The legal drama series Perry Mason originally broadcast on CBS
television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title
character, a criminal defense lawyer portrayed by Raymond Burr.

Many episodes are based on stories written by Erle Stanley
Gardner. Hollywood’s first weekly one-hour series filmed for
television, Perry Mason is one of TV’s longest-running and
most successful legal series.

In 1960, the series received the first Silver Gavel Award for
a television drama by the American Bar Association.

Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993)

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You’ll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom
which ran on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1959. A total of 143 episodes were
broadcast – all half-an-hour long except for a 1959 one-hour live special.

The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the
United States Army.

Phil Silvers (Philip Silver) (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985)

ED DANAHUE

Mary Tyler Moore will be 80 in December.

1976 Emmy winners from left: Ed Asner, Betty White, Mary
Tyler Moore and Ted Knight.

James Franklin "Jimmy" O’Neill (January 8, 1940 – January 11, 2013)

The musical variety series Shindig! aired on ABC from September 16, 1964
to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neill, a disc jockey in
Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon
Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. Many popular performers of the
day appeared on the show.

On Saturday, September 15, 1934 at 9:30 PM, THE GIBSON FAMILY 
aired its first broadcast over the stations of NBC’s Red Network. The
program was a combination musical, romantic comedy, and serial
program within a 1-hour format. The program was sponsored by
Procter & Gamble’s Ivory Soap and Ivory Flakes.