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Jacques CousteauJan 17, 1954

Bob HopeMay 22, 1956

Nat King ColeDec 17, 1957

Steve AllenJun 6, 1960

Dr. SeussDec 18, 1966

Jerry LewisMay 27, 1969

Barbra StreisandNov 2, 1973

Paul McCartneyMar 16, 1979

ReaganApr 1, 1981

Michael JacksonFeb 10, 1993

David LettermanJun 26, 1993

Seth MacFarlaneJan 31, 1999

Oprah WinfreyMay 25, 2011

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Airs - Historical Events
Date Event
1922-08-28

WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)

1949-01-17

The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.

1950-09-29

"Tin Pan Alley TV" last airs on ABC-TV

1951-06-30

"Victor Borge Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1952-09-29

"Lights Out" last airs on NBC-TV

1953-06-09

"Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV

1953-09-28

"Juvenile Jury" TV Children's last airs on NBC, moved to CBS

1953-09-28

"Racket Squad" TV Crime Drama last airs on CBS

1954-01-17

Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)

1954-06-05

"Your Show Of Shows" last airs on NBC-TV

1954-12-26

"The Shadow," airs for last time on radio

1955-05-27

Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV

1955-06-04

"Mickey Rooney Show" TV comedy last airs on NBC

1955-06-12

"Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC

1955-06-25

"Imogene Coca Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1956-05-11

Pinky Lee Show last airs on NBC-TV

1956-05-22

"Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1956-06-05

"Milton Berle Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1956-06-23

"Jimmy Durante Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1956-09-28

"Johnny Carson Show" TV Variety last airs on CBS-TV

1956-12-24

"I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication

1957-06-24

"I Love Lucy" last airs on CBS-TV

1957-06-25

"Jonathan Winters Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1957-09-28

"Dollar A Second" last airs on NBC-TV

1957-12-17

The last episode of The Nat King Cole Show airs on NBC due to lack of national sponsorship

1958-06-12

"Make Me Laugh" TV Game Show last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979

1958-09-29

"Studio One" TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV

1959-05-13

Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV

1959-06-13

"Sammy Kaye Show" last airs on ABC-TV

1959-11-11

1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs

1960-06-05

"George Gobel Show" last airs on CBS-TV

1960-06-06

"Steve Allen Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1960-06-23

"Pat Boone Show" last airs on ABC-TV

1960-09-28

"Millionaire" last airs on CBS-TV

1960-09-29

"Johnny Ringo" TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV

1961-06-11

"Winston Churchill" last airs on ABC-TV

1962-05-31

"Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV

1962-06-13

"Bob Newhart Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1962-09-28

"Brighter Day" last airs on CBS-TV daytime

1962-09-28

"Jan Murray Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1962-09-28

"Tonight Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1962-09-28

"Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV

1963-09-07

American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday

1963-09-28

"King Leonardo" cartoon last airs on NBC-TV

1963-09-28

"Shari Lewis Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1964-06-27

"New Phil Silvers Show" last airs on CBS-TV

1964-12-06

"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV

1965-01-16

"Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV

1966-12-18

Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS

1967-01-06

"Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV

1967-12-29

Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs

1968-06-10

"Danny Thomas Hour" last airs on NBC-TV

1968-12-03

NBC Elvis comeback special airs

1969-05-27

Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV

1969-06-03

Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)

1969-06-08

"Smothers Brothers comedy Hour" last airs on CBS-TV

1970-02-07

"Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV

1970-06-23

"Red Skelton Show" last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV

1971-11-30

TV movie "Brian's Song" airs for 1st time on ABC-TV

1971-12-19

CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons)

1972-05-18

"Me & The Chimp" last airs on CBS-TV

1973-05-14

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV

1973-11-02

"Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV

1974-01-11

ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"

1974-05-24

Dean Martin Show last airs on NBC-TV

1974-06-27

"Flip Wilson Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1974-12-05

Monty Python's Flying Circus final episode airs on BBC

1976-02-02

"Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV

1976-06-11

"Magnificent Marble Machine" last airs on NBC-TV

1977-05-25

"Brady Bunch Hour" last airs on ABC-TV

1978-05-08

ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"

1978-09-29

"For Richer, For Poorer," TV Daytime Soap; last airs on NBC-TV

1979-02-09

ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special

1979-03-16

CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney

1981-04-01

CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)

1981-04-20

Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs

1981-05-15

"Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs

1982-02-25

Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs

1982-06-10

"Taxi" last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall

1983-02-28

Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the US

1983-05-10

"Laverne & Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV

1984-06-02

"Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV

1984-06-15

"Thicke Of The Night" TV Talk Show last airs in syndication

1984-10-23

NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine

1985-06-15

"Pryor's Place" children's show last airs on CBS-TV

1986-05-20

Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv

1986-06-11

"Blacke's Magic" last airs on NBC-TV

1987-02-19

Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner

1989-05-14

Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs

1989-05-14

Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC

1989-06-25

"Day By Day" last airs on NBC-TV

1990-05-18

TV movie "Return To Green Acres" airs

1990-05-19

General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC

1990-05-21

Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV

1990-05-22

Final episode of "Newhart" airs

1990-06-08

"It's Garry Shandling's Show" last airs on Fox-TV

1990-06-25

"Dave Thomas Comedy Show" last airs on CBS-TV

1991-04-12

2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs

1991-12-17

Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode

1991-12-27

"Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV

1992-02-15

100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox

1992-04-20

100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs

1992-05-09

Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV

1992-05-13

Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV

1992-11-17

Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test

1993-02-10

"Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people

1993-06-11

"Scattergories" game show last airs on NBC-TV

1993-06-11

"Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV

1993-06-26

"Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV

1994-05-23

"Star Trek The Next Generation" finale airs this week in syndication

1994-05-28

"Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV

1994-09-28

"Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS

1997-02-09

Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history

1997-08-31

Last episode of Rolanda airs

1998-01-14

100th episode of "Ellen," airs

1999-01-31

Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy" first airs on Fox

2004-05-06

TV sitcom Friends airs season finale in 10th and final season in US (52.5 million viewers)

2005-10-17

The Colbert Report first airs.

2011-05-25

Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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Airs - Birthdays
Date Event
1881-12-21

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Date Event
1919-04-21

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