Category Archives: Television 1990s

Rookies win big at 38th Grammy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Feb 28 1996)

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Video: '38th Grammy Awards (1996) Album of the Year - Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette)'

(Wednesday, February 28, 1996, 8:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — A cheating ex-boyfriend and a voice full of breaks and wails brought four major Grammy Awards to Alanis Morissette, the 21-year-old Canadian songwriter who was the big winner tonight in the 38th Annual Grammy Awards at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Her Jagged Little Pill was named album of the year and best rock album; its first single, “You Oughta Know,” was named best rock song and best rock female vocal performance (click here for several clips from the show).

‘Nightline’ profiles The Beatles on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1995)

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Video: 'ABC Nightline: A Little Help From Their Friends'

(Wednesday, November 22, 1995, 11:36 p.m.-12:05 a.m. EST) — In a program titled “A Little Help From Their Friends,” Nightline, a late-night news program broadcast by ABC-TV in the United States, profiled The Beatles tonight and the chatter surrounding The Beatles Anthology documentary series broadcast this week on the network.

‘The Beatles Anthology’ premieres on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 19 1995)

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Video: 'The Beatles Anthology episódio 01 - legendado PT BR'

(Sunday, November 19, 1995, 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — The Beatles Anthology, a documentary series on the career of The Beatles, premiered tonight on ABC-TV. The six-hour series concluded on the evenings of Nov. 22 and 23, 1995. Continue reading ‘The Beatles Anthology’ premieres on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 19 1995) →

Ross and Rachel share their first kiss on ‘Friends’ 30 years ago this hour (Nov 9 1995)

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Video: 'Ross & Rachel's First Kiss | Friends | TBS'

(Thursday, November 9, 1995, 8:00-8:30 p.m. EST) — A drunken Rachel is persuaded to call Ross and reveals her feelings for him on his answering machine on tonight’s episode of the NBC television sitcom Friends.

TV Guide and TV Land ranked the moment Ross and Rachel shared their first kiss #66 of the “100 Most Memorable TV Moments of All Time” in 2004.

‘Lisa the Vegetarian’ episode airs on ‘The Simpsons’ 20 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1995)

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Video: 'Lisa The Vegetarian'

(Sunday, October 15, 1995, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — After a trip to a petting zoo, Lisa finds herself unable to eat lamb exposing her to ridicule and resentment from her father and friends on tonight’s episode of the Fox animated sitcom television series The Simpsons. Continue reading ‘Lisa the Vegetarian’ episode airs on ‘The Simpsons’ 20 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1995) →

‘Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose’ episode airs on ‘The X-Files’ 20 years ago this hour (Oct 13 1995)

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Video: 'S3E4 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose: The X-Files Episode Breakdown'

(Friday, October 13, 1995, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — In the midst of a psychic sideshow while on a murder case, Mulder and Scully enlist the help of a man who may have a true psychic ability to foresee how people will die to help the agents catch a man killing fortune tellers on tonight’s episode of the Fox-TV science fiction television series The X-Files.

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 10 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.

‘Murder One’ debuts on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Sep 19 1995)

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Video: 'Murder One: Chapter One' (Sept. 19, 1995)

(Tuesday, September 19, 1995, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Hoffman & Associates takes on hot new case on tonight’s debut episode of ABC’s Murder One, a legal drama television series about prominent defense attorney Theodore “Teddy” Hoffman and his associates.

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #60 among the “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.”

‘Frasier,’ ‘NYPD Blue’ big winners at Emmy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Sep 10 1995)

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Video: 'Sid Cesar & Carl Reiner Present Emmy Award (1995)'

(Sunday, September 10, 1995, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Frasier dominated the 47th Primetime Emmy Awards tonight, winning five awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series (the second of five consecutive awards in this category). Continue reading ‘Frasier,’ ‘NYPD Blue’ big winners at Emmy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Sep 10 1995) →

Hugh Grant makes first public appearance since arrest 20 years ago this hour (July 10 1995)

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Video: 'Hugh Grant interview Tonight Show 1995'

(Monday, July 10, 1995, 11:35 p.m. EDT) — Less than two weeks after being arrested in a parked car near Sunset Boulevard with a prostitute, British actor Hugh Grant appeared tonight on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was asked, “What the hell were you thinking?”