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.
In cable TV language, a dedicated channel is a channel that offers only one kind of programming, weather, rock music, home shopping.
The cartoon character Mabel first appeared in 1954 advertising Carling Black Label Beer.
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.
Yes, Richard Beymer and Russ Tamblyn teamed up between West Side Story (1961) and “Twin Peaks” (ABC, 1990-91) in Free Grass (1969). It also starred Natalie Wood’s sister, Lana Wood.
On the TV show “Outer Limits” (ABC, 1963-65), Vic Perrin’s voice was used for the line, “There is nothing wrong with your television set; do not attempt to adjust the picture”.
The characters in the original TV series “Mission: Impossible” (CBS, 1966-73) were: Agent Briggs (Steven Hill), Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain), Barney Collier (Greg Morris), Willie Armitage (Peter Lupus), and Rollin Hand (Martin Landau). James Phelps (Peter Graves) joined the cast in 1968.