Video: 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien "First Show" Parts-1-3 (9/13/93)'
(Tuesday, September 14, 1993, 12:35 a.m. EDT) -- Late Night with Conan O'Brien, a late-night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien, debuted tonight on NBC-TV, replacing David Letterman who had moved his show to CBS after losing the chance to replace the retiring Johnny Carson on NBC's The Tonight Show to Jay Leno.
Video: 'Retro letterman: 1st 15min of 1st late show' (Aug. 30, 1993)
(Monday, August 30, 1993, 11:35 p.m. EDT) — The Late Show with David Letterman, a late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman tonight on CBS-TV, after moving his show from NBC.
Video: 'CHEERS - One for the Road (last episode)'
(Thursday, May 20, 1993, 9:22 p.m. EDT) — The gang finally finds out what has happened to Diane Chambers and Don the plumber pops the question to Rebecca but gets an unexpected answer on tonight’s series finale episode of the TV sitcom Cheers.
Video: 'Best of Krusty Gets Kancelled'
(Thursday, May 13, 1993, 8 p.m. EDT) — Krusty is out of a job when a new show featuring ventriloquist Arthur Crandall and his dummy, Gabbo, hits the airwaves and shrinks Krusty’s television ratings on tonight’s episode of the TV series The Simpsons. In 2009, TV Guide named this the 24th greatest TV episode of all-time.
Video: 'Wonder Years series finale'
(Wednesday, May 12, 1993, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Kevin is heartbroken when he finds out Winnie is dating one of the other lifeguards on tonight’s series finale episode of the TV comedy-drama The Wonder Years.
Video: '1992 Oscar Winners'
(Monday, March 29, 1993, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Unforgiven won four Oscars tonight at the 65th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Clint Eastwood for Best Director. Al Pacino won Best Actor for Scent of a Woman and Emma Thompson won Best Actress for Howards End. Continue reading ‘Unforgiven’ wins Best Picture at 65th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (1993)
Video: 'Michael Jackson - Super Bowl (Complete Version) (HQ)'
(Sunday, January 31, 1993) — Michael Jackson and 3,500 children performed during halftime today at the Super Bowl. He sang a variety of his hits, including “Heal The World.” The game began with country star Garth Brooks singing the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Actress Marlee Matlin interpreted the song in sign language.
Video: 'Linda - Behind the Lens'
(Saturday, December 26, 1992, Boxing Day, 6:40 p.m. GMT) — Behind The Lens, the Arena documentary on Linda McCartney’s photographic career, premiered today on BBC2 in the UK. It included interviews with rock star husband Paul McCartney, plus friends and associates, and showed a selection of her rock photos of the Beatles, Doors, Stones, Hendrix, Who, Joplin and others.
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'The Contest' clip
(Wednesday, November 18, 1992, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Jerry proposes a contest to see who can go the longest without “you know” on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Seinfeld. TV Guide ranked the episode #1 on its list of “TV’s Top 100 Episodes of All Time.”
Video: 'Sinéad O'Connor VS Pope John Paul II'
(Sunday, October 4, 1992, after midnight) — After performing a song protesting alleged child abuse by the Catholic Church, Irish singer Sinead O’Connor ripped up a picture of the pope during an appearance on Saturday Night Live. NBC’s switchboard in New York was flooded with calls, most of them criticizing O’Connor’s actions (click here for a longer, cleaner clip).
