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MEDICAL DRAMA PREMIERED ON THIS DATE IN 1969

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Medical Center
is a medical drama series which aired on the CBS television
network from Wednesday September 24, 1969 to September 6, 1976. The
lives of both doctors and patients at a fictitious university hospital in Los
Angeles were showcased each week.

 

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Filming an episode of Medical Center

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Chad Everett turned 75 on June 11

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SHOW WAS FIRST SEEN ON THIS DATE IN 1962

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The Beverly Hillbillies is a situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on
CBS from Saturday September 22, 1962 to March 26,1971. The stars of the series
were Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer,Jr.The show became
a huge ratings success for most of its nine-year run, ranking among the top twelve
most watched series for seven of the nine seasons.

 

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‘’CHIPS’’ PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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CHiPs
is a television drama series produced by MGM Studios that
originally aired on NBC-TV from September 15, 1977, to July 17,
1983 (139 episodes ). Although the show finished production in
1983, many regions did not complete their runs of the series until
the later 1980s, in some cases almost ten years after the show
had first appeared. The show starred Erik Estrada as Officer
Frank “Ponch” Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his partner,
Officer Jon Baker. 

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Erik Estrada                                              Larry Wilcox

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MUSIC LEGEND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1936

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                 (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

Buddy Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley, was a singer-songwriter and a pioneer of
rock and roll. His success lasted only a year and a half before his tragic death in a
plane crash along with Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. Critic
Bruce Eder described Buddy Holly as “the single most influential creative force in
early rock and roll”. He has been a big influence with many musicians such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. Holly was among the first inductees to
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He was ranked number thirteen on Rolling Stones list of “The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.

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Street sign in Buddy’s home town of Lubbock, Texas

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Statue of Buddy Holly in Lubbock

 

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LONG RUNNING SERIES ENDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet premiered on ABC-TV on October 10, 1952
and due to declining ratings, the show was canceled with the last episode airing 
on September 3, 1966. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ran for a total of 
fourteen seasons, and for almost four de cades, held the record as the longest  
running television sitcom, live or animated, until that record was broken by The
Simpsons in 2004. It still holds the record for the longest running live-action
sitcom in television history. 

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