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Jonas Grumby was the name of the Skipper character on Gilligan's Island, played by Alan Hale.
Patty Duke was the first teenager to be given their own show.
Meet The Press is the longest-running program currently on network television. It has been on television since 1947.
Jackie Gleason was the first star of The Life Of Riley on television. He did it only for a few months. William Bendix then played the role for several years.
Cowboy star Roy Rogers had his horse, Trigger, mounted by a taxidermist after Trigger died.
Mary Tyler Moore started working in a television series as voice and a pair of legs, when she played Sam, who was a secretary to David Janssen's detective in Richard Diamond.
The complete name of television preacher Reverend Ike is Frederick J. Eikerenkoeten II.
In 1950, What's My Line became the first panel game show on television.
The famous awards given for the best television commercials are called Clios.
For several years a chimpanzee named J. Fred Muggs was a sidekick on the Today show.
Lee Majors had regular roles in The Big Valley, The Man From Shilo, and Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, before he starred in The Six Million Dollar Man.
Crusader Rabbit, in 1949, was the first made for television animated cartoon.
Gunsmoke was the longest-running western in the history of television. It was on for almost 20 years.
Fluffy was the name of the family cat in The Brady Bunch television series.
Willy was the first name of the Gilligan character on Gilligan's Island, played by Bob Denver.
Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico is the only town in the United States named after a television show.
Hourglass was the first network television one hour musical variety show. It came on the air in 1946 on NBC.
In 1984, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson became the first network television show to be broadcast in stereo.
In 1961, Ethel Waters became the first black actress to be nominated for an Emmy Award.
Howdy Doody was the television show that had the first live audience. It was in 1947.
The first two television shows to win Peabody Awards were The Actors Studio and Howdy Doody.
Home To Emily was the title of the theme song for the Bob Newhart Show.
The middle name of Captain Kirk on Star Trek is Tiberius.
Guiding Light is the longest running soap opera currently on television. It has been on television since June 30, 1952.
The name of the horse who played "Mr. Ed" was Bamboo Harvester.
Tiger was the name of the dog on The Brady Bunch.
William Shatner played the lead role, as assistant district attorney David Koster, in the 1965 CBS drama series For The People.
The address for the house of The Partridge Family was 698 Sycamore Road, San Pueblo, California.
The original Star Trek starship Enterprise was designed by Matt Jeffries.
In the television series MacGyver, Angus was MacGyver's first name.
The first host of The Price Is Right was Bill Cullen, in 1956.
The first host of Jeopardy was Art Fleming, in 1964.
Lucille Ball and her newborn son, Dezi Arnaz Jr. were on the first cover of TV Guide, on April 3, 1954.
The middle name of the Roscoe P. Coltrane character on Dukes of Hazzard is Purvis.
The Johnny Fever character on the television show WKRP in Cincinnati was based on real life radio personality Bobby Harper.