Celebrating 20 Years of Obscure Television, 2003-2023
This case study examines the status of CBS network programming from Tuesday, October 20, 1964 including Captain Kangaroo, As the World Turns, Art Linkletter’s House Party, The Red Skelton Hour, and The Doctors and The Nurses.
Watch a brief segment from one of my family’s 8mm home movies that includes unidentified TV footage from 1970.
NBC reportedly made an on-air announcement on March 1st, 1968 assuring viewers that Star Trek would remain on TV. Does a recording of this announcement survive?
NBC aired 586 episodes of Kraft Television Theatre between May 1947 and October 1958. At least 225 episodes survive today.
Audio recordings of otherwise missing or lost television programs dating back to the late 1930s are valuable resources worthy of preservation. Learn more about the earliest surviving audio recordings of television programs, including several commercial programs broadcast on July 1st, 1941 — the first day of commercial television in the United States.
What’s the status of Kraft Television Theatre, Season 11? NBC broadcast 51 episodes between September 1957 and October 1958. At least 36 episodes survive.