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TV stars Jason Alexander and Chi McBride were born on this date, along with Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Ben E. King, Julio Iglesias and John Coltrane. Hank Williams made his final recordings, 'That'll Be the Day' by Buddy Holly & the Crickets was #1, pay-TV got started with the Rocky Marciano/Jersey Joe Walcott fight; Matlock and Marcus Welby MD debuted on ABC, and two Ken Burns epics (The Civil War and The War) debuted on PBS. Leaving this 'vale of tears' Sept. 23rd were Canadians Henry Champ and Chief Dan George, actors Cliff Arquette and Mary Frann, country music's Jimmy Wakely and broadcaster Bill Ballance. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

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Seattle’s 26-20 overtime win over Denver Sunday resulted in another huge TV rating nationally and locally. The contest, televised by CBS, was the highest-rated NFL game of the weekend on any network, according to CBS officials, earning an average household rating of 16.9 nationally and a share of 32. Locally, the game drew a 41.9 rating (the rating is the percentage of all TVs tuned to that station) and a 79 share (the share is the percentage of all TVs in use at that tuned to that station).

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.Charlo Greene of CBS affiliate KTVA in Anchorage quit her job on air last night, telling viewers, “Fuck it. I quit.” She was reporting on the Alaska Cannabis Club, and later revealed she is the owner of the medical marijuana business. She said she was going to be leaving TV news so she could devote her time to pushing for marijuana legalization in Alaska.

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It's the date that brought us Meryl Streep, Debby Boone, Joni James, Bonnie Hunt, Martha Scott and CBS newsman Richard C. Hottelet. Maverick, Lost and Fulll House debuted on ABC-TV; Friends, Baywatch and Man From Uncle had their premieres on NBC Television; the Everly Brothers performed toegether for the first time in 10 years; The Supremes recorded their next smash 'I Hear a Symphony,' and Bob Dylan played Carnegie Hall. Obits include music makers Irving Berlin, Harry Warren and Eddie Fisher; actors George C. Scott, Gordon Jump, Edward Albert and Jackie Burroughs; and Laugh-In's Dan Rowan. ALL the milestones for Sept. 22nd INSIDE.

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Born this date were Bill Murray, Fannie Flagg, Ricki Lake, Cheryl Hines, Jerry Bruckheimer, Bill Kurtis, and Canadian performers Leonard Cohen, Tommy Common, and Air Farce's John Morgan. Kelowna's CHBC-TV signed on, Monday Night Football and NYPD Blue debuted on ABC TV, Bing Crosby taped his Philco Radio Time in Vancouver, Raymond Burr starred for the 1st time in Perry Mason on CBS-TV, The Jack Paar Show debuted in prime time on NBC-TV, and John & Yoko guested on ABC-TV's late night Dick Cavett Show. Checking out permanently were Walter Brennan, Arthur Godfrey singer Lu Ann Simms, Canadian bandleader Johnny Burt, evangelist Rex Humbard, and Old Time Radio's Rye Billsbury. Details and ALL the Sept. 21st milestones INSIDE.