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)
Video: 'Adam-12 Log 1: The Impossible Mission'
(Saturday, September 21, 1968, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EDT) — Adam-12, a television police procedural drama series that follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed as they ride the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit 1-Adam-12, debuted tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘Adam-12’ debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 21 1968)
Video: '1st Hawaii Five O tv promo 1968'
(Friday, September 20, 1968, 9:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — Hawaii Five-O, an American police procedural drama series about a special state police task force headed up by Detective Captain Steve McGarrett, debuted tonight on CBS-TV as a two-hour pilot. Continue reading ‘Hawaii Five-0’ debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1968)
Video: 'The Name of the Game Theme (Intro & Outro)'
(Friday, September 20, 1968, 8:30-10:00 p.m. EDT) — The Name of the Game, a 90-minute weekly television series that rotated among three characters working at Howard Publications, a large magazine publishing company, debuted tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘The Name of the Game’ debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1968)
Video: 'Julia (1968) s01e01'
(Tuesday, September 17, 1968, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Julia, the first weekly American television series to depict an African-American woman in a non-stereotypical role, debuted tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘Julia’ debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 17 1968)
Video: 'Sock It To Nixon | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | George Schlatter'
(Monday, September 16, 1968, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon broke precedent tonight by joining the many celebrities who had cameo appearances on the popular American fast-paced sketch comedy television series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In in a pre-recorded, three-second clip where he awkwardly feigned surprise and asked the show’s catchphrase “sock it to me”? as the program opened its second season. Continue reading ‘Sock it to me?’ Nixon appears on ‘Laugh-In’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 16 1968)
Video: 'The Doors Are Open Part 3' (Sep. 6, 1968, at 6:36)
(Friday, September 6, 1968) — The Doors held a soundcheck today at London’s Roundhouse, where the band would make their European debut tonight with the first of four shows in two nights. Continue reading The Doors hold soundcheck at London’s Roundhouse 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 6 1968)
Video: 'The Beatles - Hey Jude'
(Wednesday, September 4, 1968, 6:00 p.m. BST; during sessions for The Beatles, also known as “The White Album”) — The Beatles made promotional videos for the band’s new single “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” today at Twickenham Film Studios in London. Continue reading The Beatles tape ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Revolution’ video promos 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1968)
