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First Use of Videotape on the First of Two "Jonathan Winters Shows"

Jonathan Winters does characters like nobody else. A staple on The Tonight Show with Steve Allen and the star of two shows called The Jonathan Winters Show, Winters is one of comedy’s consummate

The CBS Eye Turns 60!

On October 20, 1951, CBS' trademark Eye made its television debut. CBS Creative Director of Advertising and Sales Promotion, William Golden, designed the Eye for network identification during station

Congratulations to Hector Ramirez for his Record Number of Emmy Nominations!

Congratulations to Archive Interviewee Hector Ramirez, the individual record holder for the most overall Emmy nominations with a whopping 64 nominations! Ramirez got his start as a camera operator on

"Hollywood Squares" Turns 45 - No Bluffing!

October 17th marks the 45th anniversary of Hollywood Squares, which debuted in daytime on October 17, 1966. The 1966 pilot was actually the third attempt at the game show: Bert Parks hosted the first

"I Love Lucy" Turns 60 - The Archive has some 'splaining to do

I Love Lucy debuted 60 years ago on October 15, 1951 and within 6 months became the first TV show to be seen in 10 million homes. Today it's still broadcast in reruns all over the world. The Archive

Toasting a Legend: The Television Academy Presents "An Evening Honoring Carl Reiner"

Congratulations to Carl Reiner, who will be honored by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood this evening! Panelists paying tribute to the television legend include Mel Brooks

You Can Own The Fonz's Motorcycle!

Arthur Fonzarelli's motorcycle is up for sale!  The famous bike will be sold on November 12 by Bonhams at their annual Classic California Sale at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The

Legendary Costume Designer Ray Aghayan Dies at 83

We've just learned that noted costume designer Ray Aghayan has passed away at the age of 83. He began his work in television designing costumes for Matinee Theater, while on staff with the NBC

"Five" Premieres Tonight on Lifetime!

From Marta Kauffman and fellow executive producers Jennifer Aniston, Paula Wagner, Kristin Hahn, Kevin Chinoy, and Francesca Silvestri, comes Five, an anthology of five short films “exploring the

Would you believe... Bill Dana is 87!

The Archive wishes a very happy birthday to comedy legend Bill Dana, born October 5, 1924 as William Szathmary in Quincy, MA. Bill Dana is best-known for his alter-ego, José Jiménez: a character he

Mr. Spock bids farewell to Star Trek conventions

On October 2nd, Leonard Nimoy, best known for playing "Mr Spock" in  Star Trek: The Original Series, attended what he said would be his last Star Trek convention. He bid fans farewell at Creation

Prohibition? The Civil War? The Brooklyn Bridge? Filmmaker Ken Burns on How He Chooses his Projects

Prohibition, a new three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary series by Ken Burns (The Civil War, Jazz, Baseball, Huey Long, National Parks: America's Best Idea; Brooklyn Bridge,

If at First You Don’t Succeed ... Recast: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" Celebrates 50 Years

Back in the summer of 1958, Carl Reiner, already an established writer and supporting actor on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, sought to create a sitcom in which he would star. He followed the adage

"The password is...FIFTY!" -- It's "Password's" Golden Anniversary

On October 2, 1961, the popular game show Password, hosted by Allen Ludden,  premiered in daytime (a nighttime version was launched in January of 1962). Two teams (consisting of a celebrity and a

"You've never heard of a talking horse?" 50 Years of Mister Ed

October 1st marks the 50th anniversary of the sitcom Mister Ed, which began its five-year network run on CBS on October 1, 1961. (The show initially ran in limited first-run syndication from January