Video: 'Monkees Special ~ 33 & A Third Revolutions Per Monkee'
(Saturday, November 23, 1968) — Video-recording of 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, a television special starring The Monkees, began today at MGM Studios, Culver City, California. Continue reading Video-recording of ’33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee’ begins 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 23 1968)
Video: 'TV's first interracial kiss'
(Friday, November 22, 1968, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — The first scripted kiss between a Caucasian and an African-American on U.S. television was shown tonight on an episode of Star Trek, an American science fiction series. Continue reading ‘First’ interracial kiss on American TV airs on ‘Star Trek’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1968)
Video: 'Heidi Game Debacle - Decades TV Network'
(Sunday, November 17, 1968, 7:00 p.m. EST) — In one of the biggest screw ups in the era of televised sports, NBC outraged football fans tonight by cutting away from the closing minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game on the East Coast to begin the TV movie Heidi on schedule. Continue reading NBC cuts out of Jets-Raiders game to broadcast ‘Heidi’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1968)
Video: 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Donovan Dion~Jennifer Warnes~George Harrison' (Nov. 15, 1968, at 1:56)
(Friday, November 15, 1968, evening PST) — George Harrison of The Beatles recorded an appearance tonight for the Nov. 17, 1968, edition of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour at CBS Television City studio in Los Angeles. Continue reading Beatle George Harrison tapes appearance on ‘Smothers Brothers’ show 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1968)
Video: 'The Beach Boys - Ed Sullivan Show - 1968 - Good Vibrations'
(Sunday, October 13, 1968, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beach Boys, Pearl Bailey and Bill Dana all performed on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading The Beach Boys, Pearl Bailey, Bill Dana perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 13 1968)
Video: 'Jefferson Airplane Crown Of Creation'
(Sunday, September 29, 1968, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Jefferson Airplane, Diana Ross and the Supremes and Red Skelton all performed on tonight’s season 21 premiere of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading Jefferson Airplane, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Red Skelton perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 29 1968)
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 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)
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)
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)
