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On an exclusive basis for $60,000, CBS broadcasts coverage of the 1960 Winter Olympics from Squaw Valley, in Placer County, California, making these games the first Winter Olympics to be broadcast in the U.S. Hosted by future CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite, the coverage provided 31 hours of coverage over 11 days, including a healthy ...
Pages in category "1960s American television news shows" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
June 1, 1980 – CNN is launched as the world's first 24-hour news channel. [18] January 28, 1986 – The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was seen on live TV by millions in the U.S. February 9, 1988 – Bank robber Phillip Hutchinson led police on a terrifying chase in Denver, Colorado. It was filmed by a news helicopter cameraman in one of ...
A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary: May 18, 1998 Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers: May 20, 1998 CBS: The First 50 Years: May 20, 1998 The Snowden, Raggedy Ann & Andy Holiday Show: November 27, 1998 The Year Without a Santa Claus: December 12, 1998 Surprise Surprise Surprise: May 14, 1999 Sports Illustrated 20th Century Awards: December ...
In some areas, Douglas Edwards with the News and The Huntley-Brinkley Report aired at 6:45 p.m. Peter Gunn moved from NBC to ABC in the fall of 1960. The episodes of Brenner that ran on CBS in the summer of 1961 consisted of two previously unaired episodes produced in 1959 and reruns of episodes broadcast during the summer of 1959.
However, Edward R. Murrow is widely regarded as the most important figure in the early days of U.S. television news. On his weekly news show See It Now on CBS, Murrow presented live reports from journalists on both the east and west coasts of the United States—the first program with live simultaneous transmission from coast to coast.
Eyewitness to History was a Friday night CBS Television Network public affairs program. It was initially hosted by veteran broadcaster Charles Kuralt (1960–61), followed by Walter Cronkite (1961–62), and then Charles Collingwood (1962–63). It aired from September 30, 1960 through July 26, 1963 in the 10:30 pm time slot.
Rank Program Network Rating 1: Gunsmoke: CBS: 37.3 2: Wagon Train: NBC: 34.2 3: Have Gun – Will Travel: CBS: 30.9 4: The Andy Griffith Show: 27.8 5: The Real McCoys ...