September 16, 1949
September 16, 1949
Like the sounds of countless other Warner Bros.
cartoon characters, the Road Runner's cheerful "beep, beep!" was
provided by Mel Blanc.
September
16, 1964
The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in
Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his
wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The
original pilot was rejected by ABC and David Sontag, then Executive Producer of
ABC, redeveloped and completely redesigned the show. A new pilot with a new
cast of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke,
The Everly Brothers, The Wellingtons, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman and
Alan Sues. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.
September
16, 1984
The crime drama series created by Anthony Yerkovich and was produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson as James
"Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael
Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Metro-Dade
Police Department detectives
working undercover in Miami. The series ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989. The USA Network later
began airing reruns the next year, in 1990, and actually broadcast an
originally unaired episode during its syndication run of the series on January
25, 1990.
September 17, 1964
The fantasy situation
comedy
originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. It was created by Sol Saks under executive director
Harry Ackerman, and stars Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969), Dick Sargent (1969–1972), Agnes
Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries an ordinary
mortal man and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. Bewitched
enjoyed great popularity, finishing as the number two show in America during
its debut season, and becoming the longest-running supernatural-themed sitcom
of the 1960s–1970s. The show continues to be seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media.
September 18, 1964
Based on the characters
in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series
was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons on ABC. It is often compared to its CBS rival, The Munsters, which ran for the same
two seasons and achieved somewhat higher Nielsen
ratings.
The show is the first adaptation of the characters to feature The Addams Family Theme.
September 19, 1964
Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion
animal
of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve
in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed
an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount
of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.
September 20, 1984
Bill
Cosby starred in the show that focused on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family
living in Brooklyn,
New York, at 10 Stigwood Avenue. The patriarch is Heathcliff
"Cliff" Huxtable, an obstetrician,
son of a prominent jazz trombonist. The matriarch is his wife, attorneyClair
Huxtable née Hanks. They have five children, four daughters and one
son: Sondra, Denise, Theodore (Theo
for short), Vanessa and Rudy. Despite its comedic tone,
the show sometimes involves serious subjects, such as Theo's experiences
dealing with dyslexia, inspired by Cosby's son Ennis,
who was also dyslexic. The show also deals with teenage
pregnancy when Denise's friend, Veronica, played by Lela Rochon,
becomes pregnant.
September 22, 1964
It follows the exploits of two secret agents,
played by Robert
Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret
international espionage and law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. Originally co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of U.N.C.L.E.
ambiguous so it could be viewed as either referring to "Uncle Sam" or the United Nations. Concerns by the MGM Legal department
about possible New York law violations for using the abbreviation
"U.N." for commercial purposes resulted in the producers clarifying
that U.N.C.L.E. was an acronym for the United Network Command
for Law and Enforcement. Each episode of the television show had
an "acknowledgement" credit to the U.N.C.L.E. on the end titles.
September 22, 1964
Land of the Giants first aired
Land of the Giants is an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was aired on ABC and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and special guest star Kurt Kasznar.
Five novels based on the television series, including three written by acclaimed science fiction author Murray Leinster, were published in 1968 and 1969.
Set fifteen years in the then future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants." The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.
September 22, 1979
ABC began airing the first episode of Hart to Hart.
The premise of the show is summed up in its famous opening lines, spoken by the character Max: "This is my boss: Jonathan Hart, a self-made millionaire. He’s quite a guy. This is Mrs. H -- she’s gorgeous. She’s one lady who knows how to take care of herself. By the way, my name is Max. I take care of both of them -- which ain’t easy; ‘cause when they met, it was murder."
Jonathan Hart (Robert Wagner) was a self-made millionaire and the CEO of Hart Industries, a Los Angeles-based global electronics conglomerate. His wife Jennifer (Stefanie Powers) was a beautiful freelance journalist. Living the jetset lifestyle, the glamorous couple spent their free time as amateur detectives and in every episode they found themselves involved in cases of smuggling, theft, international espionage, or most commonly, murder. At their opulent California estate, they were assisted by Max (Lionel Stander), their loyal, gravelly-voiced butler, cook, and chauffeur who also helped with their "cases." The Harts' beloved pet dog was a Löwchencalled "Freeway," so named because he was a stray that they found wandering on the freeway. The Harts own a Mercedes-Benz 300 TD diesel wagon, a dark green Rolls Royce Corniche convertible (replacing the Series III Bentley custom cabriolet in the first season), and a yellow Mercedes-Benz SL roadster (1979 450 SL, replaced by a 1981 380 SL) with personalized California vanity plates 3 HARTs, 2 HARTs, and 1 HART respectively. The trailer also shows a side view of Jonathan Hart driving a red Dino 246 GTS. They also own a Grumman Gulfstream II private jet, which is featured at the start of each episode. Max describes the couple as well as himself at the start of each episode.
September 22, 1989
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los
Angeles County Lifeguards who
patrol the beaches of Los
Angeles County, California,
starring David Hasselhoff. The show was canceled after its first season on NBC,
but survived and later became one of the most watched television shows in the
world. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999,
except for the 1990–1991 season, during which it was not in production. From
1999 to 2001, with a setting change and large cast overhaul, it was known
as Baywatch Hawaii.
September 22, 1994
The show, which featured a group of relatively unknown actors, went on
to become a huge hit and air for 10 seasons. It also propelled the
cast--Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry
and David Schwimmer--to varying degrees of stardom and success in Hollywood.
Of
the six main Friends cast members, Jennifer Aniston emerged as arguably the
most famous. Aniston played the fashion-loving Rachel Green, who, when the show
began, worked as a waitress at Central Perk, a coffee shop that served as a
gathering spot for the friends. The actress’s blonde, layered hairstyle during
the first season became known as “The Rachel” and was copied by women around
the globe. Off-screen, Aniston, whose film credits include The Good Girl (2002),
Bruce Almighty (2003), Rumor Has It (2005) and The Break-Up (2006), became a
tabloid-media fixture for her relationship with the actor Brad Pitt. The couple
married in a lavish ceremony in Malibu, California, in 2000 and announced their
separation in early 2005 amid soon-to-be-confirmed rumors of Pitt’s involvement
with the actress Angelina Jolie.
Courteney
Cox, the best known of the cast members when Friends debuted, played Monica
Geller, a neurotic, hyper-organized chef. The actress, who first gained notice
when she appeared in the 1984 Bruce Springsteen video “Dancing in the Dark,”
acted in the popular sitcom Family Ties and co-starred opposite Jim Carrey in
1994’s hit comedy Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994). She was later featured in
the successful Scream movies and the TV series Dirt. Since 1999, she has been
married to the actor David Arquette and goes by the professional name Courtney
Cox Arquette. The third female Friends cast member, Lisa Kudrow, portrayed the
wacky masseuse-musician Phoebe Buffay. Kudrow’s film credits include Romy and
Michelle’s High School Reunion (1997), The Opposite of Sex (1998), Analyze This
(1999) and its sequel Analyze That (2002) and P.S. I Love You (2007). In 2005,
she headlined the well-reviewed but short-lived HBO comedy series The Comeback.
The
male Friends included Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, a handsome but dim-witted
struggling actor. From 2004 to 2006, LeBlanc starred in the spin-off TV series
Joey.
David
Schwimmer played Ross Geller, a sensitive paleontologist and Monica’s older
brother. One of the main storylines on Friends was Ross’s on-again, off-again
relationship with Aniston’s Rachel. Schwimmer’s other acting credits include
the 2001 TV mini-series Band of Brothers. Rounding out the Friends cast was Matthew
Perry, who played the wisecracking businessman Chandler Bing. Perry’s film
credits include Fools Rush In (1997), The Whole Nine Yards (2000) and The Whole
Ten Yards (2004); more recently, he co-starred on the short-lived NBC
comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
On
May 6, 2004, more than 50 million viewers reportedly tuned in to the final
episode of Friends, making it one of the most-watched TV finales in history.
September 22, 2004
The FCC fined each of the 20 CBS-owned television stations the maximum penalty
of $27,500.
September 22, 2004
The segment was based on several alleged memos from
Bush's days in the National Guard. The memos were called forged or fake by many
document experts.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
September 16, 1949
Edward James Begley, Jr. was born. The actor and environmentalist.
Begley is perhaps best
known for his role as Dr. Mark Craig's intern, Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the
television series St. Elsewhere,
for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations. He also had a
reality show about green living called Living
With Ed on with his wife, actress Rachelle Carson. Commenting
in 2006 on the appeal of the show, Begley said:
"In the format of the show, everyone who watches—even people who have
never thought about living a low-impact, environmentally conscious life—will be
able to relate. They’ll come away with a raised awareness, but they’ll also
enjoy seeing the differences between the Rachelle and me."
September 16, 1949
Warner. Bros. introduces the Road Runner in the
cartoon short "Fast and Furry-ous."
Like the sounds of countless other Warner Bros. cartoon characters, the Road Runner's cheerful "beep, beep!" was provided by Mel Blanc.
Like the sounds of countless other Warner Bros. cartoon characters, the Road Runner's cheerful "beep, beep!" was provided by Mel Blanc.
September
16, 1964
Shindig! premiered
on ABC.
The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The original pilot was rejected by ABC and David Sontag, then Executive Producer of ABC, redeveloped and completely redesigned the show. A new pilot with a new cast of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, The Wellingtons, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman and Alan Sues. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.
The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The original pilot was rejected by ABC and David Sontag, then Executive Producer of ABC, redeveloped and completely redesigned the show. A new pilot with a new cast of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, The Wellingtons, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman and Alan Sues. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.
September
16, 1984
The first episode of Miami Vice aired on NBC.
The crime drama series created by Anthony Yerkovich and was produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson as James
"Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael
Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Metro-Dade
Police Department detectives
working undercover in Miami. The series ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989. The USA Network later
began airing reruns the next year, in 1990, and actually broadcast an
originally unaired episode during its syndication run of the series on January
25, 1990.
Unlike
standard police procedurals, the show drew heavily upon 1980s new wave culture
and music. The show became noted for its heavy integration of music and visual
effects to tell a story. It is recognized as one of the most influential
television series of all time. People magazine
stated that Miami Vice "was the first show to look really
new and different since color TV was invented". Seasons two to five
were aired in stereo. Episodes of the show have become popular in syndication
since its cancellation both in the U.S. and in several foreign markets, a
testament to the show's ongoing appeal.
Michael
Mann directed a film adaptation of
the television series, which was released on July 28, 2006.
September 17, 1964
Bewitched first aired.
The fantasy situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. It was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman, and stars Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969), Dick Sargent (1969–1972), Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. Bewitched enjoyed great popularity, finishing as the number two show in America during its debut season, and becoming the longest-running supernatural-themed sitcom of the 1960s–1970s. The show continues to be seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media.
The fantasy situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. It was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman, and stars Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969), Dick Sargent (1969–1972), Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. Bewitched enjoyed great popularity, finishing as the number two show in America during its debut season, and becoming the longest-running supernatural-themed sitcom of the 1960s–1970s. The show continues to be seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media.
September 18, 1964
The Addams Family first aired.
Based on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons on ABC. It is often compared to its CBS rival, The Munsters, which ran for the same two seasons and achieved somewhat higher Nielsen ratings. The show is the first adaptation of the characters to feature The Addams Family Theme.
Based on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons on ABC. It is often compared to its CBS rival, The Munsters, which ran for the same two seasons and achieved somewhat higher Nielsen ratings. The show is the first adaptation of the characters to feature The Addams Family Theme.
The Addams Family was originally produced
by Filmways, Inc. at General Service Studios in Hollywood, California. Successor company MGM Television (via The Program Exchange for broadcast syndication and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for home video/DVD) now
own the rights to the show.
September 19, 1964
Flipper first aired on NBC.
Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.
Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.
September 20, 1984
The Cosby Show first
aired.
Bill Cosby starred in the show that focused on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York, at 10 Stigwood Avenue. The patriarch is Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable, an obstetrician, son of a prominent jazz trombonist. The matriarch is his wife, attorneyClair Huxtable née Hanks. They have five children, four daughters and one son: Sondra, Denise, Theodore (Theo for short), Vanessa and Rudy. Despite its comedic tone, the show sometimes involves serious subjects, such as Theo's experiences dealing with dyslexia, inspired by Cosby's son Ennis, who was also dyslexic. The show also deals with teenage pregnancy when Denise's friend, Veronica, played by Lela Rochon, becomes pregnant.
Bill Cosby starred in the show that focused on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York, at 10 Stigwood Avenue. The patriarch is Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable, an obstetrician, son of a prominent jazz trombonist. The matriarch is his wife, attorneyClair Huxtable née Hanks. They have five children, four daughters and one son: Sondra, Denise, Theodore (Theo for short), Vanessa and Rudy. Despite its comedic tone, the show sometimes involves serious subjects, such as Theo's experiences dealing with dyslexia, inspired by Cosby's son Ennis, who was also dyslexic. The show also deals with teenage pregnancy when Denise's friend, Veronica, played by Lela Rochon, becomes pregnant.
The show's theme music, "Kiss
Me", was composed by Stu Gardner and Bill Cosby. Seven versions of
this theme were used during the run of the series, making it one of the few
television series to use multiple versions of the same theme song over the
course of a series. For season four, the theme song music was performed by
musician Bobby McFerrin. Due to legal complications regarding
the background mural, the opening for season seven was replaced with the one from
the previous season. The original season seven opening, with slight
modifications, was also used in season eight.
September 22, 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. first aired on NBC.
It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. Originally co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of U.N.C.L.E. ambiguous so it could be viewed as either referring to "Uncle Sam" or the United Nations. Concerns by the MGM Legal department about possible New York law violations for using the abbreviation "U.N." for commercial purposes resulted in the producers clarifying that U.N.C.L.E. was an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. Each episode of the television show had an "acknowledgement" credit to the U.N.C.L.E. on the end titles.
It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. Originally co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of U.N.C.L.E. ambiguous so it could be viewed as either referring to "Uncle Sam" or the United Nations. Concerns by the MGM Legal department about possible New York law violations for using the abbreviation "U.N." for commercial purposes resulted in the producers clarifying that U.N.C.L.E. was an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. Each episode of the television show had an "acknowledgement" credit to the U.N.C.L.E. on the end titles.
September 22, 1964
Land of the Giants first aired
Land of the Giants is an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was aired on ABC and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and special guest star Kurt Kasznar.
Five novels based on the television series, including three written by acclaimed science fiction author Murray Leinster, were published in 1968 and 1969.
Set fifteen years in the then future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants." The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.
September 22, 1979
ABC began airing the first episode of Hart to Hart.
The premise of the show is summed up in its famous opening lines, spoken by the character Max: "This is my boss: Jonathan Hart, a self-made millionaire. He’s quite a guy. This is Mrs. H -- she’s gorgeous. She’s one lady who knows how to take care of herself. By the way, my name is Max. I take care of both of them -- which ain’t easy; ‘cause when they met, it was murder."
Jonathan Hart (Robert Wagner) was a self-made millionaire and the CEO of Hart Industries, a Los Angeles-based global electronics conglomerate. His wife Jennifer (Stefanie Powers) was a beautiful freelance journalist. Living the jetset lifestyle, the glamorous couple spent their free time as amateur detectives and in every episode they found themselves involved in cases of smuggling, theft, international espionage, or most commonly, murder. At their opulent California estate, they were assisted by Max (Lionel Stander), their loyal, gravelly-voiced butler, cook, and chauffeur who also helped with their "cases." The Harts' beloved pet dog was a Löwchencalled "Freeway," so named because he was a stray that they found wandering on the freeway. The Harts own a Mercedes-Benz 300 TD diesel wagon, a dark green Rolls Royce Corniche convertible (replacing the Series III Bentley custom cabriolet in the first season), and a yellow Mercedes-Benz SL roadster (1979 450 SL, replaced by a 1981 380 SL) with personalized California vanity plates 3 HARTs, 2 HARTs, and 1 HART respectively. The trailer also shows a side view of Jonathan Hart driving a red Dino 246 GTS. They also own a Grumman Gulfstream II private jet, which is featured at the start of each episode. Max describes the couple as well as himself at the start of each episode.
September 22, 1989
NBC began airing the series Baywatch.
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los
Angeles County Lifeguards who
patrol the beaches of Los
Angeles County, California,
starring David Hasselhoff. The show was canceled after its first season on NBC,
but survived and later became one of the most watched television shows in the
world. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999,
except for the 1990–1991 season, during which it was not in production. From
1999 to 2001, with a setting change and large cast overhaul, it was known
as Baywatch Hawaii.
Baywatch premiered on NBC in 1989, but was canceled after only one season
when it placed 73rd out of 103 shows in the seasonal ratings and also because
the studio, GTG, went out of business. Feeling the series still had
potential, Hasselhoff along with creators and executive producers Michael Berk,
Douglas Schwartz and Greg Bonann revived it for the first-run syndication market in 1991. Hasselhoff was given the title
of executive producer for his work on bringing the show back. The series was
hugely successful, especially internationally. The show led to a spin-off: Baywatch Nights, and a reunion movie, Baywatch:
Hawaiian Wedding.
In 1999, with production
costs rising in Los Angeles, and the syndication market shrinking, the plan was
to move the show to Australia and launch Baywatch Down Under.
A pilot was filmed but the series was stopped when residents of Avalon put forth strong objections, including potential
damage to a fragile ecosystem. Pittwater Council permanently barred all future filming. This pilot finally
aired as a two-part episode of Baywatch.
As an alternative to Australia, Hawaii offered the
producers large financial incentives to move the show to the islands instead,
and in Season 10, Baywatch Hawaii was launched.
Baywatch filmed for two seasons in Hawaii, from 1999
until 2001. The proposal to relocate Baywatch to Hawaii
rather than Australia was initiated by April Masini in
a telephone call to executive producer Greg Bonann. The deal to provide the
incentives necessary to secure the series was presented to Governor Ben Cayetano by Al Masini and
April Masini; Tony Vericella, president of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention
Bureau; and Cayetano's executive assistant, Joe Blanco. The agreement required
the production to change its name from Baywatch to Baywatch
Hawaii, hire local leads, and film in the state for at least two years,
guaranteeing 44 episodes, each at a cost of about $870,000, 60% of which was to
be spent in Hawaii.
September 22, 1994
Friends
debuts, debuts on NBC.
The show, which featured a group of relatively unknown actors, went on to become a huge hit and air for 10 seasons. It also propelled the cast--Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer--to varying degrees of stardom and success in Hollywood.
The show, which featured a group of relatively unknown actors, went on to become a huge hit and air for 10 seasons. It also propelled the cast--Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer--to varying degrees of stardom and success in Hollywood.
Of
the six main Friends cast members, Jennifer Aniston emerged as arguably the
most famous. Aniston played the fashion-loving Rachel Green, who, when the show
began, worked as a waitress at Central Perk, a coffee shop that served as a
gathering spot for the friends. The actress’s blonde, layered hairstyle during
the first season became known as “The Rachel” and was copied by women around
the globe. Off-screen, Aniston, whose film credits include The Good Girl (2002),
Bruce Almighty (2003), Rumor Has It (2005) and The Break-Up (2006), became a
tabloid-media fixture for her relationship with the actor Brad Pitt. The couple
married in a lavish ceremony in Malibu, California, in 2000 and announced their
separation in early 2005 amid soon-to-be-confirmed rumors of Pitt’s involvement
with the actress Angelina Jolie.
Courteney
Cox, the best known of the cast members when Friends debuted, played Monica
Geller, a neurotic, hyper-organized chef. The actress, who first gained notice
when she appeared in the 1984 Bruce Springsteen video “Dancing in the Dark,”
acted in the popular sitcom Family Ties and co-starred opposite Jim Carrey in
1994’s hit comedy Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994). She was later featured in
the successful Scream movies and the TV series Dirt. Since 1999, she has been
married to the actor David Arquette and goes by the professional name Courtney
Cox Arquette. The third female Friends cast member, Lisa Kudrow, portrayed the
wacky masseuse-musician Phoebe Buffay. Kudrow’s film credits include Romy and
Michelle’s High School Reunion (1997), The Opposite of Sex (1998), Analyze This
(1999) and its sequel Analyze That (2002) and P.S. I Love You (2007). In 2005,
she headlined the well-reviewed but short-lived HBO comedy series The Comeback.
The
male Friends included Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, a handsome but dim-witted
struggling actor. From 2004 to 2006, LeBlanc starred in the spin-off TV series
Joey.
David
Schwimmer played Ross Geller, a sensitive paleontologist and Monica’s older
brother. One of the main storylines on Friends was Ross’s on-again, off-again
relationship with Aniston’s Rachel. Schwimmer’s other acting credits include
the 2001 TV mini-series Band of Brothers. Rounding out the Friends cast was Matthew
Perry, who played the wisecracking businessman Chandler Bing. Perry’s film
credits include Fools Rush In (1997), The Whole Nine Yards (2000) and The Whole
Ten Yards (2004); more recently, he co-starred on the short-lived NBC
comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
On
May 6, 2004, more than 50 million viewers reportedly tuned in to the final
episode of Friends, making it one of the most-watched TV finales in history.
September 22, 2004
The Federal Communications Commission voted to fine
CBS a record $550,000 for indecency related to the Super Bowl in which Janet
Jackson's right breast was exposed.
The FCC fined each of the 20 CBS-owned television stations the maximum penalty of $27,500.
September 22, 2004
The FCC fined each of the 20 CBS-owned television stations the maximum penalty of $27,500.
September 22, 2004
CBS News announced that a panel would investigate the 60 Minutes story that used forged
documents to question U.S. President George W. Bush's National Guard Service.
The segment was based on several alleged memos from Bush's days in the National Guard. The memos were called forged or fake by many document experts.
The segment was based on several alleged memos from Bush's days in the National Guard. The memos were called forged or fake by many document experts.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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