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This Week in Television History: September 2026 PART IV (opens the original)
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September 21, 2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes was shown on 35 separate broadcast and cable networks simultaneously. The telethon raised $150 million in pledges to benefit families of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. The pledges were made from September 21 through September 24, 2001. September 22, 1986 The TV show ALF debuted on NBC. ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986 to March 24, 1990. I t was the
This Week in Television History: September 2026 PART III (opens the original)
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September 15, 1986 NBC aired the pilot episode of L.A. Law . Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher , it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including an ensemble cast , large number of parallel storylines, social drama, and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as capital punishment , abortion , racism , gay rights , homophobia , sexual hara
Billy Joel - America: A Tribute to Heroes (21 Sept 2001) - New York State of Mind (opens the original)
This Week in Television History: September 2026 PART II (opens the original)
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September 8, 1966 Star Trek premieres. Although Star Trek ran for only three years and never placed better than No. 52 in the ratings, Gene Roddenberry's series became a cult classic and spawned four television series and ten movies. The first Star Trek spin-off was a Saturday morning cartoon, The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, which ran from 1973 to 1975 (original cast members supplied the voices). The TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation first aired in 1987 and was set
This Week in Television History: September 2026 PART I (opens the original)
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August 31, 1946 Foghorn J. Leghorn first appeared in Walky Talky Hawky The character of Foghorn Leghorn was directly inspired by the popular character of Senator Claghorn , a blustery Southern politician played by Kenny Delmar who was a regular character on The Fred Allen Show , a popular radio show of the 1940s. The rooster adopted many of Claghorn's catch phrases, such as "That's a joke, ah say, that's a joke, son." Delmar had based the character of Claghorn upon a Texas rancher who was fond o
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