‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In’ debuts as weekly series on NBC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1968)


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(Monday, January 22, 1968, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST)Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, an American fast-paced sketch comedy television program starring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, premiered tonight on NBC as a weekly series.

Laugh-In originally aired as a one-time special on Sept. 9, 1967, but was such a success that it was brought back this night as a regular series.


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