What game show did Walter Cronkite host?
Walter Cronkite hosted the TV game show “It’s News to Me” (CBS, 1951-54).
Walter Cronkite hosted the TV game show “It’s News to Me” (CBS, 1951-54).
The TV game show “The $64,000 Question” (CBS, 1955-58) cost only a small fraction of that to produce each week, about $15,000 per weekly episode. This was much cheaper than another top-rated half-hour show of the period, “The Jack Benny Show” (CBS, NBC, 1950-65), which cost $42,000 an episode.
Dick Gautier played Hymie the Robot on “Get Smart” (NBC, CBS, 1965-70). He later played Robin Hood on “When Things Were Rotten” (ABC, 1975).
The Goodwill Games were first held in July 1986, in Moscow. The brainchild of Ted Turner, the games included events such as basketball, boxing, gymnastics, track and field, and wrestling.
Gertrude and Murgatroyd were the names of the pigeons played by Red Skelton on “The Red Skelton Show” (CBS, NBC, 1951-71).
The TV series “Happy Days” (ABC, 1974-84) generated three spinoffs: “Laverne and Shirley” (ABC, 1976-83) “Mork and Mindy” (ABC, 1978-82) “Joanie Loves Chachi” (ABC, 1982-83).
Country singers Roy Clark and Buck Owens were the original hosts of “Hee Haw” (CBS, synd., 1969).