1 9 5 4 – Current (USA) 13,000+ x 60 minute episodes The Tonight Show premiered on NBC in 1954 with Steve Allen as its…
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1 9 8 4 (Australia) One of the biggest television flops in Australia in 1984 was the Nine Network’s Tonight with Bert Newton which kicked off…
1 9 5 7 (USA) 12 x 105 minute episodes When Steve Allen and The Tonight Show left the air in January 1957, NBC premiered a…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 6 (USA) 56 x 60 minute episodes After a number of hit records, most notably Tie a Yellow…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (UK) Top Beat was a monthly BBC show which crammed eight or nine acts (Wayne Fontana,…
1 9 7 7 – Current (UK) Top Gear started in the BBC Midlands area – the historic heart of the British motor industry – on…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 2 (UK) 60 minute episodes Premiering on 20 October 1951, this variety show was created by the…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) ABC’s Top Numbers offered viewers a continuous stream of the day’s most popular hits, brought…
1 9 6 4 – 2 0 0 6 (UK) On 30 July 2006, the BBC broadcast the final edition of Top Of The Pops. Thousands…
1 9 7 3 – 1 9 8 0 (Australia) 69 x 30 minute episodes Torque was the first ever popular series about the motor car…
1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 6 (USA) This Fox show was essentially an updated version of Candid Camera – whose creator, Allen Funt, sued…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes Following his elevation to stardom as presenter of the weekly Variety show Sunday Night At The London…
1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 4 (Australia) 120 x 30 minute episodes 1 9 8 5 – 1 9 9 3 (Australia) 60…
1 9 8 0 (UK) “Walkies!” Training Dogs The Woodhouse Way (BBC2) starred eccentric, bossy senior citizen Barbara Woodhouse, replete in woolly tartan kilt and sensible…
1 9 5 9 (UK) 10 x 45 minute episodes Debuting on 20 June, this starring vehicle for comedian Tommy Trinder from the BBC aired fortnightly…
1 9 7 3 – 1 9 7 4 (Australia) 1 x 60 minute pilot 14 x 60 minute episodes Following a one-hour pilot in…
1 9 8 2 – 1 9 8 7 (UK) 125 x 90 minute episodes Channel 4’s live Friday night music show with edge and attitude…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 2 (UK) Howard Williams (replaced by Wally Whyton), Muriel Young and Bert Weedon (the famous guitarist) presented…
1 9 4 9 – 1 9 5 4 (USA) 60/30 minute episodes Broadcast from Philadelphia, this teen-oriented ABC musical talent show was hosted by veteran…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 1 (UK) 10 x 25 minute episodes Debuting on 29 June 1980, this short-lived new wave music and…