In cable TV language, what is a dedicated channel?
In cable TV language, a dedicated channel is a channel that offers only one kind of programming, weather, rock music, home shopping.
In cable TV language, a dedicated channel is a channel that offers only one kind of programming, weather, rock music, home shopping.
Chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs joined the “Today” (NBC, 1952) cast in January 1953. Ratings immediately soared. Muggs was let go four years later when he got too old and hard to handle. NBC said that Muggs had “decided to terminate” his position so he could “extend his personal horizons.”
Harvey Korman played Bud and Buddy Hackett played Lou in the TV movie “Bud and Lou” (1978).
The name of Hawkeye Pierce’s (Alan Alda’s) tent on “M*A*S*H” (CBS, 1972-83) was The Swamp.
Her one-time husband Rob Reiner played the boyfriend of Myrna the secretary (Penny Marshall) on “The Odd Couple” (ABC, 1970-75). The boyfriend’s name was Sheldn (not “Sheldon”; they forgot the “o” on his birth certificate).
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.
NBC began national nightly newscasts in April 1944. CBS began national nightly newscasts in May 1948, read by Douglas Edwards. ABC began national nightly newscasts in August 1948, read by H. R. Baukhage and Jim Gibbons.