“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.
Playwright Arthur Miller wrote the teleplay for the CBS TV movie “Playing for Time” (1980). Vanessa Redgrave played Auschwitz prisoner Fania Fenelon.
Walt Whitman High School was the high school in the TV series “Room 222” (ABC, 1969-74). In “Welcome Back, Kotter” (ABC, 1975-79)? James Buchanan High School. In “Head of the Class” (ABC, 1986-91)? Millard Fillmore High School.
John Wayne introduced the first episode of “Gunsmoke” (CBS, 1955-75). On September 10, 1955, Wayne explained that he was not able to star in the show, but had recommended a young actor named James Arness for the part of Marshal Matt Dillon.
Miss Brooks’s first name was Connie on the TV series “Our Miss Brooks”. The character was played by Eve Arden on “Our Miss Brooks” from 1952 to 1956 on CBS.
The “Moonlighting” episode in which Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) and David (Bruce Willis) finally had sex was first broadcast on March 30, 1987, after two years of verbal foreplay.
Veteran character actor George Tobias played Abner Kravitz on the TV series “Bewitched” (ABC, 1964-1972). Alice Pearce was the original Gladys Kravitz; Sandra Gould replaced her when Pearce died in 1966.