Video: 'All That Mattered: "60 Minutes" premiered 45 years ago'
(Tuesday, September 24, 1968, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — 60 Minutes, an American newsmagazine and television program using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation, debuted tonight on CBS. Continue reading ’60 Minutes’ debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1968)
Video: 'THE DONNA REED SHOW (1958-1966) Opening Credits'
(Wednesday, September 24, 1958, 9:00-9:30 p.m EDT) — The Donna Reed Show, an American sitcom television series about middle-class housewife Donna Stone, her pediatrician husband and two teenage children, debuted tonight on ABC-TV. Continue reading ‘The Donna Reed Show’ debuts on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1958)
Video: 'The Mod Squad S01e01 Pilot The Teeth Of The Barracuda [Part-1]'
(Tuesday, September 24, 1968, 7:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Mod Squad, an American crime drama television series about three young outsiders (one white man, one black man, one blonde woman) who fight crime as undercover agents for the police, debuted tonight on ABC. Continue reading ‘The Mod Squad’ debuts on ABC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1968)
(Saturday, September 24, 1988) — “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Sep. 24, Oct. 1, 1988). Continue reading ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ by Bobby McFerrin peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1988)
Video: 'The Defiant Ones' trailer
(Wednesday, September 24, 1958, doors scheduled to open at 9:30 a.m. EDT) — The Defiant Ones , a crime film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive, opened today at Victoria Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Defiant Ones’ opens in New York City 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1958)
Video: 'Here's Lucy - 'Mod, Mod Lucy' - FIRST and FULL Episode (Aired September 23, 1968)'
(Monday, September 23, 1968, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Here’s Lucy, Lucile Ball’s third television network sitcom following I Love Lucy (1951–57) and The Lucy Show (1962–68), debuted tonight on CBS. Continue reading ‘Here’s Lucy’ debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1968)
(Saturday, September 23, 1978) — “Hopelessly Devoted to You” by Olivia Newton-John peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ by Olivia Newton-John peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1978)
Video: 'Land of the Giants S01E01 9 22 1968 The Crash'
(Sunday, September 22, 1968, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT) — Land of the Giants, an American science fiction television series about the crew and passengers of a spaceship from Earth that crash lands on an Earth-like planet on which everything, including the human-like inhabitants, is twelve times the size of its counterpart on Earth, debuted tonight on ABC. Continue reading ‘Land of the Giants’ debuts on ABC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 22 1968)
(Monday, September 22, 1958) — “Devoted to You” by The Everly Brothers peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Devoted to You’ by The Everly Brothers peaks at #10 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 22 1958)
Video: '30 Rock: Emmys 08 - Best Comedy'
(Sunday, September 21, 2008, 8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — 30 Rock dominated the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards tonight at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, winning five major awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series. Continue reading ’30 Rock,’ ‘John Adams’ big winners at Emmy Awards 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 21 2008)
