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Television History
Television History
1954 - Ernest Borgnine made his network television debut in "Night Visitor" on NBC-TV.
1961 - ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" premiered.
1974 - Phil Donahue’s TV show, "Donahue" moved to Chicago, IL.
1979 - The final episode of "Battlestar Galactica" was aired on ABC.
1993 - An animated Barry White was a guest on "The Simpsons."
2000 - The 100th episode of "Pokémon" aired.
2002 - "TV Guide" was released with a listing of the "Top 50 TV Shows" of all time. The TV show version of the "Top 50 TV Shows" aired on May 13.
2002 - Donovan Patton took over as host of the children's show "Blue's Clues." Steve Burns had been the host since the show's debut in December 1996.
2002 - White House press secretary Air Fleisher appeared on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
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Dick Clark's American Bandstand History
Dick Clark's American Bandstand History
1958 - Buddy Greco appeared on American Bandstand.
1959 - Chubby Checker performed "The Class" on American Bandstand.
1960 - Dick Clark told the U.S. House of Representatives that he had never taken payola for the records he featured on his show American Bandstand.
1967 - Don Grady & the Yellow Balloon performed "Yellow Balloon" on American Bandstand.
1967 - Brenton Wood performed "The Oogum Boogum Song" on American Bandstand.
1972 - Al Green performed "Look What You Done for Me" on American Bandstand.
1978 - Wild Cherry performed "I Love My Music" on American Bandstand.
| "He had boundless energy and a remarkable ability to do innumerable things at any given time." - Fran La Maina, the longtime president of Dick Clark Productions Inc. |
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Saturday Night Live History
Saturday Night Live History
1952 - Nora Dunn was born.
2006 - "The Best of TV Funhouse" was aired for the first time.
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