERMAN'S EARLY YEARS By TV WW

This day in 2001 marked the series premiere of Smallville, which chronicled the life of a young Clark Kent in the years before he adopted his alter ego, Superman...