When was “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” (CBS, 1967-69) canceled?
“The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” (CBS, 1967-69) was canceled on April 1969.
“The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” (CBS, 1967-69) was canceled on April 1969.
Winston cigarettes tasted good “like a cigarette should.” The first commercial using the jingle appeared in 1956.
Appearing long before “Peyton Place” (ABC, 1964-69), the first prime-time soap opera was “A Woman to Remember,” starring Patricia Wheel. The series, which was based on a daytime serial, ran on the DuMont network from May to July, 1949.
The cartoon character Mabel first appeared in 1954 advertising Carling Black Label Beer.
The evil aliens in “Battlestar Galactica” were the Cylons. Patrick Macnee provided the voice of the Cylon leader.
Two actors have played Mickey Spillane’s detective Mike Hammer on TV: Darren McGavin, in “Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer” (synd., 1957-59); and Stacy Keach in “Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer” (CBS, 1984-87).
The “Gilligan’s Island” (CBS, 1964-67) cast and characters were .. . Gilligan—Gilligan (Bob Denver) The Skipper—Jonas Grumbly (Alan Hale, Jr.) The Millionaire—Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus) His Wife—Mrs. Lovey Howell III (Natalie Schaefer) The Movie Star—Ginger Grant (Tina Louise) The Professor—Roy Hinkley (Russell Johnson) Mary Ann—Mary Ann Summers (Dawn Wells)