tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post4978669776767121157..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Friday, April 14, 1961Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-91509722611525752012016-04-24T11:32:00.203-04:002016-04-24T11:32:00.203-04:00Thank you for that. I used this information in my...Thank you for that. I used this information in my Twilight Zone wrap-up: <br /><br />http://galacticjourney.org/april-22-1961-out-of-time-twilight-zone-season-2-eps-22-24/Galactic Journeyhttp://galacticjourney.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-7840229762857745252015-04-18T15:01:11.467-04:002015-04-18T15:01:11.467-04:00A few years before his death, Walter Cronkite was ...A few years before his death, Walter Cronkite was interviewed and noted that while he and a CBS camera crew were in Israel for the start of the Eichmann trial, he and his crew were sent to Moscow after Russian Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space (on April 12th) to try to interview him.<br /><br />Supposedly, Cronkite and a CBS correspondent in Moscow got to interview Gagarin (right after he rode in a parade in his honor the day after his flight) and got the film back to New York in-time for it to be broadcast on the April 14th "Eyewitness To History".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-24680762000820722052015-04-14T00:03:58.346-04:002015-04-14T00:03:58.346-04:00Here, there, and everywhere ...
- Noticing that ...Here, there, and everywhere ...<br /><br /> - Noticing that the ABC station, channel 11, preempted the network's prime time for the Twins game.<br /><br />For the record, here are the preempted ABC shows:<br /> 7:00: <i>Harrigan & Son</i>, Pat O'Brien's lawyer sitcom.<br /> 7:30: <i>The Flintstones</i>.<br /> 8:00: <i>77 Sunset Strip</i>.<br /> 9:00: <i>The Detectives</i>, Robert Taylor's cop show.<br /> 9:30 : An ABC News special on the Eichmann trial, which in its turn preempted James Whitmore's <i>The Law And Mr. Jones</i>.<br /><br />Just curious: did ch11 run "make-good" showings of the preempts, in off-hours on the succeeding days? Our locals here in Chicago did that quite a bit back then ...<br /> ... in fact, they still do: Channel 7, the ABC station, is going to be carrying certain Cub games this year, which will send <i>General Hospital</i> and <i>Jeopardy!</i> into the overnight hours every now and then.<br />(How the Tribune - WGN sweetheart deal with the Cubs came to an end is a story yet to be told ...)<br /><br /> - Retitling series for syndication goes back to the earliest days of the medium.<br />It wasn't limited to sitcoms: <i>Dragnet</i> was syndicated as <i>Badge 714</i>, <i>The Lineup</i> as <i>San Francisco Beat</i>, <i>The Millionaire</i> as <i>If You Had A Million</i>, quite a few others.<br />This was usually done when the original was still in network first-run.<br />"To avoid confusion", or so the studios said - which frankly fooled nobody ...<br /> ... which is why the practice came to an end in the early '70s ( the practice of five-day a week stripping was another factor).<br /><br /> - Not much else to talk about today, so I'll stand down for now.<br />Any questions?Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-78915569158221960912015-04-13T15:27:29.119-04:002015-04-13T15:27:29.119-04:00Nope, it stopped production in 1991. Most local p...Nope, it stopped production in 1991. Most local productions (it was a franchised show) ended by the late 70s; a few stations ran a nationally syndicated version in the 80s.Al Leosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-88233495682722342162015-04-13T10:40:06.182-04:002015-04-13T10:40:06.182-04:00Susie was the show's title when aired in Austr...<i>Susie</i> was the show's title when aired in Australia back in the early '60s. It was one of my mum's favourite shows when she first saw TV.<br /><br />Is the different name due to syndication?Television.AUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689901203419868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-75610150495737348362015-04-13T10:35:22.544-04:002015-04-13T10:35:22.544-04:00Funny you mention Romper Room. There were differen...Funny you mention <i>Romper Room</i>. There were different versions of it in different parts of Australia, but just last week was news that the Adelaide-based version (1965-1974) with "Miss Michelle" is now being remembered with a reunion to mark the 50th anniversary of its debut.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_Qb0f-UsE <br /><br /><i>Romper Room</i> though has been long gone in Australia. Is it still being made in the US?<br />Television.AUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689901203419868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-6101666164430350582015-04-13T10:30:31.967-04:002015-04-13T10:30:31.967-04:00The era of retitling sitcom reruns is alive: "...The era of retitling sitcom reruns is alive: "Susie" is a renamed "Private Secretary", while "Love That Bob" is just reruns of "The Bob Cummings Show". When did this stop?<br />"Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal" is based on a novel that also inspired "Magnificent Obsession", the Jane Wyman/Rock Hudson weepie. It was about a playboy who reforms his life after killing a saintly doctor; the "journal" was written in code by the late doctor, and was used by the playboy as he learned how to be a doctor.Al Leosnoreply@blogger.com