On their syndicated TV show, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have been putting thumbs up and down to movies since September 1982.
They first gained national fame on PBS’s “Sneak Previews” in 1977.
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.
Denise Crosby was Lieutenant Tasha Yar, the security officer who was killed off on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.
Penny Singleton did the voice of Jane Jetson in the original run of “The Jetsons”. She played Blondie in the Blondie film series that ran from 1938 to 1950.
The hugely popular show “Roller Derby” ran on ABC for two years, from March 1949 to August 1951.
Lucille Ball (Lucy) died on April 26, 1989, at age 77. Desi Arnaz (Ricky) died December 2, 1986, at age 69. Vivian Vance (Ethel) died on August 17, 1979, at age 72. William Frawley (Fred) died on March 3, 1966, at age 79.
The last episode of “The Waltons” (CBS, 1972-81) was set on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The series began with a pilot film, “The Homecoming” (CBS, 1971), set during Christmas, 1933.