Sally Rogers’s (Rose Marie’s) off-and-on boyfriend on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” was Herman Glimscher, played by Bill Idelson.
After appearing on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Idelson became a comedy writer.
He also produced many of the episodes of “The Bob Newhart Show” (CBS, 1972-78) in its first year.
Alistair Cooke was born in Manchester, England, on November 20, 1908, but has been an American citizen since 1941. Cooke has hosted the PBS TV series “Masterpiece Theatre” since its inception in 1971.
The TV series “Bridget Loves Bernie” was loosely based on Abie’s Irish Rose (1946), in which an Irish girl named Rosemary (Joanne Dru) marries a Jewish boy named Abie (Richard Norris), leading to family conflict. In the TV show, Meredith Baxter played Bridget and David Birney played Bernie.
“The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” was on the radio eight years from 1944-52 before it started on TV. It on both TV and radio for two years-1952-54. The TV version continued until September 1966.
Walter Winchell (1897-1972), the veteran newsman who began his television career with “The Walter Winchell Show” (ABC, 1952-55), narrated “The Untouchables” (ABC, 1959-63).
WGBH in Boston produces Masterpiece Theatre (PBS, 1971). “The First Churchills,” in twelve episodes beginning on January 10, 1971, was the first series broadcast on “Masterpiece Theatre” (PBS, 1971).
Mary Stuart as Joanne Barron and Larry Haines as Stu Bergman, both on “Search for Tomorrow” (CBS, 1951-82; NBC, 1982-1987), is the longest-running performance in daytime TV drama history.