This Week in Television History: January 2011 PART IV

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As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history, the morethat fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truthreally lies.

January22, 1947

Thefirst television station west of the Mississippi River goes on the air.

The station was KTLA-TV in Hollywood. The stationbegan broadcasting at 8:30 p.m. from a converted garage. When the first EmmyAwards were handed out two years later, KTLA swept the awards for its originalprogramming.

January22, 1972

Emergencypremieres

Emergency,produced by Dragnet star and producer Jack Webb, premieres, featuringthe same semidocumentary style popularized by Webb's earlier police drama. Emergencywas based on the paramedic program that started in Los Angeles, California in1969. Senator Alan Cranston actually praised the show for informing the publicabout the value of funding such programs!
The show focused on the adventures of paramedics Roy DeSoto and Johnny Gage.The show, which ran from 1972 to 1977, foreshadowed later hits like E.R.,with its interwoven comic and serious subplots.

Julie London was married to fellow Emergency castmember Bobby Troup. In an earlier marriage, London was married to Jack Webb.Bobby Troup was a bandleader before becoming an actor.

To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".

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Tony Figueroa