London: THIS JUST IN!
From the International Broadcast Center at the 2012 Summer Olympics, here is NBC’s Daytime Studio. Hosts from this location are Al Michaels and Dan Patrick. Thanks to Todd Palladino who runs one of these cameras for sending this first look at the homebase set. Hopefully, more to follow soon.
April 7, 1927…Two Firsts In Long Distance TV Transmission On this day in 1927, then Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover’s image was transmitted via AT&T from Washington to New York using a mechanical system developed by Herbert E. Ives. This is the first time television was sent on long distance wires. In the photo above, […]
First Ever “TODAY” Promo, Live With Fred Allen & Dave Garroway [evp_embed_video url=”http://CDN.eyesofageneration.com/Content/Viewseum/Sound Off – MSTR.mp4″ preload=”none” template=”mediaelement”] In preparation for a new era of television, the full staff of the new “TODAY” show began reporting to work at 4 AM, Monday January 2, 1952, to get them acclimated to their new early morning schedules, […]
This Looks Interesting…Anyone Know How This Turned Out? Canon must be proud to know that their lenses are “Letterman Proof”. As we all know, Dave has been known to rough house with them and his friend, Craig Ferguson, has learned from the master. William French, our friend in San Francisco, sent this overnight. I don’t […]
Guess Who Often Topped Ed Sullivan & Steve Allen On Sundays? When ‘Maverick’ debuted in September of 1957 on ABC against these two ratings giants, the show often beat out ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ and ‘The Steve Allen Show’. James Garner was Brett Maverick, the shows one and only star, BUT…a few episodes into the […]
MUCH classier than the more spartan set design being used by the BBC.