CHILD OF TELEVISION

I represent the first generation who, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson. Read the full "Pre-ramble"

Monday, April 13, 2026

Sid Krofft

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  When you're weird, you gotta be weird all the way! - Sid Krofft Sid Krofft born  Cydus  Yolas July 30, 1929 – April 10, 2026 This is m...

This Week in Television History: April 2026 PART II

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   April 13, 1986 Return to Mayberry airs on NBC. The cast of the popular Andy Griffith Show is reunited for a one-time television speci...
Monday, April 06, 2026

This Week in Television History: April 2026 PART I

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   April 12, 1941 Life of Riley  radio show debuts. An unrelated radio show with the name  Life of Riley  was a summer replacement show hear...
Monday, March 30, 2026

This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART V

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  March 30, 1966 Barbra Streisand's "Color Me Barbra" special aired on CBS-TV. April 3, 1956 Elvis sings his first RCA rec...
Monday, March 23, 2026

This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART IV

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    Happy 100th Birthday, Gene Shalit! March 26, 1971 Cannon  the  CBS   detective  television series produced by  Quinn Martin  primered. F...
Monday, March 16, 2026

This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART III

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   March 18, 1981 The Greatest American Hero flew onto the small screen for the first time. The series that aired for three seasons from 19...
Monday, March 09, 2026

This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART II

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  March 9, 1976 ABC premiered Family , a weekly prime-time drama about a Pasadena California suburban family.   The show was created by no...
Monday, March 02, 2026

This Week in Television History: March 2026 PART I

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     March 3, 1986 The pilot episode of Matlock aired on NBC. The show centers on widower Benjamin Leighton "Ben" Matlock, a reno...
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