Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Monday, July 13, 2026

This Week in Television History: July 2026 PART II

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July 19, 1989 Rebecca Shaeffer (age 21) is murdered at her Los Angeles home by Robert John Bardo, a mentally unstable man who had been sta...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Gene Shalit

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Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts. -Gene Shalit Eugene Shalit March 25, ...
Monday, May 11, 2026

This Week in Television History: May 2026 PART II

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       May 17, 1974 LAPD raid leaves six SLA members dead In Los Angeles,  California , police surround a home in Compton where the leaders ...
Monday, April 27, 2026

This Week in Television History: April 2026 PART IV

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     April 27, 1986 Video pirate disrupts HBO signals.   A video pirate manages to override the satellite transmission of an HBO movie on ...
Monday, April 20, 2026

This Week in Television History: April 2026 PART III

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    April 22, 1926 Charlotte Rae is born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky.   The of stage, comedienne , singer and dancer , who in her six decades...
Monday, February 09, 2026

This Week in Television History: February 2026 PART II

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  February 9, 1971 The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the Sylmar earthquake). The quake occurred in the early morning of in the...
Monday, January 26, 2026

This Week in Television History: January 2026 PART IV

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    J anuary 26, 1926 John Logie Baird g ave the world's first demonstration of true television before 50 scientists in an attic room ...