When did the first issue of TV Guide appear?
What is now the magazine TV Guide with the largest national circulation first appeared on April 3, 1953.
It had editions in ten cities and an initial circulation of 1,560,000.
What is now the magazine TV Guide with the largest national circulation first appeared on April 3, 1953.
It had editions in ten cities and an initial circulation of 1,560,000.
Jim McKay appeared on several shows for ABC, “Sports Spot” (1951), “Make the Connection” (1955), and “The Verdict Is Yours” (1958) before “ABC’s Wide World of Sports”. In 1961, he appeared on “Wide World of Sports” and has never left.
The name of the puppet-king in “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was King Friday XIII.
Ernie Bilko (Phil Silvers) served in the army in “The Phil Silvers Show,” which ran from 1955 to 1959.
Yes, Jodie Foster has starred in a TV series. During the 1974-75 season, she played Addie Pray on “Paper Moon,” an ABC sitcom based on the 1972 Peter Bogdanovich movie.
“Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour” was on TV for twelve years, from 1948 to 1960 on the DuMont network, ABC, NBC, and CBS. During that time, Pat Boone and Gladys Knight made their national television debuts.
The One-Armed Man on “The Fugitive” (ABC, 1963-67) was Fred Johnson, played by Bill Raisch. He was captured in the final episode, which aired on August 29, 1967.