| 1933 -- On radio, 'The Pepper Pot' in Chicago welcomes a new host, Don McNeill, and changes its name to 'The Breakfast Club.' The show goes national and lasts until December 27, 1968, with Don as host for the entire 35-year-run. 1941-- 'Front Page Farrell' is heard for the first time. The show moves to NBC the following year and lasts until 1954. Future film star and 'Madigan' tv star Richard Widmark plays David. 1956 -- 'The Jimmy Durante Show' airs for the last time. In its first season, 1954, it alternated with 'The Donald O'Connor Show.' 1960 -- 'The Pat Boone Show' ends its three-year run on ABC. Woody Allen was one of the staff writers. 1970 -- 'The Red Skelton Show' airs for the last time on CBS. In a move that was common in television's early days but that has become rarer and rarer over the decades, 'Red' changes networks to NBC as a half-hour show for one season and then goes off the air for good. 1970 -- on 'Julia,' lead Diahann Carroll sings 'Just in Time.' Her young co-star, Marc Coppoage, turned eight years old two days earlier. 1973 -- Good day to be a music fan: Three Dog Night appears on 'American Bandstand' and sings 'Joy to the World,' 'Black and White' and 'Shambala.' 1980 -- former Indianapolis TV weatherman David Letterman appears in daytime eponymously. 'The David Letterman Show' is short-lived but the format proves to be much better on late-night. 1990 -- TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as Television Personality of the Year. 2006 -- former actor, writer and legendary producer Aaron Spelling dies at the age of 83. |
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