Today's 28 January Film TV in History

Photo for the article Today's 28 January Film TV
  • 1951 "La Vie Commence Demain," the first X-rated movie depicting artificial insemination, opens in London
  • 1953 WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting

Tonight! America After Dark

1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie & Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen & Jack Paar)

"The Goon Show" Ends

1960 "The Goon Show"'s final episode on BBC radio

  • 1965 "The Who" make their 1st appearance on British television programme "Ready Steady Go!"
  • 1973 "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV
  • 1973 Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
  • 1991 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
  • 1996 12th Sundance Film Festival: "Welcome to the Dollhouse" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
  • 2001 17th Sundance Film Festival: "The Believer", directed by Henry Bean, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

Miss Saigon

2001 Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil's musical "Miss Saigon", based on Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly, and starring Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 4,092 performances and 3 Tony Award wins

  • 2007 23rd Sundance Film Festival: "Padre Nuestro", directed by Christopher Zalla, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

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