Events in Film & TV on October 1

Television Debut

1955 Jackie Gleason's sitcom "The Honeymooners" debuts on CBS, replacing his variety series; production ends after 39 episodes

1955 WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, PR (TCI) begins broadcasting
1960 KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, VA (IND) begins broadcasting
1962 "The Lucy Show" premieres on CBS

Contract of Interest

1962 American singer Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)

Television Debut

1962 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st "The Tonight Show" on NBC; guests include Rudy Vallée, Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks and Joan Crawford

1962 WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, Connecticut (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 WSJU TV channel 18 in Carolina, PR begins broadcasting
1964 WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, PR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1964 WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
1967 KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins

Film Premiere

1968 Cult zombie film "Night of the Living Dead" directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea premieres in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1971 Walt Disney World opens in Bay Lake, Florida
1974 "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" horror film premieres in director Tobe Hooper's hometown, Austin, Texas in the US
1992 Cartoon Cable Network premieres

Sports History

2017 Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is released from Nevada's Lovelock Prison after less than 9 years of detention of his 33 year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping