Today in TV History: September 21

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TV Series Premieres

These shows premiered on September 21:

• 2020:

  Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics (YouTube)

• 2020:

  Filthy Rich (Fox)

• 2019:

  Caroline & Friends: The Game (GSN)

• 2019:

  Lens of Culture (Cleo TV)

• 2019:

  Power Players (Cartoon Network)

• 2018:

  Battlefish (Netflix)

• 2018:

  Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan (Netflix)

• 2018:

  Hilda (Netflix)

• 2018:

  Maniac (Netflix)

• 2018:

  Pete the Cat (Amazon)

• 2018:

  The Good Cop (Netflix)

• 2017:

  American Beauty Star (Lifetime)

• 2017:

  RV Hunters (Travel)

• 2016:

  Designated Survivor (ABC)

• 2016:

  India: Nature's Wonderland (PBS)

• 2016:

  Lethal Weapon (Fox)

• 2016:

  Speechless (ABC)

• 2015:

  Blindspot (NBC)

• 2015:

  Life in Pieces (CBS)

• 2015:

  Minority Report (Fox)

• 2015:

  Natural Born Monsters (Weather)

• 2015:

  Wabbit (Cartoon Network)

• 2014:

  Madam Secretary (CBS)

• 2014:

  Mr. Pickles (adult swim)

• 2013:

  BollyBlast (Veria)

• 2013:

  SAF3 (Syn)

• 2013:

  The Coolest Places on Earth (Syn)

• 2012:

  Access 360 (Nat Geo)

• 2012:

  Pride & Groom (here!)

• 2012:

  Secret Princes (TLC)

• 2011:

  Greatest NFL Rivalries (HD Theater)

• 2011:

  NFL Single Coverage (HDNet)

• 2011:

  Revenge (ABC)

• 2011:

  The X Factor (Fox)

• 2010:

  Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)

• 2010:

  Raising Hope (Fox)

• 2010:

  Running Wilde (Fox)

• 2010:

  Smithsonian Channel's Garden Secrets (Smithsonian)

• 2009:

  Accidentally on Purpose (CBS)

• 2009:

  Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Syn)

• 2009:

  Brick City (Sundance)

• 2009:

  Destination Golf (Golf Channel)

• 2009:

  In The Lab (MTV2)

• 2009:

  Street Court (Syn)

• 2009:

  The Brian McKnight Show (Syn)

• 2008:

  Agenda Washington

• 2008:

  Spaceballs: The Animated Series (G4)

• 2008:

  Untouched America (Travel)

• 2007:

  Gamekillers (MTV)

• 2006:

  Shark (CBS)

• 2006:

  Six Degrees (ABC)

• 2005:

  E-Ring (NBC)

• 2005:

  Invasion (ABC)

• 2005:

  The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (NBC)

• 2004:

  Rodney (ABC)

• 2004:

  The Late Late Show (CBS)

• 1999:

  Mission Hill (WB)

• 1999:

  Once and Again (ABC)

• 1999:

  The Mike O'Malley Show (NBC)

• 1998:

  Conrad Bloom (NBC)

• 1998:

  Donny & Marie (Syn)

• 1998:

  Highlander: The Raven (Syn)

• 1998:

  Hyperion Bay (WB)

• 1998:

  L.A. Doctors (CBS)

• 1998:

  Match Game (Syn)

• 1998:

  The Brian Benben Show (CBS)

• 1998:

  The King of Queens (CBS)

• 1998:

  Will & Grace (NBC)

• 1997:

  The World's Funniest! (Fox)

• 1996:

  All Dogs Go to Heaven (ABC)

• 1996:

  America's Dumbest Criminals (Syn)

• 1996:

  Dark Skies (NBC)

• 1996:

  Profiler (NBC)

• 1996:

  Richie Rich (Syn)

• 1996:

  Wing Commander Academy (USA)

• 1995:

  Caroline in the City (NBC)

• 1995:

  The Single Guy (NBC)

• 1994:

  Daddy's Girls (CBS)

• 1994:

  The Cosby Mysteries (NBC)

• 1994:

  Touched by an Angel (CBS)

• 1993:

  NYPD Blue (ABC)

• 1992:

  Love & War (CBS)

• 1991:

  First Look (Syn)

• 1991:

  Roggin's Heroes (Syn)

• 1991:

  The Torkelsons (NBC)

• 1990:

  Evening Shade (CBS)

• 1990:

  Going Places (ABC)

• 1989:

  Hardball (NBC)

• 1989:

  Top of the Hill (CBS)

• 1987:

  Beverly Hills Teens (Syn)

• 1987:

  Slim Cooking with Richard Simmons (Syn)

• 1987:

  Spiral Zone (Syn)

• 1987:

  Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (Syn)

• 1986:

  Dancin' to the Hits (Syn)

• 1986:

  Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (ABC)

• 1985:

  Hollywood Beat (ABC)

• 1985:

  Lime Street (ABC)

• 1983:

  Hotel (ABC)

• 1979:

  Eischied (NBC)

• 1977:

  Big Hawaii (NBC)

• 1977:

  The Oregon Trail (NBC)

• 1976:

  Baa Baa Black Sheep (NBC)

• 1976:

  Rich Man, Poor Man: Book 2 (ABC)

• 1975:

  Bronk (CBS)

• 1974:

  Nakia (ABC)

• 1973:

  Needles and Pins (NBC)

• 1972:

  Jigsaw (ABC)

• 1972:

  Young Dr. Kildare (Syn)

• 1971:

  Sarge (NBC)

• 1970:

  NFL Monday Night Football (ABC)

• 1970:

  The Silent Force (ABC)

• 1970:

  The Young Lawyers (ABC)

• 1969:

  My Partner the Ghost

• 1969:

  The Lawyers (NBC)

• 1968:

  Adam-12 (NBC)

• 1968:

  The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (NBC)

• 1964:

  Many Happy Returns (CBS)

• 1964:

  Slattery's People (CBS)

• 1963:

  The Jerry Lewis Show (ABC)

• 1962:

  Don't Call Me Charlie (NBC)

• 1962:

  Fair Exchange (CBS)

• 1962:

  The Jack Paar Program (NBC)

• 1959:

  Love and Marriage (NBC)

• 1959:

  The Dupont Show with June Allyson (CBS)

• 1957:

  Perry Mason (CBS)

• 1957:

  The Polly Bergen Show (NBC)

• 1956:

  Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Dumont)

• 1956:

  Lilli Palmer Theatre (Syn)

• 1954:

  Studio 57 (Dumont)

• 1953:

  Marge and Jeff (Dumont)

• 1950:

  Nash Airflyte Theater (CBS)

• 1949:

  Photocrime (ABC)

• 1948:

  Mary Margaret McBride (NBC)

• 1948:

  Operation Success (Dumont)

TV Movie & Miniseries Premieres

These shows premiered on September 21:

• 2014:

  Hazing Secret, The (LMN)

• 2014:

  My Other Mother (GMC / UP)

• 2013:

  Taken: The Search For Sophie Parker (Lifetime)

• 1997:

  All the Winters That Have Been (CBS)

• 1997:

  Crowned And Dangerous (ABC)

• 1993:

  Donato And Daughter (CBS)

• 1992:

  Miss America: Behind The Crown (NBC)

• 1991:

  Love And Curses . . . And All That Jazz (CBS)

• 1990:

  Murder C. O. D. (NBC)

• 1990:

  World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid, The (CBS)

• 1987:

  If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (NBC)

• 1986:

  George Washington I I: The Forging Of A Nation (CBS)

• 1984:

  Burning Rage (CBS)

TV Characters Births, Deaths & Weddings

These events first aired on TV on September 21:

• 2016:

  Rhonda Lyon dies on Empire

• 2015:

  Leonard Hofstadter and Penny elope on The Big Bang Theory

• 2013:

  Sean McGinnes dies on Hell on Wheels

• 2004:

  Haley James and Nathan Scott are married on One Tree Hill

TV Historical Firsts & Lasts

These events occurred on September 21:

• 2009:

  First time a sitting United States President has appeared on program. The Late Show with David Letterman

• 2008:

  First basic cable show to win a top series Emmy Award. Mad Men

• 1970:

  First broadcast by KAPP-TV (channel 35; Yakima, WA).

• 1957:

  First broadcast by CHBC-TV (channel 2; Kelowna, BC, Canada).

• 1953:

  First broadcast by KRDO-TV (channel 13; Colorado Springs, CO).