Video: 'S1 - E1 Like Father Like Daughter'
(Tuesday, September 12, 1978, 9:30-10:00 p.m. EDT) — Taxi, an American prime time television sitcom series about the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher, debuted tonight on ABC. Continue reading ‘Taxi’ series debuts on ABC-TV 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 12 1978)
Video: 'Who killed Bob Crane? Part 1'
(Thursday, June 29, 1978, at around 2:00 p.m. MST) — Actor Bob Crane, the star of television’s Hogan’s Heroes, was found bludgeoned to death this afternoon in his apartment in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was appearing in the play Beginner’s Luck at the Windmill Dinner Theater.
The murder remains officially unsolved.
Crane was 49.
Video: 'Who killed Bob Crane? Part 2'
Video: 'Who killed Bob Crane? Part 3'
Video: 'Who killed Bob Crane? Part 4'
Video: 'Revealing the DNA evidence - Who killed Bob Crane?'
Video: '20/20 Pilot (ABC) June 1978'
(Tuesday, June 6, 1978, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — 20/20, an American television newsmagazine featuring in-depth story packages, created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge and hosted by Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes, debuted tonight ABC. Continue reading ’20/20′ news magazine debuts on ABC-TV 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1978)
Video: '1978 Ringo' (6 videos)
(Wednesday, April 26, 1978, 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST) — Ringo, a television film starring former Beatle Ringo Starr as both a fictionalized version of himself and his fictional half-brother “Ognir Rrats” (loosely based on The Prince and the Pauper), was broadcast tonight NBC. Continue reading ‘Ringo’ television film debuts on NBC 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 26 1978)
(Tuesday, April 25, 1978) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr appeared on today‘s Newscenter 4 broadcast on WNBC (taped some time in March 1978) to promote his television film Ringo, set to premiere the following evening on NBC (click here to watch the interview).
Video: 'The Blues Brothers - Hey Bartender (SNL 1978)'
(Saturday, April 22, 1978, 11:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. EST) — The Blues Brothers — John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd — made their network debut and host Steve Martin performed his novelty hit “King Tut” on tonight’s episode of the NBC sketch comedy series television series Saturday Night Live, featuring the classic sketch “Theodoric of York: Medieval Barber.” Continue reading The Blues Brothers debut on ‘Saturday Night Live’ 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1978)
Video: 'Holocaust- mini series - 1978' (5 videos)
(Sunday, April 16, 1978, 8:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — Holocaust, an American four part television miniseries which tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of the (fictional) Weiss family of German Jews and that of a rising member of the SS, premiered tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘Holocaust’ miniseries debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1978)
Video: 'PBS Documentary "Television" - Episode 5 of 8' (Apr. 11, 1978, at 46:53)
(Tuesday, April 11, 1978, 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST on WNET-TV in New York) — Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces, the first American documentary shot in Vietnam after the 1975 fall of Saigon with unprecedented access to the ruined countryside and its people, debuted tonight on PBS. Continue reading ‘Vietnam: Picking Up the Pieces’ on PBS 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 11 1978)
Video: '1978 Oscars' (27 videos)
(Monday, April 3, 1978, 7:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. PST) — Annie Hall, an American romantic comedy film about a comedian and an aspiring singer who try to overcome their neuroses and find happiness, won four Oscars tonight at the 50th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Woody Allen) and Best Actress (Diane Keaton). Continue reading ‘Annie Hall’ wins Best Picture at 50th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 3 1978)
Video: '40 Years of "Dallas". Episode 1: "At the Beginning"'
(Sunday, April 2, 1978, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — Dallas, an American prime time television soap opera that revolved around a wealthy and feuding Texas family, the Ewings, debuted tonight CBS. Continue reading ‘Dallas’ series debuts on CBS-TV 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 2 1978)
