Articles about "classic TV"
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TV Shows1 week ago44 Years After ‘Mork & Mindy’ Ended, Fans Still Love the Classic Sitcom
'Mork and Mindy,' the beloved 'Happy Days' spin-off, launched Robin Williams to stardom. Relive the quirky sitcom that charmed fans for four seasons from 1978 to...
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TV Shows2 weeks ago‘The Love Boat’ Ended 40 Years Ago, But Fans Are Still Coming Aboard
Relive the romance and adventure of 'The Love Boat,' the classic ABC series starring Gavin MacLeod.
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TV Shows2 weeks agoHow This Beloved ‘ER’ Character Was Saved From Certain Death
Nurse Carol Hathaway was meant to die in the 'ER' pilot, but audience reactions to George Clooney saved the character, turning a one-episode role into six...
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TV Shows3 weeks agoThe Shocking ‘Friends’ Reveal That Changed Everything Turns 25
Monica and Chandler's 2001 'Friends' wedding shocked fans when Rachel was revealed to be pregnant.
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Celebrity News1 month agoJill Whelan Reveals Pressure to Lose Weight on ‘The Love Boat’: ‘Had Me on 400 Calories a Day’
Actor Jill Whelan says life aboard The Love Boat for six seasons wasn’t always smooth sailing. The actress, who grew up playing Captain Stubing’s daughter Vicki, has...
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Celebrity1 month agoHow Andy Griffith’s Dark Film Role ‘Chewed Him Up and Spit Him Out,’ Before He Found TV Stardom
Andy Griffith‘s failed feature film debut was “probably his single greatest role as far as a one-off thing” — but it came at a cost, his...
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Health2 months ago‘Facts of Life’ Alum Mindy Cohn Reveals She’s ‘Recuperating’ After Secret Second Cancer Battle
Beloved Facts of Life alum Mindy Cohn is facing one of life’s toughest battle, and not for the first time. The actress, 59, has revealed she...
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Entertainment1 year agoSecrets From the ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Set Revealed! 11 Things You Didn’t Know About the Show
Leave It to Beaver was cut after just one season on CBS in 1957, but luckily, ABC saw potential in the series, which starred Barbara Billingsley,...
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News1 year agoSecrets and Surprises From the Set of ’50s Family Sitcoms: ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ ‘Honeymooners’ and More
The 1950s brought some of the most wholesome stories to television screens with sitcoms like Leave It to Beaver, I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners and more....
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News1 year agoLooking Back at Linda Lavin’s Life of Love and Laughter: ‘Most Proud’ of Her Wonderful Family
In one of Linda Lavin’s favorite episodes of the television sitcom Alice, her title character, an aspiring singer working as a waitress, agrees to star in...
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Entertainment1 year agoThe Greatest TV Variety Shows of All Time! From ‘Carol Burnett’ to ‘Sonny and Cher’
Laughs, music and exciting guests made these series special. David Inman, author of Television Variety Shows: Histories and Episode Guides to 57 Programs, exclusively tells Closer...
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News2 years agoBaby Tabitha from ‘Bewitched’ Is All Grown Up! Actress Erin Murphy Shares Life Update at 60
The adorable baby from Bewitched is all grown up! Erin Murphy, the actress who portrayed Tabitha Stephens, on the show, opened up about her life at...
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News2 years ago‘Lost in Space’ Star June Lockhart Reveals What She’s Learned at 99: ‘Things Will Work Out’
How can you blame June Lockhart for giggling when confronted by a hostile man dressed as giant carrot? It happened in “The Great Vegetable Rebellion” a...
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News2 years ago‘Family Affair’ Star Johnny Whitaker Reveals Downside to Childhood Fame: ‘It Was Not Cool’
If you watched television in the 1970s, Johnny Whitaker feels like an old friend. In addition to charming primetime viewers on Family Affair as adorable Jody,...
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News2 years ago‘What’s Happening!!’ Star Ernest Thomas Recalls Overcoming Racism and Abuse
Laughter’s power to open people’s hearts became clear to Ernest Thomas shortly after he began playing Raj on TV’s What’s Happening!! Loosely based on the 1975...
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News2 years agoThe Jeffersons’ Marla Gibbs Looks Back on Her Career and Health Scares: ‘I Owe Everything to God’
Marla Gibbs was working part time as a United Airlines reservations agent when she auditioned for the role of housekeeper Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons. “I’d...
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Entertainment2 years agoWhat Happened to Alan Hale Jr. Before, During and After Playing the ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Skipper?
Pre-conceived notions are something that many actors have had to deal with over the course of their careers — in some ways, Alan Hale Jr. had...
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News2 years agoGeorge Takei Looks Back on ‘Star Trek’ and Admits He Was ‘Not a Sci-Fi Fan’
George Takei, best known as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek television series and its movies, doesn’t believe in bucket lists. “I believe in living...
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News2 years agoLeave It to Beaver’s Jerry Mathers Reveals How a Chance Encounter Led to a Life in the Spotlight
For six seasons, Jerry Mathers played Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver, the most adorable kid getting into trouble on television. “When we first went on the air, we...
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Entertainment2 years ago’The Addams Family’ Celebrates 60 Spooky Years! Secrets From the Set of the Beloved TV Show
They’re mysterious and spooky, and The Addams Family will soon be celebrating 60 years of charming audiences come September. “Kids are drawn to the kooky characters,”...
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News3 years agoMy Three Sons’ Tina Cole Reveals Why She and Costar Don Grady Never Married in Real Life
As Katie Miller Douglas, Tina Cole became the first female regular on the long-running family sitcom My Three Sons. “I had to be sweet, but not...
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Entertainment3 years agoFrom ‘Little House on the Prairie’ to ‘Bewitched’ and More: Remembering 10 Favorite Child Stars
When you say the words “child star” to somebody, what will usually come to mind is the image of a former TV cutie who, upon the...
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Entertainment3 years agoWhat Happened to the Cast of ‘Family’? Catch Up with Kristy McNichol and the Rest of the Lawrences
In the 1970s, television made a pretty strong shift towards more realism, capturing human beings rather than caricatures when it came to sitcoms (think All in...
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Entertainment3 years agoWhatever Happened to the Cast of ‘Family Affair’? All of the Stars’ Joys and Tragedies
There have been plenty of classic TV shows that are just so saccharine that you feel like you’re on the verge of slipping into a diabetic coma before...
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Entertainment3 years agoThe Real Story of the Biggest Quiz Show Scandal of the ’50s: How it Changed Game Shows
In 1994, Robert Redford directed Quiz Show, the critically acclaimed story of a corrupt TV game show that illegally fooled the public and altered the lives...
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News3 years agoHere’s What Happened to ‘I Love Lucy’ Star Vivian Vance: It Was a Hard Life for TV’s Ethel Mertz
When it comes to I Love Lucy, arguably the greatest Classic TV sitcom in television history, it’s usually Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz as Lucy...
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Entertainment3 years agoHere’s What Happened to ‘Green Acres’ Star Eddie Albert Before, During and After the Show
Let’s face it, Green Acres is the place to be! That’s what we’re told at the start of the Classic TV sitcom’s theme song, and who...
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Entertainment3 years agoHere’s What Happened to Monty Hall Before, During and After Hosting Game Show ‘Let’s Make a Deal’
During the original run of the classic TV daytime game show Let’s Make a Deal, series host Monty Hall brought the idea of bartering to a...
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Entertainment3 years agoWhat Happened to ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ Cast? Say Hello Again to Jed, Granny, Jethro and Elly May
One of the biggest classic TV comedy hits of the 1960s was The Beverly Hillbillies and its fish out of the cement pond story of the Clampetts...
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Entertainment3 years agoHere’s What Happened to the ‘Match Game’ Celebrity Panelists Before, During and After the Show
From pretty much the beginning, game shows have played an important role in the history of television, from 1938’s Spelling Bee to 1941’s Truth of Consequences...
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Entertainment3 years agoHere’s What Happened to ‘Otis the Drunk’ Actor Hal Smith Before and After ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
You know that an actor has made a special connection with the audience when, even though he or she wasn’t a series regular, they’re completely associated...
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Entertainment3 years agoHere’s What Happened to Gene Rayburn Before, During and After Hosting Classic ‘Match Game’
On and off between 1962 and 1982, Gene Rayburn served as the host of various versions of the Classic TV game show Match Game. In between,...
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Entertainment3 years agoHere’s What Happened to Frances Bavier Before and After Playing Aunt Bee on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
There is certainly nothing new about an actor or actress becoming so identified with a character they play on TV that the audience confuses one for...
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Entertainment3 years agoSee What Happened to the Iconic ‘Eight Is Enough’ Cast: Photos of Stars Then and Now
It isn’t often that reel life is reflective of real life, but it’s a great feeling when it is. And that’s certainly true of Eight is...
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News4 years agoWhatever Happened to the OG ‘Baywatch’ Cast? See What David Hasselhoff and Other Stars Are Up to Today
On September 22, 1989, the Baywatch lifeguard crew set the standard for sand, sun, surf and sexy drama until the show ended its run on May...
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Entertainment4 years agoHere’s What Happened to the Cast of ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Before, During and After the Classic Sitcom
On the surface, there really is no reason the Classic TV family sitcom Leave It to Beaver should remain so popular today, over 60 years after its debut....
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Entertainment4 years agoThe 1950s: Your Guide to 101 Classic (and Not-So-Classic) TV Shows From Yesteryear
Before the Golden Age of Television hit in the 1950s, the medium had already given the growing viewing audience some hints of what it could achieve....
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News4 years agoBetty Lynn: Why Playing Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Meant Everything to the Late Actress
Actress Betty Lynn, who played Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show, enjoyed meeting fans at the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy,...
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News4 years agoTony Dow’s Son Christopher: Get to Know the Late ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Actor’s Only Child
Tony Dow, who starred as wise older brother Wally Cleaver on the iconic 1950s sitcom Leave It to Beaver, died on July 27, 2022, according to...
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Entertainment4 years agoHere’s What Happened to Agnes Moorehead Before, During and After Playing Endora on ‘Bewitched’
Having a successful Classic TV show is oftentimes a double-edged sword, on the one hand securing you a place in the hearts of generations of TV...
‘Sonny is Back’ — Maurice Benard Drops Fascinating Message For ‘General Hospital’ Fans
'General Hospital' fans rejoice as Sonny Corinthos reclaims his mob boss status, taking on Jenz Sidwell and promising more action-packed...
Jackie Kennedy Was ‘Extremely Happy’ When John F. Kennedy ‘Was Able to Spend Time’ With Their Family
After working as part of President Dwight D. Eisenhower‘s security detail, Clint Hill admitted that being assigned to protect the...