Events in Film & TV on January 12

Magic Show

1903 Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam

Television Premiere

1949 "Arthur Godfrey & his Friends" premieres on CBS TV

1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, Oklahoma (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV

Television Debut

1966 "Batman", starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC

1967 NBC revival of Jack Webb's police drama "Dragnet", now broadcast in color, debuts; runs through 1970
1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV

American Music Awards

1979 6th American Music Awards: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win

Premiere of Dynasty

1981 Soap opera "Dynasty" produced by Aaron Spelling and starring John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV

1992 13th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the Persian Gulf War

Hall of Fame

1993 8th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Ruth Brown; Cream; Creedence Clearwater Revival; The Doors; Etta James; Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers; Van Morrison; Sly and the Family Stone; Dinah Washington; Dick Clark; and Milt Gabler