Actor Ted Danson is best known as bartender Sam Malone on the
CBS-TV sitcom Cheers (1982 – 1993). He has been nominated for
fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards during his career. Ted is listed
in second place on TV Guides list of the Top 25 TV Stars.

Hillerman won a Supporting Actor Emmy Award in 1987 for his
role in MAGNUM, P.I. The CBS-TV series ran from 1980 to 1988. 

Ernie Kovacs influenced many comedians and their
shows because of his experimental, uninhibited and 
often adlibbed style of television comedy. Ernie and
his wife Edie Adams received Emmy nominations for
Best Performances in a Comedy Series in 1957. Much
of Kovacs’ talent wasn’t fully recognized until after his
death in an automobile accident, January 13, 1962 in
Los Angles. He was only 42. 
 

                             Ernie and The Nairobi Trio

                      Ernie as Percy Dovetonsils

              Ernie Kovacs and wife Edie Adams

 

 The premier of “See It Now” was on this date in 1951. The TV
news magazine and documentary was created and hosted by
veteran newsman Edward R. Murrow. It aired weekly on CBS
from 1951 to 1958. The series won four Emmy Awards and
was nominated for three. It  also won a Peabody Award.

Murrow’s show focused on controversial issues in the 1950’s,
but was best remembered for it’s segment on Senator Joseph
McCarthy. This probe of the McCarthy-led anti-communist era
is the focus of the 2005 film…good night, and good luck.

                                   A scene from the movie.

Danny played Louie DePalma in the TV sitcom“TAXI”. He
won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his performance.
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Danny costarred in “Twins.”   He was the Penguin in “Batman”.