It’s sad to think that she really hated this role

September 7, 1967
The Flying Nun, starring Sally Field as a nun who finds that she can fly, debuted on ABC-TV on this date.

Critics, comedians, and others overlooked the fact that, in a sixties TV environment that did not yet fully embrace diversity, The Flying Nun is one of the few, if not the only, prime time sitcom of the era taking place in an impoverished community among Hispanic people.

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