#1970stv — Public Fediverse posts

CBS promo for "It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown," "The White Shadow," and "Lou Grant." Spot aired April 1979
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#CBS #VintageTV #ItsTheEasterBeagleCharlieBrown #CharlieBrown #Snoopy #Linus #PeppermintPatty #TheWhiteShadow #KenHoward #TimVanPatten #LouGrant #EdAsner #NancyMarchand #1970sTV #TVPromo #TelevisionHistory #ClassicTV

Tonight in 1968 — THE UNDERSEA WORLD OF JACQUES COUSTEAU debuted on ABC.

Rod Serling narrated this Emmy-winning documentary series, which aired periodically until 1976. (Joseph Campanella took over for Serling in 1974.)

All 37 ABC episodes are on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J1OzLHamQ8TdX5j2w3L253mD-x0gZGi&si=0WH3KJPHasatIPvc

#ClassicTV #1960sTV #1970sTV #JacquesCousteau

Tonight in 1973 — SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS was in session on ABC.

Kate Jackson starred in this Spelling-Goldberg TV movie w/ Cheryl Ladd — 4 years before they teamed up on CHARLIE’S ANGELS.

#ClassicTV #1970sTV #CharlieAngels #KateJackson #CherylLadd

At the time Brian Clemens' tough gritty violent British TV spy series The Professionals attracted a lot of attention and some outrage. The 1979 3rd season is pretty strong with just one dud episode. Stylish and action-packed.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-professionals-season-3-1979.html

#culttv #retrotv #vintagetv #spies #spytv #1970stv #70stv #BrianClemens

Today in 1978 — CARD SHARKS debuted on NBC.

#JimPerry, #BobEubanks, #BillRafferty, #PatBullard and #JoelMcHale have hosted over the years, but Perry is the ace.

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #ClassicGameShows #1970s #1970sTV

Tonight in 1976 — #GeorgeBurns (age 80) won his first (and only) Oscar for #TheSunshineBoys.

“If you stay in the business long enough, and you get to be old enough, you get to be new again.”

#OnThisDay #Oscars #OldHollywood #1970sTV #Nostalgia

Tonight in 1976 — #CharliesAngels debuted as a TV movie.

"Critics said, 'Three women detectives? It will never work!' Don't listen to your critics. Listen to your audience!" — Producer Aaron Spelling

#ClassicTV #1970sTV #1970s #KateJackson #FarrahFawcett #JaclynSmith #Nostalgia

#RobertBlake (1933-2023) — Emmy-winning star of #Baretta.

He got his start in #OurGang (aka #TheLittleRascals) shorts and appeared in films like #TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre (1948), InColdBlood (1967) and #LostHighway (1997).

In 2005 he was acquitted of killing his wife, but found liable in a civil suit.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-blake-dead-baretta-1235347379/ #RIPRobertBlake #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV

Tonight in 1976 — WHO LOVES YA, BABY? debuted on CBS.

#TellySavalas headlined this variety special w/ #DiahannCarroll, #ClorisLeachman and
#BarbaraEden!

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970sTV #Kojak #Nostalgia

#AnotherWorld (1964-1999, NBC) existed in what we would today call a "universe.”

Characters crossed over w/ sister shows like #AsTheWorldTurns, #TheGuidingLight and #ForRicherForPoorer + migrated to spinoffs #Somerset (1970–76) and #Texas (1980-82) and back!

And characters lived on elsewhere after the parent show was cancelled!

#ClassicTV #ClassicSoaps #1970 #1970sTV #Nostalgia #SoapOperas

#JaclynSmith graced the cover of #Us magazine this week in 1977. ❤️

#CharliesAngels #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV #Nostalgia

The cover of #People this week in 1976.

The "Southern girls" who starred in #CharliesAngels were #KateJackson (Birmingham, Alabama), #FarrahFawcett (Corpus Christi, Texas) and #JaclynSmith (Houston, Texas).

#ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV #Nostalgia

This week in 1976.

#CharliesAngels had been on for less than two months, but it was already a phenomenon.

#FarrahFawcett #JaclynSmith #KateJackson #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV