Premiering at the worst time imaginable, the Kiefer Sutherland drama series 24 re-invents the TV thriller in 2001, against all odds.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no
After 30 years of basically black-and-white storytelling about the (usually) boys in blue, the TV cop drama is re-thought in 1981 as the hard-charging and provocative and messy and multi-threaded "Hill Street Blues."See Privacy Policy at https:
The facts are sad and the story is tragic. But the tale of Kathy Fiscus is a watershed moment in the history of broadcast journalism.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n
In the 1970s, Dick Clark re-invented an annual New Years Eve tradition and owned the holiday for the next 40 years.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A class full of 10th graders coming together to write an episode of a TV show? In 1970, it was a holiday treat, with a timely lesson.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n
The end of the late-night Letterman era actually begins 35 years earlier on morning TV.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
It wasn't the first animated holiday special to air on television, but it did become the most enduring and most popular.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in
The Top Ten TV Turkeys EverSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
When a satirical (and controversial) 1970 off-Broadway play about the meaning of life comes to TV in 1973, god help PBS.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in
Philo Farnsworth makes history when he invents TV, but it takes history for him to see it years later.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
That night in April 2013 when the cast of the "Mary Tyler Moore" show stopped in to "Hot In Cleveland" for a hello and final goodbye.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n
In celebration of "Northern Exposure" on CBS, the one-hour drama that elevated quirkiness to Emmy-winning legacy-creating heights.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-
After 11 people are killed and 26 injured in a rock-concert stampede, an episode of TV tackles the tragic tale.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
When long running hit "The Big Bang Theory" leaves the air in 2019, does it mark the end of the line for the big mass-appeal live-audience TV comedy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.
20 years before "Dawson's Creek" and "Party of Five" and "My So-Called Life" a teen-oriented drama dares to present the reality of adolescence. It's a prime-time first.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic
At the height of a revolution called women's liberation in 1973, a man and a woman met on the tennis court and made TV and social history.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy
Pop quiz: What happened in the late 1950s that changed TV game-shows forever?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A small dance-show idea in 1960s Chicago yields a national celebration of black music and culture, thanks to Don Cornelius, the man behind "Soul Train."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art
When the Material Girl Comes to TV in a Soft-Drink Commercial, It Ends Up Being Hard News for the Sponsor to SwallowSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
When is a football game more than a football game? When its thrilling and historic deciding 65 seconds are cut off for a children's movie.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy
It was rescued from the ashes of a failed summer pilot; it became one of TV's longest-running most respected sitcoms. A salute to "Barney Miller" and to New York City's finest.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva
A certain TV movie that airs during a certain time in history makes a certain impact on a certain social issue. "That Certain Summer" raises the bar as it raises awareness.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy N
After nine years and two incarnations, and following two decades of a turbulent marriage for its stars, the curtain comes down forever on Lucy & Desi & Fred & Ethel. The 1950s are over, and a new era begins.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c
From Bal'more with love and a slightly jaundiced eye comes David Simon's "The Wire" -- considered by many to be the best TV show ever. Here's a looks at how it came about, 18 years ago this summer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy