This Day in TV and Movie History
September 17

What happened in history on this day: September 17? On September 17 in ... 1958 - NBC airs the last Father Knows Best TV show. 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the last Walt Disney Presents show. 1962 - CBS airs the last Father Knows Best TV show. 1963 - NBC airs the last The Dick Powell Theatre TV show. 1963 - ABC premieres The Fugitive drama TV show, starring Richard Janssen. 1964 - ABC premieres the Bewitched 30-minute comedy TV show. 1965 - The CBS TV network airs the first The Smothers Brothers 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA. 1965 - The CBS TV network premieres The Wild, Wild West 60-minute western TV show in the USA. 1965 - The CBS TV network airs the first Hogan's Heroes 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA. 1966 - CBS resumes airing The Jackie Gleason Show 60-minute comedy variety series. 1967 - Mission Impossible TV show premieres on CBS-TV. 1969 - The ABC TV network airs the first Room 222 30-minute comedy-drama TV show in the USA. 1970 - The NBC TV network airs the first The Flip Wilson Show 60-minute comedy TV show in the USA. 1972 - CBS TV debuts the sitcom M*A*S*H TV show. 1972 - The NBC TV network changes the name of the NBC Mystery Movie TV movie series to NBC Sunday Mystery Movie. 1978 - ABC TV debuts TV sci-fi adventure Battlestar Galactica, starring Lorne Greene. 1987 - CBS TV airs the last episode of TV crime drama T.J. Hooker. 1991 - The ABC TV network debuts the Disney-produced TV show Home Improvement. Births on September 17 1917 - Birth of Peter Bennett in London, England; actor (Leonides - Adventures of Sir Lancelot). 1922 - Birth of Ursula Howells in London, England; actress (Girly, Murder is Announced). 1928 - Birth of Roddy McDowall; actor (Planet of the Apes, Lord Love a Duck). 1930 - Birth of David Huddleston in Vinton, Virginia, USA; actor (How the West Was Won). 1931 - Birth of Anne Bancroft in the Bronx, New York, USA; American actress (The Graduate) (dies 2005). 1933 - Birth of Dorothy Loudon in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Garbo Talks, Garry Moore Show). 1933 - Birth of Patricia Crowley in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies). 1938 - Birth of Paul Benedict in Silver City, New Mexico, USA; actor (Harry - The Jeffersons). 1948 - Birth of John Ritter in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Jack - Three's Company, Hooperman). 1955 - Birth of Rita Rudner; comedienne (Funny People). 1962 - Birth of Dustin Nguyen; actor (Harry - 21 Jump Street). 1968 - Birth of Suzy Cote in Santa Barbara, California, USA; actress (Samantha - Guiding Light). Deaths on September 17 vvv advertisement vvv ^^^ advertisement ^^^ You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://kpolsson.com/thisday/tvmovie/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page.

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