Sunday, April 29, 2018

Today in TV History 4/29/18

Today is Sunday, April 29, 2018


Today in
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."


Today in
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."


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