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Just like Survivor isn’t about camping skills and the popularity of Hell’s Kitchen has nothing to do with cooking, Top Gear isn’t really about cars. It is a character play, plain and simple.

Original Skynyrd drummer Bob Burns–who played drums on the band’s first two albums–died last night after a single-car accident near Catersville, Georgia, when his car went off the road and hit a tree.

IT WAS APRIL 5th ... when less than five months after the first NBC network broadcast from New York, the Pacific Coast-based NBC ‘Orange’ network aired its first programmming from temporary studios in San Francisco.... When 19-year old Barbra Streisand (pictured) made her first network television appearance on NBC's late night "Jack Paar Show" with guest host Orson Bean... When the final episode of the original 'Hawaii Five-0' aired on CBS-TV... and when the FOX Broadcasting Company debuted coast-to-coast in the US with two Sunday night comedy shows, Married..With Children and The Tracey Ullman Show. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA&feature=youtu.be “Dark is what makes white, or any light color show. It doesn't have to be white, it can be any color that's light. But...

Four paid programmers and a raft of volunteers hosts named March 31 as their official last day, although many had broadcast their final shows sometime earlier in the week.

Given that recent seasons have seen 42% of all scripted shows get the ax, another 20 or so can be expected to join the no-hopers that have already disappeared from the airwaves.

Direct-to-consumer offerings from content providers like HBO test the need for cable and satellite providers.

Ben Meisner, known as the Voice of the North, has passed away following a short, and courageous battle with cancer...

IT WAS APRIL 3rd ... when two staples of NBC radio made their debuts three years apart, 'Mr. District Attorney,' and 'People Are Funny'... When the comedy team of (Dean) Martin & (Jerry) Lewis (pictured) began their own weekly series on NBC radio ... When radio station CKSA Lloydminster had its official grand opening, with 1000 watts at 1450 KHz... and when John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the The NBC Nightly News, to be succeeded by the team of Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw as coanchors. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.