Daily Archives: September 13, 2014

‘Police Woman’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974)


Video: 'Police Woman - The End Game (1974)' (Sept. 13, 1974)

(Friday, September 13, 1974, 10:00 p.m. EDT)Police Woman, a police drama television series that revolves around Sgt. “Pepper” Anderson, an undercover police officer working for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC. It starred Angie Dickinson and Earl Holliman.

‘The Rockford Files’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974)


Video: 'The Rockford Files The Kirkoff Case' (Sept. 13, 1974)

(Friday, September 13, 1974, 9:00 p.m. EDT)The Rockford Files, a drama television series about Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and his father, a retired truck driver, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC. It starred James Garner and Noah Beery, Jr.

‘Chico and the Man’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974)


Video: 'Chico and the Man'

(Friday, September 13, 1974, 8:30 p.m. EDT)Chico and the Man, a sitcom television series about a cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio and an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC. It starred Jack Albertson and Freddie Prinze. Continue reading ‘Chico and the Man’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974)

British begin bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore 200 years ago this morning (Sep 13 1814)


Video: 'The Forgotten War of 1812.' (Sep. 13, 1814, at 1:48:05)

(Tuesday, September 13, 1814, dawn local time; part of the Battle of Baltimore and War of 1812) — British naval forces began bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore today but were driven back by American defenders in a battle that lasted until the following morning.