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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 5h

📺 October 4, 1977: Mr. Roper (Norman Fell) was shocked to awake next to his tenant Jack Tripper (John Ritter) in Jack’s bed on the morning after a wild party in the apartment on ABC’s “Three’s Company”

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 20h

📺 October 3, 2016: “Timeless” debuted on NBC. The time travel drama was created by Shawn Ryan & Eric Kripke, and starred Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, & Goran Višnjić. There were 26 episodes produced in two seasons, along with a 2-hour finale special in December 2018.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 20h

📺 October 3, 1984: “Charles in Charge” debuted on CBS. While the sitcom that starred Scott Baio & Willie Aames initially lasted only 1 season, the show was reworked for first-run syndication where it ran for 4 more seasons from 1987-90. The syndicated version also starred Nicole Eggert & Josie Davis

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 21h

📺 October 3, 2007: “Pushing Daisies” debuted on ABC. The offbeat comedy about a pie-maker who can bring dead things back to life starred Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Kristin Chenoweth and Chi McBride. It produced 22 episodes in two seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 21h

📺 October 3, 2001: “According to Jim” began its eight-season run on ABC. The family sitcom starred Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kimberly Williams and Larry Joe Campbell.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 22h

📺 October 3, 1983: “Scarecrow and Mrs. King” began its four-season run on CBS. Kate Jackson scored another hit after “Charlie’s Angels” with the spy comedy-drama that also starred Bruce Boxleitner and Beverly Garland.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 3, 1976: “Quincy, ME,” starring Jack Klugman, launched as one of the four rotating series on “The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie.” After four 90-minute movie format broadcasts, “Quincy, ME” was upgraded to a weekly one-hour series in the fall of 1977 and aired until May 11, 1983.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 3, 1961: “The Dick Van Dyke Show” debuted on CBS. Created by Carl Reiner, the classic sitcom starred Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Maury Amsterdam and Larry Matthews. 158 episodes were produced in its five-season run.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

⚾️ October 2, 1978: In a one-game playoff for the American League East division title, Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer off Mike Torrez to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 2, 2022: “East New York” debuted on CBS. The Brooklyn-set police procedural, which ran for a single season, starred Amanda Warren, Jimmy Smits, Kevin Rankin, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Richard Kind.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 2, 1971: “Soul Train” debuted in syndication. The music-dance showcase founded by its host Don Cornelius primarily focused on performances by R&B, soul and hip hop artists in its history. It aired thru 2006.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 2, 1997: On NBC’s “Friends,” Chandler (Matthew Perry) came home to a nearly empty apartment and noticed his roommate Joey (Matt LeBlanc) locked inside of their entertainment center by a hockey stick. They realized the potential buyer of that center had robbed them.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 2, 2011: “Homeland” debuted on Showtime. The Emmy-winning spy drama starred Claire Danes, Damian Lewis & Mandy Patinkin. The 8-season series was based on the Israeli thriller “Prisoners of War” and developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 2, 2000: “Yes, Dear” debuted on CBS. The family sitcom was created by Alan Kirschenbaum and Greg Garcia and starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O’Malley and Liza Snyder. It ran six seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📺 October 2, 1993: Crystal Gravy, a product that parodied the then-newly released clear soda Crystal Pepsi, premiered in a fake commercial during "Saturday Night Live" on NBC.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📺 October 1, 1955: “The Honeymooners” debuted as a standalone sitcom on CBS. Created by and starring Jackie Gleason, the comedy also starred Audrey Meadows, Art Carney and Joyce Randolph. 39 episodes were produced in a 12-month period.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📺 September 30, 2002: “Still Standing” debuted on CBS. The family sitcom, which starred Mark Addy and Jami Gertz and developed at a time when the network often used the “King of Queens” template of a portly husband with an attractive, sassy wife, ran four seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📺 September 30, 2001: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” debuted on NBC. The second “Law & Order” spinoff starred Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan and Courtney B. Vance. The series moved to USA Network beginning in its seventh season in 2007. Ten seasons were produced overall.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📺 September 30, 2001: “Alias” debuted on ABC. The JJ Abrams action spy drama starred Jennifer Garner, Victor Garber, Michael Vartan, Merrin Dungey, Bradley Cooper, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman and Ron Rifkin. It ran five seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📺 September 29, 1993: “Grace Under Fire” debuted on ABC. Chuck Lorre's first sitcom starred Brett Butler as a mother left to raise her three kids after divorcing her abusive husband. It ran five seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 2017: “Will & Grace” returned to NBC, 11 years following its original 8-season run. In the episode, Will (Eric McCormack) and Grace (Debra Messing) had their political beliefs put to the test, and the two ultimately found themselves inside the Oval Office at the White House.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 2021: “La Brea” debuted on NBC. The sci-fi drama about an unexplainable primeval world uncovered by a massive sinkhole that opened up in Los Angeles starred Natalie Zea, Jon Seda and Nicholas Gonzalez. Thirty episodes were produced in three seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 1961: “Hazel” debuted on NBC. The comedy starred Shirley Booth in her two-time Emmy winning role as spunky live-in maid Hazel Burke. It moved to CBS for its fifth and final season. Original co-stars Don DeFore and and Whitney Blake were replaced with Ray Fulmer and Lynn Borden.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 1962: “I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster” starring John Astin and Marty Ingels debuted on ABC. The sitcom ran a single season.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 2015: Trevor Noah officially succeeded Jon Stewart as host of nightly news satire “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Noah’s stint lasted seven years.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 1987: “Star Trek: The Next Generation” debuted in syndication. Created by Gene Rodenberry, the first “Star Trek” spin-off series starred Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Brent Spiner and Wil Wheaton. 178 episodes were produced across seven seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 2006: “Ugly Betty” debuted on ABC. Based on the Columbian telenovela “Yo Soy Betty, La Fea”, the romantic one-hour comedy starred America Ferrara, Eric Mabius, Alan Dale, Ana Ortiz, Michael Urie, Judith Light and Vanessa Williams. It ran four seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 September 28, 2011: “Suburgatory” debuted on ABC. The comedy about a single father (Jeremy Sisto) who moved to the eerily idyllic suburbs with his teenage daughter (Jane Levy) ran for three seasons. It also starred Cheryl Hines and Ana Gasteyer.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📺 September 27, 2009: “The Cleveland Show” premiered on Fox. The animated “Family Guy” spinoff that centered on Cleveland Brown and his family featured the voices of Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long and Jason Sudeikis. The series lasted four seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📺 September 27, 2015: “Quantico” debuted on ABC. The action thriller starred Priyanka Chopra, who became the first South Asian to headline an American network drama. The series lasted three seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📺 September 27, 1986: “Amen” debuted on NBC. From Carson Productions and created by Ed. Weinberger (“The Cosby Show”), the comedy starred Sherman Hemsley, Clifton Davis and Anna Maria Horsford. 110 episodes were produced across five seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📺 September 27, 2017: “SEAL Team” debuted on CBS. The military drama which starred David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot and Jessica Paré produced seven seasons overall; its latter three seasons were on Paramount+.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📺 September 27, 2012: “Elementary” debuted on CBS. The New York City-set police procedural that provided a contemporary take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, portrayed by Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, respectively, ran seven seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 September 26, 2018: “A Million Little Things” began its five-season run on ABC. The family drama starred David Giuntoli, Grace Park, Romany Malco, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, James Roday Rodriguez, Stéphanie Szostak, Tristan Byon, and Lizzy Greene.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 September 26, 2007: “Private Practice” debuted on ABC. The first spinoff of “Grey’s Anatomy” centered on Kate Walsh’s character Dr. Addison Montgomery moving from Seattle to Los Angeles to work at the Seaside Health & Wellness Center. It ran six seasons.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 September 26, 1986: Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) was back from the TV dead and out of the shower in the 10th season premiere of the primetime soap “Dallas” on CBS. It was all Pam’s (Victoria Principal) dream!

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 September 26, 1985: On CBS serial drama “Knots Landing”, Abby (Donna Mills) told Gary (Ted Shackelford) that his brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy) had died. But if Bobby’s “death” was all an eventual dream that Pam (Victoria Principal) had in “Dallas,” how did the folks in “Knots Landing” find out?

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 September 26, 1978: On ABC sitcom “Three’s Company”, Mr. Roper (Norman Fell) mistakenly believed the candid diary that Chrissy (Suzanne Somers) was transcribing was her own, and that he was who the diary referenced as “the very attractive but married downstairs neighbor.”

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 September 25, 2017: “The Good Doctor” began its 7-season run on ABC. Based on the 2013 South Korean series of the same name, the medical drama starred Freddie Highmore, Richard Schiff, Antonia Thomas, Hill Harper, Nicholas Gonzalez, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee, Christina Chang and Paige Spara.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

⚾️ 📺 September 25, 2014: Derek Jeter hit a game-winning walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning in the final Yankee Stadium game of his playing career. It was one of the most-watched regular season games in the histories of YES Network and MLB Network.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 September 25, 2006: “Heroes” began its four-season run on NBC. The drama about ordinary people who discovered that they had superhuman abilities starred Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, and Ali Larter.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📺 September 25, 1987: “Beauty and the Beast” premiered on CBS. Although the fantasy detective drama starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton lasted two full seasons along with an abbreviated third season, it had developed a cult following.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📺 September 25, 1979: Don Knotts officially joined the cast of ABC sitcom “Three’s Company” in its fourth season premiere as the new apartment landlord Ralph Furley.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📺 September 24, 2014: “black-ish” began its eight-season run on ABC. The family comedy, created by Kenya Barris, starred Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross (Golden Globe winner in 2017), Laurence Fishburne, Jenifer Lewis, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin and Deon Cole.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📺 September 24, 2003: Jun Song defeated Alison Irwin by a 6-1 jury vote to win the fourth season of CBS reality competition “Big Brother” #BB4 Until Kaycee Clark in 2018, Song had been the only winner of Asian descent.

Alison Irwin, Jun Song and Julie Chen on "Big Brother" in 2003

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📺 September 24, 1987: Kirstie Alley officially joined the cast of NBC’s “Cheers” as the bar’s new manager Rebecca Howe in the sitcom’s sixth season premiere. Former lead star Shelley Long had departed the series earlier that year after five seasons to further pursue her movie career.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In January 1988, a four-day "Super Password" champion named "Patrick Quinn" had won a total of $58,600. However, his appearances on the show led the Secret Service to apprehend him as he, whose real name was Kerry Ketchem, was charged with credit card and insurance fraud.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📺 September 24, 1984: “Super Password” debuted on NBC in daytime. An update of predecessor “Password Plus”, the game show hosted by Bert Convy ran five years.

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📺 September 24, 1970: “The Odd Couple” debuted on ABC. Throughout its five-season run, the Emmy award for Outstanding Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series went to lead stars Jack Klugman twice and Tony Randall once (Randall’s, in the final season).

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Programming Insider @programminginsider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📺 September 23, 2009: “Modern Family” debuted on ABC. Created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Leviton, the mockumentary sitcom starred Ed O’Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez.

“Modern Family” starring Ed O’Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez

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