What was the first soap opera to change its format from fifteen minutes to thirty minutes each weekday?
“As the World Turns” (CBS, 1956) was the first soap opera to change its format from fifteen minutes to thirty minutes each weekday.
“As the World Turns” (CBS, 1956) was the first soap opera to change its format from fifteen minutes to thirty minutes each weekday.
Just before reporter Edison Carter (Matt Frewer) crashed a motorcycle, he saw the words, “Max Headroom, 2.3 m.” on the TV series “Max Headroom” (ABC, 1987). His memory impulses create a new character, Max Headroom.
William F. Buckley’s syndicated talk show “Firing Line” has been on the air since April 1966.
Only fifty kids at a time sat in the Peanut Gallery on “Howdy Doody”.
WGBH in Boston produces Masterpiece Theatre (PBS, 1971). “The First Churchills,” in twelve episodes beginning on January 10, 1971, was the first series broadcast on “Masterpiece Theatre” (PBS, 1971).
According to A. C. Nielsen, an average home in 1953 got 3.8 stations on TV. With the advent of cable, 1983 saw televisions get an average of 10.3 stations. An average home in 1990 received 11.7 stations.
The 1984-85 season of Dallas was a dream. It was revealed to have been a dream of Pam Ewing to explain the reappearance of her husband Bobby (Patrick Duffy), previously killed off.