Original airing on ABC-TV: September 24, 1977 – February 27, 1987
The series was part of ABC’s popular Saturday night lineup that included
Fantasy Island until that show ended in 1984. The original 1976 made-for-
TV movie on which the show was based (also titled The Love Boat) was
itself based on the nonfiction book The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders,
a real-life cruise director.
Original series aired: September 23, 1962 to March 17, 1963.
The animated sitcom The Jetsons was produced by Hanna-Barbera and
was the first program to be broadcast in color on ABC-TV. It was Hanna-
Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones.
Hollywood’s first weekly one-hour show for television, Perry Mason is one of TV’s
longest-running and most successful legal series. It originally aired on CBS from
September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. Many of the episodes are based on stories
written by Erle Stanley Gardner.
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Ed Donahue
Pattie Page (Clara Ann Fowler) (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013)
The New York based music program The Big Record was sponsored by
Oldsmobile and hosted by singer Patti Page with Vic Schoen conducting
the orchestra. Patti would welcome big name guests of the music and
recording industry. The show was a mix of young and old performers
joining together for a musical hour, later shortened to half an hour in
length. It aired on CBS television for only one season.
