In cable TV language, what is a dedicated channel?
In cable TV language, a dedicated channel is a channel that offers only one kind of programming, weather, rock music, home shopping.
In cable TV language, a dedicated channel is a channel that offers only one kind of programming, weather, rock music, home shopping.
Edward Platt did not play the Chief in The Nude Bomb (1980), the movie based on “Get Smart” (NBC, 1965-70). He starred as the Chief in the series but who died in 1974. Dana Elcar, later the “chief” in “MacGyver” (ABC, 1986), took the role. The porn star Sylvia Kristel played Agent 34 in the…
Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) rode in a Pontiac Trans-Am named KITT (voice by William Daniels) on the TV series “Knight Rider” (NBC, 1982-86).
On “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan,” a syndicated TV program in the 1956-57 season, the sleuth was played by J. Carroll Naish, an Irishman from New York.
Carol Merrill’s daughter Hillary Saffire became the hostess on the new TV game show “Truth or Consequences” (syndicated) in 1987. Merrill herself was the hostess on “Let’s Make a Deal” (NBC, 1963-68; ABC, 1968-76).
A Remington electric shaver could shave “the short, close fuzz of a peach without harming its tender skin”, in 1954, long before Victor Kiam bought the company.
The syndicated TV program “Wheel of Fortune” with Pat Sajak and Vanna White has been on the air since September, 1983.