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HITCHCOCK SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Original  television run (CBS/NBC): October 2, 1955  – May 10, 1965

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The
series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Time magazine named the show
one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME". The Writers Guild of America ranked
it #79 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV Series.

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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)

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TELEVISION DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Original television run on CBS: October, 2 1959 to June 19, 1964

The science-fiction/fantasy anthology television series was created and hosted 
by Rod Serling. TV Guide ranked The Twilight Zone as the fifth greatest show
of all time.

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Rod Serling dictating an idea for a
script

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ANTHOLOGY SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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Original  run on ABC television, September 16, 1963 – January 16, 1965

Voice actor Vic Perrin (below) is best remembered for having provided the
"Control Voice" for the original science fiction series.

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Victor H. Perrin

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1934

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The long-running anthropology series Lux Radio Theatre, was broadcast
on the
NBC Blue Network (1934-35); NBC (1935-54) and CBS (1954-55). At
first the series adapted
Broadway plays during its first two seasons before
it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed
live before studio audiences. It became the most popular dramatic series 
on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as
the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s.

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The original host was the show’s fictional producer, Douglass
Garrick (portrayed by John J. Anthony shown above). Cecil B.
DeMille
(below) took over as the
host on June 1, 1936, until
January 22, 1945.

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Cecil B. DeMille

 

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SERLING’S FOLLOW-UP SERIES

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Rod Serling


Night Gallery
is an anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973,
featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained
fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air
host of the show as well as a major contributor of scripts.

Night Gallery was nominated for an Emmy Award for its first-season episode
"They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar" as the Outstanding Single Program
on television in 1971. In 1972, the series received another nomination of
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for the second-season episode titled 
"Pickman’s Model."

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Tom Bosley (left) with Godfrey Cambridge who plays comic Jackie
Slater from Night Gallery season 1 episode #4, “Make Me Laugh”
which originally aired January 6, 1971. It was directed by Steven
Spielberg.

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