Today's 7 December Film TV in History

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  • 1952 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
  • 1953 WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1954 KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1956 Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel (NBC)
  • 1963 First football instant replay when CBS uses the newly developed Ampex video tape recorder to replay a 1-yard touchdown during the Army-Navy game

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979 "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," the first movie of the series, premieres, directed by Robert Wise and starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy

  • 1986 NBC premiere of miniseries "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna" (Part 1)

Goulet has Surgery

1993 American singer Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery

Howard Stern Averts a Suicide

1994 Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide

Angels in America

2003 Television adaptation of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" directed by Mike Nichols, starring Justin Kirk and Al Pacino, premieres on HBO

Pope John Paul II

2005 U.S. debut of the second part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope John Paul II" on CBS

2018 Comedian Kevin Hart steps down as 2019 Oscars host after his history of homophobic statements is revealed

  • 2021 Mockumentary comedy "Abbott Elementary," created by Quinta Brunson and starring Brunson, Tyler James Williams, and Janelle James, premieres on ABC

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