October 11

Events in Film & TV on October 11

Event of Interest

1939 Gertrude Lawrence's "Skylark" premieres in NYC

Actress and Musical Performer Gertrude Lawrence — Actress and Musical Performer
Gertrude Lawrence

Film Release

1944 "Laura" directed by Otto Preminger starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews is released in NYC, New York

Actress Gene Tierney — Actress
Gene Tierney

1950 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
1959 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1960 Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers

Event of Interest

1963 William Shatner stars in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode of CBS anthology series "The Twilight Zone"

Actor William Shatner — Actor
William Shatner

Event of Interest

1975 "Saturday Night Live" created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host

Television Producer Lorne Michaels — Television Producer
Lorne Michaels

Actor Phil Hartman — Actor
Phil Hartman

Actor and Comedian Dan Aykroyd — Actor and Comedian
Dan Aykroyd

Television Premiere

2006 US sitcom "30 Rock" created by and starring Tina Fey alongside Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan first premieres on NBC in the US

Actress & Writer Tina Fey — Actress & Writer
Tina Fey

Actor Alec Baldwin — Actor
Alec Baldwin

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