On September 24, 1968, Television’s longest running news magazine program debuted. The show was created and produced by Don Hewitt who started as the director of ‘Douglas Edwards With The News’ and ‘See It Now’ with Edward R. Murrow. Hewitt also produced the Kennedy – Nixon Debates and was Executive Producer of The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.
ULTRA RARE 2! NBC Burbank, Studio 1…360 Degree Video This is where Johnny Carson’s “Tonight” show came from. Now, it is the “Access Hollywood” stage, but this is not that set which has four sides. This has only three and you can see the audience seating on the open wall. By the way, you can […]
Just For Fun…One Of The Best Jonathan Winters Bits Ever When Jack Paar left the ‘Tonight’ show in the summer of 1962, he took a few months off, but returned to NBC in primetime with a weekly Friday night show. ‘The Jack Paar Show’ debuted on September 20, 1962, about three weeks before Carson’s ‘Tonight’ […]
The Durland Riding Club…Now Home To ABC New York As you can read on the photo captions, the Durland Riding Club with it’s academy and stables was built on the site now occupied by ABC in 1901. The building had a front on both 66th and 67th Street, just west of Central Park. These photos […]
February 11, 1954: 6th Annual Emmy Awards Show Live from the Hollywood Palladium, Ed Sullivan hosted the ceremonies broadcast by KHJ TV, but only to the local audience. Starting in March 7, 1955, NBC took over, and the awards show has been seen nation wide ever since. In ’55, Steve Allen and Dave Garroway hosted […]
When I get to Heaven, the first three people I want to meet are Philo T. Farnsworth, Don Hewitt and Scotty Connell.
Can’t tell it it a PC-60 or 70?
PC60–60’s had a spindle-like handle, whereas the 70’s had a handle that was flush with the camera’s side panel.