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unusual facts about CBS Television



Christie Film Company

As comedy specialists, the Christie Film Company debuted comedy actors Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Anita Garvin and black actor Spencer Williams, later known for his portrayal of Andy Brown in the Amos & Andy" CBS Television series.

David Begelman

In 1993, a book by Coyne Steven Sanders about the history of Judy Garland's CBS Television series The Judy Garland Show (1963–64) devoted a chapter to possible embezzlement of Garland's funds by Begelman.

Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room

Olson went on to become a famous announcer on American game shows, including as the announcer on The Price Is Right on CBS Television from 1972 until his death.

The Garland Touch

The rest of Judy's original albums released before her death on June 22, 1969 came from two movie soundtracks -- Gay Purr-ee (1962) and I Could Go On Singing (1963); from her 1963-64 CBS Television series, The Judy Garland Show; from 1964 concert performances at the London Palladium (featuring solos and duets with her daughter Liza Minnelli); and from Garland's last engagement at the Palace Theatre in 1967.


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Aisha Hinds

In 2013, Hinds was cast as series regular on the CBS television series Under the Dome based on King's book of the same title.

Alfredo Antonini

His collaboration with Julie Andrews, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II in a production of Cinderella for CBS television was critically acclaimed in 1957 and was telecast live to an audience of 107 million people.

Allan Gurganus

It was made into a CBS television play, with Cicely Tyson winning one of its four Emmy Awards as best supporting actress in the role of the freed slave Castalia.

And the Sea Will Tell

The book was published in 1991 and adapted into a CBS television mini-series starring James Brolin, Rachel Ward, Hart Bochner and Deidre Hall that same year; Richard Crenna played Bugliosi, who acted as narrator.

Arapahoe Rescue Patrol

In 1989 the Patrol was featured on the NBC Today show after a rock rescue in Roxborough Park, and on the CBS television show Rescue 911 after successfully rescuing two girls.

Avery Fisher Hall

The program concentrated on concert hall acoustics, and, like the opening night concert, was shown over the CBS television network.

Billy Costello

But before winning a title, he put together an early undefeated streak, which included a 10-round decision over Willie Rodriguez on CBS television in November 1982.

Bobby Sowell

In 1966 Sowell won the Mid-South Fair and was scheduled to appear on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour on CBS Television, but before he could go there, he got drafted during the Vietnam War and his musical career was put on hold.

Buff Cobb

By that time the program had gone from radio to become the pioneering CBS television talk show Mike and Buff.

Camurati–Engelmann disease

John Belluso, writer for the CBS television show Ghost Whisperer, was bound to a wheel chair since the age of 13 because of the Camurati–Engelmann syndrome.

CBS Productions

CBS Productions was the production arm of the CBS television network, now a part of CBS Corporation, formed in 1952 to produce shows in-house, instead of relying solely on outside productions.

CBS7

KOSA-TV, the CBS television affiliate in the United States

Coral Springs High School

Jennifer Bini Taylor (Class of 1990), American actress best known for playing Chelsea on the CBS television series Two and a Half Men.

Courtney Cummz

In October 2007, Courtney made a cameo appearance on the CBS television show, The Unit.

EBay Enterprise

On March 21, 2010, the company and its former CEO, Michael Rubin, were featured on the CBS television series Undercover Boss.

Eva Saxl

Their story was dramatized by the 1956-1958 CBS television show Telephone Time in an episode titled "Time Bomb".

Hilary Knight

The live CBS television adaptation on Playhouse 90 (1956) with Evelyn Rudie as Eloise received such negative reviews that Kay Thompson vowed never to allow another film or TV adaptation.

Honestly, Celeste!

Young Norman Lear, later a major television producer, and Larry Gelbart, who subsequently developed M*A*S*H for CBS television, joined the writing staff of Honestly, Celeste! but could not change the ratings.

Howard A. Chinn

(1968) NAB Engineering Achievement Award, awarded by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to Howard A. Chinn, director, general engineering; CBS Television Network; New York, New York.

Hyperthymesia

In the CBS television series Unforgettable, the main character Carrie Wells, played by Poppy Montgomery, possesses superior memory capabilities that she uses to help solve crimes under investigation by the police.

Jamie Silberhartz

She also had a recurring role as Bonnie the receptionist on the CBS television show Without a Trace and has appeared in commercials for Life Savers, Pizza Hut ,and Sony.

Jim McGorman

Best known for his work with the House Band on the CBS television shows Rockstar: INXS and Rockstar: Supernova, he has been musical director for Avril Lavigne, Weezer, Michelle Branch, Paul Stanley (from KISS) and toured with Cher.

John Henry Faulk

Other supporters in the blacklist struggle included radio pioneer and Wimberley, Texas native Parks Johnson and reporter and CBS television news anchor Walter Cronkite.

John Schneider

John A. Schneider (born 1926), president of the CBS Television Network

Lucas Black

He is known for his roles in the CBS television series American Gothic as well as roles in films such as Sling Blade, Jarhead, Friday Night Lights, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Legion, Get Low, All the Pretty Horses, and Seven Days in Utopia.

Maurice DuBois

In September 2004, DuBois joined WCBS-TV — also in New York and the East Coast flagship station of the CBS television network — as one of its anchors for the 6pm newscast, CBS 2 News at 6 with Dana Tyler.

Mig Ayesa

Ayesa was also a competitor of CBS television series Rock Star: INXS to be the new lead singer of INXS and was one of the final three contestants along with runner-up Marty Casey and winner J. D. Fortune.

Natalie Martinez

She currently stars as Deputy (later Sheriff) Linda Esquivel in the CBS television drama Under the Dome, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.

Palmyra Atoll

The book led to a CBS television miniseries by the same name starring James Brolin, Rachel Ward and Hart Bochner.

Richard L. Bare

He directed virtually every episode of the 1960s-1970s CBS television series Green Acres.

Samantha Mathis

In 2013, Mathis played psychiatrist Alice Calvert on the CBS television series Under the Dome, based on a novel by Stephen King.

Samantha Spade

Special Agent Samantha "Sam" Spade is a fictional character portrayed by actress Poppy Montgomery on the CBS television drama Without a Trace.

Samuel J. Seymour

Just two months before his death, at age 95, he appeared on the February 9, 1956 episode of the CBS TV quiz show I've Got a Secret as a mystery subject, in an episode in which Lucille Ball made an unusual appearance as a guest panelist.

San Rafael High School

Byron Stewart '74 Warren Coolidge on the CBS television series The White Shadow.

Shirlee Taylor Haizlip

Haizlip was the first woman to manage a CBS television affiliate, WBNB-TV in St.Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Sid McGinnis

Sid McGinnis (born October 6, 1949) is an American musician and guitarist, best known for his work on the CBS Television show, Late Show with David Letterman, as part of the CBS Orchestra.

Siege of Boonesborough

The siege of Boonesborough was dramatized in an episode of the 1964 CBS television series "The Great Adventure", with Peter Graves starring as Daniel Boone.

Steven Eckholdt

In 2003, Eckholdt starred in the CBS television sitcom My Big Fat Greek Life which was based on the blockbuster hit movie comedy, My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

The Legend of Jake Kincaid

Starring Alan Autry and David Hart from the long running CBS television hit In the Heat of the Night.

The New Adventures of Gilligan

It was based on the 1964–1967 CBS television series Gilligan's Island and featured almost all the actors from the show, except for Tina Louise, who was determined to distance herself from the role of Ginger Grant (the animated Ginger became a platinum blonde in case Louise objected to Filmation using her image), and Dawn Wells, who was on the road in a play and was unavailable (Jane Webb voiced both Ginger and Mary Ann; she was credited as Jane Edwards for the latter).

Thurston Howell, III

Thurston Howell III (mentioned in the opening credits as: "The Millionaire") is a character on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan's Island, which ran from 1964 to 1967, and later in syndication.

Waldbaum's

Waldbaum's was referenced in the CBS television shows The King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Happily Divorced.

Walkin' After Midnight

On January 28, 1957, Cline was invited to perform a song on the CBS television program hosted by Arthur Godfrey entitled, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.

In January 1957, Cline performed the song on an episode of the CBS television program, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.

WCEE

WIFR, formerly known as WCEE, a CBS television affiliate based in Rockford, Illinois and licensed to nearby Freeport

Will: G. Gordon Liddy

He rebuked Liddy, stating, "What purpose is ultimately served? The basic criterion seems to be that it sells, enabling various companies and individuals, including Mr. Liddy, to make some money" and comparing it with a CBS television movie about Charles Manson and the Manson Family murders.

Zella Lehr

She made guest appearances on the Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before becoming a regular on the CBS television show Hee Haw as the 'unicycle girl'.