January 14, 1990
January 15, 1995
The show takes place during
the 2370s, and begins on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy, 75,000 light-years from Earth. It follows the adventures of theStarfleet vessel USS Voyager, which became stranded in the Delta
Quadrant while pursuing a
renegade Maquis ship. The two ships' crews merge aboardVoyager to
make the estimated 75-year journey home.
January 17, 1975
The show was a milder
version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as
chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David
Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the
time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence.
When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta,
with Robert Blake in the title role.
Baretta drove a rusted-out
Mist Blue 1966 Chevy Impala four-door
sport sedan nicknamed "The Blue Ghost" (license plate 532
BEN). In the series Baretta hung out at Ross’s Billiard Academy and referred to
his numerous girlfriends as his "cousins".
- Billy Truman (Tom Ewell),
the elderly hotel manager/house detective, who used to work with Tony’s
father Louie at the 53rd Precinct.
- Rooster (Michael D.
Roberts), a streetwise pimp and
Tony's favorite informant.
- Tony's supervisors Inspector Shiller (Dana Elcar)
and Lieutenant Hal Brubaker (Edward
Grover).
- Detective Foley (John
Ward), an irritating
stick-in-the-mud.
- "Fats" (Chino 'Fats'
Williams), a gravelly-voiced
black detective who goes on stakeouts with Tony.
- Detective Nopke (Ron Thompson), a rookie who admires Baretta‘s street smarts.
- Little Moe (Angelo Rossitto), a shoeshine man and informant.
- Mr. Nicholas (Titos Vandis), a mob boss.
- Mr. Muncie (Paul
Lichtman), the owner of a liquor
store at 52nd and Main.
January 18, 1975
A spin-off, the series had its "pilot"
episode air on All in the Family (on Jan. 11).
The Jeffersons
began in a period in TV history when African-American characters were becoming
the leads of their own shows. Isabel Sanford, in fact, was the first
African-American Emmy winner as Best Actress in a Comedy Series (in 1981). The
series broke ground in its inclusion of an interracial marriage (in Tom and
Helen Willis) and explored the same types of topical issues as All in the
Family. Although, as the Museum of Broadcast Communications' Encyclopedia
of Television notes, "America's black community remained divided in
its assessment of the program," the show was unique in the television
landscape for its portrayal of an affluent African-American family.
January 19, 1955
January 14, 1990
The Simpsons began
airing regularly.
The
Simpsons is an American adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for
the Fox
Broadcasting Company. The
series is a satirical depiction of a middle class
American lifestyle epitomized by
the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa,
and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American
culture, society, television, and many aspects of the human condition.
The family was conceived by
Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks.
Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members
of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part
of The Tracey
Ullman Show on April 19,
1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show
and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the network's first series to land in
the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).
Since its debut on December
17, 1989, the show has broadcast 561
episodes, and the 26th season began on September 28, 2014. The
Simpsons is thelongest-running American
sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it
surpassed Gunsmoke as
the longest-running American scripted primetime television series. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters
worldwide on July 26 and 27, 2007, and grossed over $527 million. On October
28, 2014, executive producer Al Jean announced that Season 27 had started
production, renewing the series through the 2015–16 season.
Time magazine's December 31, 1999, issue named it the
20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000, the Simpson
family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame. It has won dozens of awards
since it debuted as a series, including 31 Primetime Emmy
Awards, 30 Annie Awards,
and a Peabody Award. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!"
has been adopted into the English language, while The Simpsons has
influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
January 15, 1995
The first episode of Star Trek: Voyager aired.
Star
Trek: Voyager is a science
fiction television series set in
the Star Trek universe.
The show takes place during
the 2370s, and begins on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy, 75,000 light-years from Earth. It follows the adventures of theStarfleet vessel USS Voyager, which became stranded in the Delta
Quadrant while pursuing a
renegade Maquis ship. The two ships' crews merge aboardVoyager to
make the estimated 75-year journey home.
The show was created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor,
and is the fifth incarnation of Star Trek, which began with the
1960s series Star
Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry. It was produced for seven seasons, from 1995 to 2001, and is the
only Star Trek TV series with a female captain, Kathryn Janeway,
as a main character.
Star Trek: Voyager aired on UPN and was the network's second longest running series,
as well as the final show from its debut lineup to end.
January 17, 1975
The television show Baretta debuted on ABC.
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978.
The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
Detective Anthony Vincenzo
"Tony" Baretta is an unorthodox plainclothes cop (badge #609) with
the 53rd precinct, who lives with Fred, his Triton sulphur-crested
cockatoo, in apartment 2C at the
run-down King Edward Hotel in an unnamed Eastern city (presumably Newark, New Jersey). Like his model David Toma, Tony Baretta wore many
disguises on the job. When not in disguise, Baretta usually wore a short-sleeve
sweatshirt, casual slacks, a brown suede jacket and a newsboy cap.
He often carried an unlit cigarette in his lips or behind his ear. His
catchphrases included "You can take dat to da bank" and "And
dat‘s the name of dat tune." When exasperated he would occasionally speak
in asides to his late father, Louie Baretta.
Baretta drove a rusted-out
Mist Blue 1966 Chevy Impala four-door
sport sedan nicknamed "The Blue Ghost" (license plate 532
BEN). In the series Baretta hung out at Ross’s Billiard Academy and referred to
his numerous girlfriends as his "cousins".
Supporting characters
include:
- Billy Truman (Tom Ewell),
the elderly hotel manager/house detective, who used to work with Tony’s
father Louie at the 53rd Precinct.
- Rooster (Michael D.
Roberts), a streetwise pimp and
Tony's favorite informant.
- Tony's supervisors Inspector Shiller (Dana Elcar)
and Lieutenant Hal Brubaker (Edward
Grover).
- Detective Foley (John
Ward), an irritating
stick-in-the-mud.
- "Fats" (Chino 'Fats'
Williams), a gravelly-voiced
black detective who goes on stakeouts with Tony.
- Detective Nopke (Ron Thompson), a rookie who admires Baretta‘s street smarts.
- Little Moe (Angelo Rossitto), a shoeshine man and informant.
- Mr. Nicholas (Titos Vandis), a mob boss.
- Mr. Muncie (Paul
Lichtman), the owner of a liquor
store at 52nd and Main.
January 18, 1975
A spin-off, the series had its "pilot"
episode air on All in the Family (on Jan. 11).
The Jeffersons began in a period in TV history when African-American characters were becoming the leads of their own shows. Isabel Sanford, in fact, was the first African-American Emmy winner as Best Actress in a Comedy Series (in 1981). The series broke ground in its inclusion of an interracial marriage (in Tom and Helen Willis) and explored the same types of topical issues as All in the Family. Although, as the Museum of Broadcast Communications' Encyclopedia of Television notes, "America's black community remained divided in its assessment of the program," the show was unique in the television landscape for its portrayal of an affluent African-American family.
The Jeffersons began in a period in TV history when African-American characters were becoming the leads of their own shows. Isabel Sanford, in fact, was the first African-American Emmy winner as Best Actress in a Comedy Series (in 1981). The series broke ground in its inclusion of an interracial marriage (in Tom and Helen Willis) and explored the same types of topical issues as All in the Family. Although, as the Museum of Broadcast Communications' Encyclopedia of Television notes, "America's black community remained divided in its assessment of the program," the show was unique in the television landscape for its portrayal of an affluent African-American family.
January 19, 1955
On this day in 1955, Eisenhower gave a 33-minute
conference in the treaty room at the State Department, recorded by NBC and
shared with CBS, ABC, and the DuMont Network.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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Tony Figueroa
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