Today's 11 December Film TV in History

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  • 1909 Colored moving pictures are demonstrated at Madison Square Garden in New York City
  • 1948 WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1948 WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1949 WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • 1953 KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station
  • 1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV Channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting
  • 1968 KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
  • 1978 NBC premiere of "A Woman Called Moses"
  • 1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC

Nuts

1987 Martin Ritt's dramatic film "Nuts", starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfus premieres

  • 2009 Angry Birds, a Finnish puzzle video game, is released internationally and becomes a massive global success

Trebek Suffers Heart Attack

2011 Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek suffers a minor heart attack in his home and is admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Playboy's Last Nude Issue

2015 "Playboy" magazine publishes its last nude issue, features Pamela Anderson on the cover

  • 2022 Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's musical "Some Like It Hot", based on the 1959 feature film comedy, opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; garners 13 Tony Award nominations

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