What was the first American TV game show hosted by Alex Trebek?
“The Wizard of Odds” (NBC, 1973-74) was the first American game show hosted by Alex Trebek.
The Canadian-born Trebek is now host of “Jeopardy!” (syndicated, 1984).
“The Wizard of Odds” (NBC, 1973-74) was the first American game show hosted by Alex Trebek.
The Canadian-born Trebek is now host of “Jeopardy!” (syndicated, 1984).
James Mason played Tiberius, John McEnery played Caligula, Richard Kiley played Claudius, and Anthony Andrews played Nero in the miniseries “A.D.” (Anno Domini) (NBC, 1985).
Chet Huntley and David Brinkley first teamed up for the 1956 presidential conventions. Their patter led to places as anchormen of the NBC nightly news that fall. Their show was called “The Huntley-Brinkley Report” ( 1956-71).
Yes, the TV series “Dragnet” (NBC, 1952-59, 1967-70) was based on real cases. It may have been the original true crime drama, with all shows fashioned from cases found in Los Angeles police files. All scripts were reviewed by the police and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office.
The Alka-Seltzer mascot’s name was Speedy, a puppet, who has been around since 1953.
The DuMont TV network started operating in 1944 with station WABD in New York (now WNYW). It had financing from Paramount Pictures but lacked a radio network such as the other networks had. Owning a radio network made it easier to sign up TV station affiliates. Further, complicated court rulings prevented DuMont from owning as…
Jack Kingman had small parts on Ed Norton’s favorite TV series, “Captain Video,” (DuMont, 1949-55).