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TV SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) and Tonto (Jay Silverheels)

The Lone Ranger television series ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore
(John Hart from 1952 to 1954) with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The show initially
featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator
and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer
of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far
the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and
its first big hit. 

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SPIN-OFF DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1978

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Stars Pam Dawber and Robin Williams

Mork & Mindy is a science fiction sitcom that was televised until May 27, 1982
on the ABC network. The series was a spin-off from the ABC sitcom Happy Days
(1974-1984) and starred Williams as Mork, an alien from the planet Ork who is befriended by a human, played by Dawber. In 1997, the episode "Mork’s Mixed Emotions" was ranked #94 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list.  

 

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FAMILY SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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The television series The Waltons originally aired on CBS for a total of nine
seasons and was cancelled June 4,1982, Three television movie sequels
followed in 1982, with three more in the 1990s.The Waltons was produced
by Lorimar Productions.

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RADIO SOAP DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1937

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                                                                                       Fran Carlton

Kitty Keene, Inc. was a radio soap about a female private detective, airing first on
CBS and then on Mutual. Kitty was played by Beverley Younger, Gail Henshaw
and Fran Carlon.

This series ran for four years, ending in 1941. Sponsored by Dreft, the show 
was part soap opera part detective mystery with a private "cat eye."

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MONKEE BUSINESS BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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The Monkees is a situation comedy that aired on NBC until March 25, 1968. The
series introduced many innovative new-wave film techniques to series television
and won two Emmy Awards in 1967. The show was sponsored on alternate weeks
by Kellogg’s Cereals and Yardley of London.

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