Theater Premiere
1913 George M. Cohan's play "Seven Keys to Baldpate" premieres in NYC
- 1949 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast
Britain's First-Ever TV Ad
1955 Commercial television begins in the UK with the launch of ITV, soon airs the 1st advert on UK TV, for Gibbs SR toothpaste
- 1955 On BBC radio Grace Archer is killed in a barn fire on Brookfield Farm - the BBC denies this was to spoil the launch of rival network ITV
- 1957 Western "Maverick" premieres on ABC television starring James Garner
- 1958 KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1964 "Man from U.N.C.L.E." premieres starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum on NBC-TV: open channel D
Theater Premiere
1966 Edward Albee's play "Delicate Balance" premieres in NYC (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1967)
Television Debut
1976 TV dama "Charlie's Angels" starring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith debuts
Television Premiere
1982 Sitcom "Family Ties starring Michael J. Fox premieres on NBC
- 1985 37th Emmy Awards: "Cagney & Lacey", "The Cosby Show" and Tyne Daly win
Television Debut
1989 "Baywatch" starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson debuts on NBC
Television Debut
1994 "Friends" TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman debuts on NBC, starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer
Television Debut
1999 "The West Wing" created by Alan Sorkin and starring Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe and Richard Schiff, debuts on NBC
Country Music Association Awards
1999 33rd Country Music Association Award: Shania Twain, Martina McBride and Tim McGraw win
Emmy Awards
2002 54th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Friends, Michael Chiklis and Allison Janney win
Television Debut
2004 "Lost" created by J.J. Abrams and starring Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly debuts on ABC in the US
Film & TV History
2004 Teen noir series "Veronica Mars" created by Rob Thomas and starring Kristen Bell premieres on UPN in the US
Television Premiere
2009 Crime drama "NCIS LA" starring Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, and Daniela Ruah premieres on CBS
Emmy Awards
2013 65th Prime time Emmy Awards: "Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" win
Emmy Awards
2019 71st Emmy Awards: "Fleabag", "Game of Thrones", "Chernobyl", Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jharrel Jerome win
- 2019 Billy Porter becomes the first openly gay actor to win an Emmy for lead actor in a drama series for "Pose"
