Today in TV History: September 23

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TV Series Premieres

These shows premiered on September 23:

• 2020:

  Agents of Chaos (HBO)

• 2020:

  I Can See Your Voice (Fox)

• 2019:

  All Rise (CBS)

• 2019:

  Bluff City Law (NBC)

• 2019:

  Bob (Hearts) Abishola (CBS)

• 2019:

  Crazy Love (LMN)

• 2019:

  Halloween Cake Off (Food Network)

• 2019:

  Prodigal Son (Fox)

• 2019:

  Team Kaylie (Netflix)

• 2018:

  Kitchen Takeover (Food Network)

• 2018:

  Murder Mountain (Fusion)

• 2017:

  Animal ER: Code Red (Nat Geo Wild)

• 2017:

  Epic Happy Hours (Travel)

• 2017:

  The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Oxygen)

• 2016:

  MacGyver (CBS)

• 2016:

  The Exorcist (Fox)

• 2016:

  Van Helsing (Syfy)

• 2015:

  Road Spill (truTV)

• 2015:

  Rosewood (Fox)

• 2014:

  NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)

• 2013:

  Genealogy Roadshow (PBS)

• 2013:

  Hostages (CBS)

• 2013:

  Lauren Lake's Paternity Court (Syn)

• 2013:

  Mom (CBS)

• 2013:

  The Blacklist (NBC)

• 2012:

  House Hunters Renovation (HGTV)

• 2012:

  Secret Brazil (Nat Geo Wild)

• 2012:

  The Code (Science)

• 2011:

  A Gifted Man (CBS)

• 2011:

  Majors & Minors (Hub)

• 2011:

  The Dead Files (Travel)

• 2010:

  $#*! My Dad Says (CBS)

• 2010:

  My Generation (ABC)

• 2010:

  Outsourced (NBC)

• 2009:

  Cougar Town (ABC)

• 2009:

  Eastwick (ABC)

• 2009:

  Hip Hop Shop (fuse)

• 2009:

  Mercy (NBC)

• 2009:

  Modern Family (ABC)

• 2008:

  Machines of Malice (Discovery)

• 2008:

  Opportunity Knocks (ABC)

• 2008:

  The Mentalist (CBS)

• 2008:

  Web Therapy (LStudio.com)

• 2007:

  CW Now (CW)

• 2007:

  Online Nation (CW)

• 2007:

  Property Virgins (HGTV)

• 2007:

  The Shopping Detective (Fine Living)

• 2007:

  The War (PBS)

• 2006:

  Legion of Super Heroes (CW)

• 2006:

  Monster Allergy (CW)

• 2006:

  NASCAR Angels (Syn)

• 2006:

  Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (CW)

• 2006:

  Tom and Jerry Tales (CW)

• 2005:

  Ghost Whisperer (CBS)

• 2005:

  Inconceivable (NBC)

• 2005:

  Killer Instinct (Fox)

• 2005:

  Three Wishes (NBC)

• 2004:

  Gift of Life (Discovery Health)

• 2003:

  I'm with Her (ABC)

• 2003:

  MythBusters (Discovery)

• 2003:

  NCIS (CBS)

• 2003:

  One Tree Hill (WB)

• 2002:

  100 Sexiest Artists (VH1)

• 2002:

  CSI: Miami (CBS)

• 2002:

  Half & Half (UPN)

• 2001:

  The Education of Max Bickford (CBS)

• 2001:

  The Mind of the Married Man (HBO)

• 2000:

  Just Deal (NBC)

• 2000:

  Static Shock (WB)

• 1999:

  Stark Raving Mad (NBC)

• 1999:

  Third Watch (NBC)

• 1997:

  Dellaventura (CBS)

• 1997:

  Hiller and Diller (ABC)

• 1996:

  Mr. Rhodes (NBC)

• 1995:

  Action Man (USA)

• 1995:

  Coast Guard (Syn)

• 1995:

  G.I. Joe Extreme (Syn)

• 1995:

  JAG (NBC)

• 1995:

  Nancy Drew (Syn)

• 1995:

  The Hardy Boys (Syn)

• 1992:

  Mad About You (NBC)

• 1990:

  Against the Law (Fox)

• 1990:

  Get a Life (Fox)

• 1990:

  The Civil War (PBS)

• 1989:

  Missing: Reward (Syn)

• 1989:

  Saturday Night with Connie Chung (CBS)

• 1987:

  Hooperman (ABC)

• 1987:

  The Slap Maxwell Story (ABC)

• 1986:

  Hot Shots (CBS)

• 1986:

  Sledge Hammer! (ABC)

• 1986:

  The Dick Cavett Show (ABC)

• 1985:

  Your Number's Up (NBC)

• 1984:

  Paper Dolls (ABC)

• 1983:

  For Love and Honor (NBC)

• 1983:

  Mr. Smith (NBC)

• 1979:

  Archie Bunker's Place (CBS)

• 1979:

  Love for Lydia (PBS)

• 1979:

  The Associates (ABC)

• 1979:

  Trapper John, M.D. (CBS)

• 1978:

  Apple Pie (ABC)

• 1978:

  The American Girls (CBS)

• 1976:

  Gemini Man (NBC)

• 1976:

  The Tony Randall Show (ABC)

• 1974:

  Lilias, Yoga and You (PBS)

• 1974:

  Villa Alegre (Happy Village) (PBS)

• 1973:

  The World at War (PBS)

• 1969:

  Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)

• 1969:

  The Governor and J.J. (CBS)

• 1968:

  Mayberry RFD (CBS)

• 1968:

  The Outcasts (ABC)

• 1967:

  Speed Racer (Syn)

• 1964:

  The Cara Williams Show (CBS)

• 1963:

  East Side/West Side (CBS)

• 1963:

  Sunrise Semester (CBS)

• 1962:

  Ensign O'Toole (NBC)

• 1962:

  McKeever & the Colonel (NBC)

• 1962:

  The Jetsons (ABC)

• 1961:

  On Your Mark (ABC)

• 1960:

  Dan Raven (NBC)

• 1960:

  Eyewitness to History (CBS)

• 1958:

  Bronco (ABC)

• 1957:

  The Price Is Right (NBC)

• 1957:

  The Restless Gun (NBC)

• 1956:

  Circus Boy (NBC)

• 1953:

  Melody Street (Dumont)

TV Movie & Miniseries Premieres

These shows premiered on September 23:

• 2017:

  Falling For Vermont (Hallmark)

• 2006:

  Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (SCI FI / Syfy)

• 2001:

  Last Brickmaker in America, The (CBS)

• 2001:

  Killing Yard (Showtime)

• 1997:

  Steel Chariots (FOX)

• 1996:

  She Cried No (NBC)

• 1995:

  Great Mom Swap, The (ABC)

• 1995:

  Jag (NBC)

• 1994:

  Justice In A Small Town (NBC)

• 1991:

  Wild Texas Wind (NBC)

• 1990:

  Camp Cucamonga (NBC)

• 1990:

  Leona Helmsley: The Queen Of Mean (CBS)

• 1990:

  She Said No (NBC)

• 1989:

  Not Quite Human I I (Disney)

• 1986:

  Doing Life (NBC)

• 1986:

  Firefighter (CBS)

• 1985:

  Family Ties Vacation (NBC)

• 1985:

  Izzy And Moe (CBS)

• 1984:

  Paper Dolls (ABC)

TV Characters Births, Deaths & Weddings

These events first aired on TV on September 23:

• 2016:

  Ted dies on Van Helsing

• 2014:

  Leslie Shay dies on Chicago Fire

• 2010:

  Cristina Yang & Owen Hunt are married on Grey's Anatomy

• 2010:

  Violet Turner & Pete Wilder are married on Private Practice

• 1999:

  Marina and ? are married on The Chimp Channel

• 1995:

  Angela Arutti dies on JAG

• 1984:

  Soon-Lee & Klinger's baby is born on AfterMASH

• 1978:

  Thelma Evans and Keith Anderson are married on Good Times

TV Historical Firsts & Lasts

These events occurred on September 23:

• 2013:

  First broadcast by 'Esquire Network' after changing its name from 'Style Network.'

• 2010:

  First TV series to use a Twittersode -- character dialogue tweeted in a conversation. Community

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKZT-TV (channel 23; Elizabethtown, KY).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKSO-TV (channel 29; Somerset, KY).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKON-TV (channel 52; Owenton, KY).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKMR-TV (channel 38; Morehead, KY).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKMA-TV (channel 35; Madisonville, KY).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKLE-TV (channel 46; Lexington, KY).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKGB-TV (channel 53; Bowling Green, KY).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by WKAS-TV (channel 25; Ashland, KY).

• 1963:

  First broadcast by WMEB-TV (channel 12; Orono, ME).

• 1962:

  First color series on ABC. The Jetsons

• 1961:

  First movie to become a TV series. How to Marry a Millionaire

• 1960:

  First broadcast by CKSA-TV (channel 2; Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada).

• 1957:

  First broadcast by WFSB-TV (channel 3; Hartford, CT) as WTIC-TV.

• 1953:

  First broadcast by KHQA-TV (channel 7; Hannibal, MO).

• 1952:

  First closed-circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports' event.

• 1951:

  First U.S. transcontinental broadcast to be received on the West Coast.