The original ABC Monday Night Football commentators from left: Don
Meredith, Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford.

Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live broadcast of the National Football
League on ESPN. From September 21, 1970 to 2005 it aired on ABC. It
was one of the longest running prime time commercial network television
series ever, particularly among male viewers. As of September 19, 2011,
the franchise had aired a total of 646 games.

“Blue Velvet” held the top spot for three weeks and also spent
eight weeks atop the Middle-of-the-Road charts.

Bobby Vinton today

Stephen Edwin King is the celebrated author of contemporary horror, suspense,
science fiction and fantasy fiction novels. His books have sold more than 350
million copies, which have been adapted into a number of feature films, TV
movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels,
including seven under the pen name of Richard Bachman, five non-fiction
books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his writings are set in his
home town of Maine. King has received numerous awards, including the Medal
for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters in 2003 from the National
Book Foundation.

 
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The Legal drama Perry Mason had an original run from September 21, 1957 to
May 22, 1966. The title character was portrayed by Raymond Burr (above).The
show was, at one time, television’s most successful and longest-running lawyer
series.

Perry Mason has been airing syndicated repeats of the show since
1966 as part of it’s afternoon viewing schedule.

Actor Larry Martin Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He is known
for his portrayal of J.R. Ewing on the 1980s primetime television soap
Dallas. He also played Major Anthony ‘Tony’ Nelson in the 1960s
sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

Larry Hagman and costar Barbara Eden in I dream of Jeannie

Larry Hagman in Dallas