Where did Rob and Laura Petrie of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (CBS, 1961-66) live?
Rob and Laura Petrie of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” had a house in New Rochelle, New York.
Rob and Laura Petrie of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” had a house in New Rochelle, New York.
Jerry Mathers (TV’s Beaver on “Leave It to Beaver,” CBS, ABC, 1957-63) appeared on the Hitchcock film The Trouble With Harry (1956). Mathers played Tony, Harry’s son.
According to A. C. Nielsen, an average home in 1953 got 3.8 stations on TV. With the advent of cable, 1983 saw televisions get an average of 10.3 stations. An average home in 1990 received 11.7 stations.
The towns which the following soap operas set in are: “All My Children” (ABC, 1970–)–Pine Valley “Ryan’s Hope” (ABC, 1975-89)–New York City “The Guiding Light” (CBS, 1952–)–Five Points “The Edge of Night” (CBS, ABC, 1956-84)—Monticello (a violent midwestern city) “The Secret Storm” (CBS, 1954-74)—Woodbridge, New York “As the World Turns” (CBS, 1956–)—Oakdale, Ohio
“Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour” was on TV for twelve years, from 1948 to 1960 on the DuMont network, ABC, NBC, and CBS. During that time, Pat Boone and Gladys Knight made their national television debuts.
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).
Jacqueline Kennedy lead a nationally televised tour of the White House in 1962.