Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
1979-05-22 1st ACE Cable Awards: "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" by Jim Henson and HBO
Music History
1984-12-04 6th ACE Cable Awards: "David Bowie: Serious Moonlight" by Anthony Eaton and HBO win
- 1986-03-22 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament
- 1986-04-27 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) hacks into and interrupts HBO
- 1989-01-15 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins the Golden CableACE for "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam"
- 1989-06-10 "Tales From The Crypt" TV Anthology debuts on HBO
Music History
1995-12-06 Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special
Music Concert
1997-08-07 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in NYC's Central Park for HBO, later releasing it as Garth: Live from Central Park
Television Premiere
1998-06-06 TV sitcom "Sex and the City" premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon
Television Debut
1999-01-10 "The Sopranos", starring James Gandolfini as mobster Tony Soprano, debuts on HBO
Television Debut
2000-10-15 Larry David's comedy show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" debuts on HBO
Television Premiere
2001-06-03 TV drama "Six Feet Under" created by Alan Ball, starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall and Frances Conroy premieres on HBO
Television Debut
2002-06-02 Crime drama "The Wire" created by David Simon and starring Idris Elba and Dominic West debuts on HBO
Television Debut
2003-02-21 Bill Maher's political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" debuts on HBO
- 2007-06-10 "The Sopranos" series finale on HBO (infamous "cut to black" ending)
Television Premiere
2011-04-17 "Game of Thrones", based on the fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin premieres on HBO
Television Premiere
2012-04-15 TV comedy drama "Girls" created by and starring Lena Dunham premieres on HBO
Television Premiere
2012-04-22 TV political comedy "Veep" created by Armando Iannucci, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Anna Chlumsky premieres on HBO
Television Debut
2014-01-12 "True Detective", a crime-drama starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, debuts on HBO
Television Premiere
2014-04-27 "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" late-night talk and news show fronted by John Oliver premieres on HBO
Television Premiere
2015-10-17 Amy Schumer's comedy special "Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo" premieres on HBO
Album Release
2016-04-23 Beyoncé releases her 6th album "Lemonade" with a 1 hour film on HBO
- 2017-07-30 Hackers reveal they have stolen data from HBO, including episodes and scripts of Games of Thrones
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1923-04-28 William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
- 1931-02-11 Larry Merchant, American boxing author and analyst (International Boxing Hall of Fame; HBO, Showtime), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1940-01-26 Harold Lederman, American boxing judge, analyst (HBO), born in NYC, NY (d. 2019)
- 1945-01-09 Frank Biondi, American businessman (HBO), born in NYC, New York
Deaths in Film & TV
- 2019-05-11 Harold Lederman, American boxing judge & analyst (HBO), dies of cancer at 79