Television Obscurities

Television Obscurities

Keeping Obscure TV From Fading Away Forever

Monthly Archives: April 2010

Bookshelf: The Lucky Strike Papers

  • Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 at 10:10AM
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The Lucky Strike Papers: Journeys Through My Mother’s Television Past By Andrew Lee Fielding First Published 2007 Published by Bear Manor Media 257 Pages If the name Sue Bennett doesn’t sound familiar to you don’t despair, you’re not alone. Like countless other stars of television’s early days, Bennett — a talented singer, television hostess and … Continue Reading →

DVD Tuesday: Nothing This Week

Every Tuesday I take a look at obscure and/or classic television programs, specials, miniseries or made-for-TV movies being released on DVD. For the record I consider anything broadcast prior to 1980 to be classic or else there wouldn’t be much to discuss. The releases referred to in these posts are encoded for Region 1 use … Continue Reading →

Nielsen Top Ten, January 8th – January 14th, 1973

Here are the first ten programs from the eighteenth week of the 1972-1973 television season, which ran from Monday, January 8th, 1973 through Sunday, January 14th. There were a total of 64 programs broadcast during the week and The Los Angeles Times published the complete Nielsen report on January 24th, 1973. CBS was, not surprisingly, … Continue Reading →

The Televised Opera and Musical Comedy Database

Early last month, in the eighth installment of my Q & A: Can You Identify These Shows segment, one of the unidentified programs was about a play based on Aladdin performed for television in the 1970s. It was eventually identified as a production by the Prince Street Players that aired on CBS in 1967. A … Continue Reading →

WTMJ-TV Test Patterns and Programs, November 1947

  • Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at 10:13PM
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WTMJ-TV, the television station owned and operated by The Milwaukee Journal, began broadcasting regular test patterns and experimental programs in November of 1947. The station had announced in August that it hoped to begin broadcast 20 hours of actual programming a week by the start of December [1]. On October 9th, The Milwaukee Journal reported … Continue Reading →

John Forsythe (1918-2010)

John Forsythe, star of Bachelor Father, Dynasty and voice of Charles Townsend on Charlie’s Angels, passed away today at the age of 92. He starred in at least one television series each decade between 1950 and 1990, although his television career began in 1948 with appearances on Kraft Television Theatre and NBC Presents. Additional roles, … Continue Reading →