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;# Events from TV shows or concerning TV
;# Today in History dates provided by Robert Heckendorn at
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00000101 "Hopalong Cassidy" show first aired on television (1950)%i19500101
00000106 "Upstairs Downstairs" premiers, a serial TV program taking the Belamy household from 1903-1930 in four seasons (1974)%i19740106
00000119 Lucy Ricardo (played by Lucille Ball) has Little Ricky on the "I Love Lucy" episode show this day. Four hours before the showing Lucille Ball gave birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. (1953)%i19530119
00000125 1st Emmy Awards are given out. (1949)%i19490125
00000126 First television show (1926)%i19260126
00000127 1st public demonstration of television. (1926)%i19260127
00000201 First TV soap, "Secret Storm", is aired (1954)%i19540201
00000211 Jack Paar walks off his show after NBC censors excised one of his risque stories (1960)%i19600211
00000212 Laura and James go on a picnic (TP)
00000219 "Mister Roger's Neighborhood" premiers on PBS (1968)%i19680219
00000223 Laura's last day (TP)
00000224 Cooper comes to town to track down Laura's killer (TP)
00000225 Sarah sees Killer Bob in vision (TP)
00000226 Albert arrives in Twin Peaks and Cooper dreams (TP)
00000227 Maddie arrives and everyone goes to Laura's funeral (TP)
00000228 Hawk tracks down Phillip Gerard and Bernard is killed by Leo (TP)
00000228 The last original episode of M*A*S*H is aired as a 2 1/2 hour special (1983)%i19830228
00000301 Cooper finds Jacques cabin (TP)
00000302 The cataclysm - Waldo is killed, Cooper and Leo are shot, Catherine and Shelley are in the fire and we wait till next season (TP)
00000303 "Mr. Wizard", educational science program for kids, first comes to TV (1951)%i19510303
00000303 Cooper meets a giant, Leo, Cooper and Nadine are fine (TP)
00000318 Birthday of Number 6  from "The Prisoner" 'Arrival' (1928)%i19280318
00000325 RCA manufactures the first COLOR television set. (1954)%i19540325
00000402 "As the World Turns" and "Edge of Night" premier on CBS (1956)%i19560402
00000403 "The Smother's Brothers" TV show is canceled by CBS for their controversial political comedy (1969)%i19690403
00000409 TV Guide publishes their first issue. (1953)%i19530409
00000430 NBC makes 1st US demo of TV at opening of NY World's Fair. (1939)%i19390430
00000430 Valerie Perrine becomes the first woman to bare her breasts in an American dramatic TV show, PBS's Steambath (1973)%i19730430
00000511 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week). (1929)%i19290511
00000601 The Cable News Network, CNN, makes its debut (1980)%i19800601
00000620 Ed Sullivan has his first really big 'shoe' on Sunday night TV. (1948)%i19480620
00000723 San Jose's KNTV airs the first condom commercial (1975)%i19750723
00000729 Jack Paar made his debut on the Tonight Show (1957)%i19570729
00000731 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ending 'Huntley-Brinkley Report' (No more "Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet") (1970)%i19700731
00000801 The cable network MTV (Music Television) goes on the air (1981)%i19810801
00000902 The last "Star Trek" episode is telecast (1969)%i19690902
00000904 NBC begins first network coast to coast programming (1951)%i19510904
00000904 cartoon characters, the Flintstones, created (1960)%i19600904
00000907 ESPN, the sports cable network, makes its debut (1979)%i19790907
00000908 "Star Trek" debuts on NBC (1966)%i19660908
00000909 NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America. (1926)%i19260909
00000910 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television. (1955)%i19550910
00000915 "The Lone Ranger", based on the radio show of the same name, made its television debut on ABC (1949)%i19490915
00000921 The television series Perry Mason, made its debut on CBS. (1957)%i19570921
00000923 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event. (1952)%i19520923
00000924 "The Tonight Show" premieres. (1954)%i19540924
00000924 Howdy Doody's Clarabell the clown, silent for 13 years ended Howdy's last show by saying "Goodbye, kids." (1960)%i19600924
00000924 The CBS television magazine "60 minutes" debuted. (1968)%i19680924
00001001 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show. (1962)%i19621001
00001003 Captain Kangaroo is shown for the first time (1955)%i19551003
00001004 "Leave It to Beaver" premiered. (1957)%i19571004
00001005 PBS becomes a network. (1970)%i19701005
00001007 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast (1957)%i19571007
00001011 "Saturday Night Live" premiers (NBC-TV, 1975)%i19751011
00001011 The first political telecast in the United States took place. (1932)%i19321011
00001015 The TV comedy "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS. (1951)%i19511015
00001023 "The Jonathan Winter's Show" airs the first video taped short clip (1956)%i19561023
00001025 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show (1964)%i19641025
00001026 Charles Kuralt heads off "on the road". He will wear out seven mobile homes and log over one million miles (1969)%i19691026
00001027 Walt Disney's first television program, "Disneyland" premieres (1954)%i19541027
00001029 "Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet" heard on NBC for 1st time. (Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up) (1956)%i19561029
00001101 National Coalition against violence on TV says the average U.S. child will see 50000 attempted murders on TV by age 16. (1985)%i19851101
00001106 WGY-TV (Schenectady NY), 1st commercial-license station begins service (1939)%i19391106
00001107 NBC becomes the first network to go all color (1966)%i19661107
00001108 Cable programming begins with HBO (1972)%i19721108
00001110 "Sesame Street" made its debut on PBS TV. (1969)%i19691110
00001115 KRON (Channel 4, San Francisco) signs on, from 7 to 10 PM. (1949)%i19491115
00001125 Edward R. Murrow's "Harvest of Shame", a documentary about migrant workers, is the first documentary shown on TV (1960)%i19601125
00001203 1st television broadcast in Hawaii. (1952)%i19521203
00001209 "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is shown for the first time (1965)%i19651209
00001217 "The Nat King Cole Show" is canceled after a year for lack of a sponsor (1957)%i19571217
00001227 First "Howdy Doody" show (1947)%i19471227
00001229 The first showing of the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967)%i19671229
