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FIRST WESTERN TO BE BROADCAST IN COLOR

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The Cartwrights first rode through Virginia City, Nev., in the
Western TV drama series
Bonanza on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1959,
on NBC, and it was the first Western to be televised entirely in
color. Bonanza lasted 14 seasons, making it the second-longest-
running TV Western behind
Gunsmoke.

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PIONEER TV SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY

On March 11, 1989, "Cops," a documentary-style television
series that follows police officers and sheriff’s deputies as
they go about their jobs, debuts on Fox. "Cops" went on to
become one of the longest-running shows in television
history. It went off the air in 2020.

The show, which was created by John Langley and Malcolm
Barbour, was a pioneer in reality television.

On September 13, 2021, it was announced that Fox Nation
had picked up the show. The 33rd season premiered on
October 1, 2021. Fox Nation would then premiere the show’s
34th season on September 30, 2022.

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When the cameras of “COPS” were in Portland, Oregon.

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“CHAMPAGNE MUSIC” MAN BORN IN 1903

Bandleader LAWRENCE WELK - Photo Signed

On March 11, 1903, musician and entertainer Lawrence Welk 
was born.

For the generation that grew up on the big bands of the 1930s
and ’40s, The Lawrence Welk Show was a blessed island of
calm in a world gone mad for rock and roll, and it aired like
clockwork every Saturday night from 1955 to 1982. On KTLA.
ABC and Syndication.

When ABC dropped The Lawrence Welk Show in 1971, Welk independently arranged a syndication deal that kept him on
the air for another 11 years and made him one of the richest
entertainers in America. 

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Pittsburgh, PA - Lawrence Welk's Original Bubble Machine
Inside the historic William Penn Hotel in downtown
Pittsburgh, you can see Lawrence Welk’s original
bubble machine.

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REMEMBER THIS VIEWER REQUEST SHOW?

DuMont Television Network | Historical Web Site

You Asked for It is a human interest television show created and
hosted by
Art Baker (below) Initially titled The Art Baker Show,
the program originally aired on
TV between 1950 and 1959. Later
versions of the series were seen in 1972, 1981, and 2000.

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Art Baker (Arthur Appleton Shank)
January 7, 1898 – August 26, 1966)


Baker  initially planned to be a singer, and
during World War I he was a song leader
while serving in the
United States Army.

Baker’s radio career began as an announcer
on Los Angeles radio station
KFSG. He later
worked at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park as a
tour guide.

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A COMEDIC LEGEND DIED ON THIS DAY

George Burns Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth

Pin on a day in history
Burns started smoking cigars when he was 14.

On March 9, 1996, the legendary cigar-chomping performer
George Burns dies at his home in Beverly Hills,
California,
just weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday.

George Burns is one of the few entertainers whose career
successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television.



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Burns and Allen’s radio show was inducted into the National Radio
Hall of Fame
in 1994.

Burns is also a member of the
Television Hall of Fame, where he
and
Gracie Allen were inducted in 1988.

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered on CBS on October 12, 1950 and ran through 1958 ...
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered on
CBS on October 12, 1950 and ran through 1958. 

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