by David Krell | Oct 10, 2015 | David Krell
On the day before Christmas in 2006, Frank Stanton passed away at the age of 98. A broadcasting pioneer, Stanton served as CBS chief William Paley’s lieutenant for decades, helping mold the television industry into a media force. Unquestionably, CBS earned its...
by David Krell | Sep 19, 2015 | David Krell
With Stephen Colbert entering the late night talk show wars, audiences have another choice to wind down their day. Late night, a programming block invented by NBC with Broadway Open House in 1950, spurred a slew of hosts. Steve Allen debuted Tonight, later...
by David Krell | May 19, 2015 | David Krell
With a final scene that rivals Bob Newhart waking up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette in Newhart, Hawkeye leaving the 4077th by helicopter and seeing that B.J. used rocks to spell out the word “Goodbye” in M*A*S*H, and the deaths of the major characters...
by David Krell | May 11, 2015 | David Krell
Aaron Spelling, the television producer who injected fantasy into ABC’s prime time lineup in the 1970s and the 1980s, created Hotel, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Arthur Hailey. Where Hailey’s novel took place in New Orleans,...
by David Krell | Feb 28, 2015 | David Krell
In 1985, ABC debuted Our Family Honor. Ultimately short-lived, it lasted half of the 1985-86 television season. Our Family Honor presented the classic format of two families battling each other, with star-crossed lovers from each family complicating matters;...
