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September 18, 1957 – The western series, Wagon Train, starring Ward Bond Robert Horton, John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Michael Burns, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, and Scott Miller originally debuted on NBC TV on this date, then moved to ABC TV in it’s sixth season. Ward Bond (Major Seth Adams) and Robert Horton (Flint McCullough) didContinue reading “Wagon Train premiered”

September 18, 1964 –The most normal family’s ever presented on US television, The Addams Family first aired on ABC-TV on this date. Carolyn Jones and John Astin decided to give Gomez and Morticia “a grand romance” as an antidote to the virtually asexual parents then common in television shows.

September 18, 1978 – We first started living on the air in Cincinnati when WKRP in Cincinnati, started broadcasting on CBS-TV on this date. The show was videotaped instead of filmed because the rights to rock songs were cheaper for a taped show than for a filmed show.

September 17, 1968 –The TV series Julia premiered on this date, starring Diahann Carroll (as a nurse with a young son whose husband was killed in Vietnam), Lloyd Nolan, and Marc Copage. Carroll was the first African-American woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series. Diahann Carroll said in interview that theContinue reading “Julia premiered”

September 17, 1969 –It was everyone’s first day at Walt Whitman High School, when ABC TV premiered Room 222 starring Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, and Karen Valentine, aired on this date. This was the first of three long-running sitcom franchises created or developed by James L. Brooks that are currently the property ofContinue reading “Room 222 premiered”

September 17, 2011 –Adelle made everyone cry so much with her single Someone Like You that it hits no. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. Adele had boundless resources at her disposal, but all this song needed was two people, two days, and a studio with a grand piano. She wrote and recordedContinue reading “Someone Like You topped the charts”

September 16, 1810 –If you thought Mexican Independence Day was Cinco de Mayo. Today is Independence Day in Mexico. Mexico began its revolt against Spanish rule on this date. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issued “El Grito de Dolores” (Cry of Freedom), which claimed the end of Spanish rule.

September 16, 1963 – The science-fiction anthology series The Outer Limits first airred on ABC-TV on this date. The original title for this series was Please Stand By, but because the Cuban Missile Crisis had happened less than a year earlier, executives thought it might make people fearful of an air raid. As a referenceContinue reading “The Outer Limits premiered”

September 16, 1920 –A horse-drawn carriage loaded with dynamite exploded in front of the J.P. Morgan and Company headquarters at 23 Wall Street in New York’s financial district, on this date. 30 people were killed in the blast. More than 400 were injured. Although the crime was never solved, it was believed to have beenContinue reading “The time Wall St. was bombed”

September 16, 1977 –The eponymously named debut LP, Talking Heads: 77, was released on this date. It has long been considered one of the best debut albums of the CBGB habitués.