Archive for February 16th, 2011

FIRST NBC NIGHTLY NEWS ON THIS DATE IN 1948

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NBC-TV launched its first nightly newscast with a 10-minute program called Camel
Newsreel Theater hosted by John Cameron Swayze (above). It featured newsreels
from Fox Movietone News with Swayze providing voice-overs.

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LEVAR BURTON IS 54 TODAY

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LeVar Burton, is a German-born actor, director, producer and author. He is 
well-known for portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC-TV
miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also known for 
his portrayal of Geordi LaForge on the syndicated science fiction series
Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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LeVar Burton in Roots

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LeVar in Star Trek: The Next Generation

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