Today's 13 January Film TV in History

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  • 1928 Swedish-American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson, of General Electric, demonstrates the first television receiver at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York
  • 1936 Screen Directors Guild incorporates in Hollywood, later voting King Vidor as their first president
  • 1948 First country music TV show, "Midwestern Hayride," premieres on WLW-T in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting

All that Fall

1957 "All that Fall", first radio play by Samuel Beckett, aired on BBC Third Programme

  • 1989 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13½ year run on ABC-TV

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

1989 British comedy sketch show series "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debuts on BBC1

  • 1998 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years

Wahlberg Donates Fee

2018 American actor Mark Wahlberg donates his $1.5M re-shoot fee for the film "All The Money In The World" to "Time's Up" movement after revelation co-star Michelle Williams was only paid $1000

  • 2023 English actor Julian Sands (65) reported missing after failing to return from a hike on Mount Baldy in San Bernardino County, California

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