Today's 27 April Film TV in History

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  • 1986 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) hacks into and interrupts HBO

Music History

1986 Revival of Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" starring Debbie Allen and Bebe Neuwirth, opens at the Minskoff Theatre, NYC; runs for 368 performances, and 4 Tony Awards

  • 1994 Revival of J.B Priestley's stage drama "An Inspector Calls", starring Philip Bosco, opens at Royale Theatre NYC; runs for 454 performances, winning a Drama Desk and a Tony Award

Music History

1995 Revival of Jean Cocteau's stage drama "Indiscretions" ("Les parents terribles"), starring Eileen Atkins, Roger Rees, and Kathleen Turner, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 220 performances

  • 2011 Mummified remains of American actress Yvette Vickers discovered by a neighbor at her home; she had not been seen since 2010

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" late-night talk and news show fronted by John Oliver premieres on HBO

  • 2020 US Defense Department declassifies and releases videos of unidentified "aerial phenomena" from 2004 and 2015

The Late Late Show

2023 James Corden's final appearance as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS, after 1,196 episodes

The Settlers

2025 "The Settlers" documentary by Louis Theroux premiers on BBC2, revisiting Israeli settlers 14 years after the release of his film "The Ultra Zionists" [1]


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