The NBC television series The Monkees was popular, and remained so in syndication.

When NBC tried to cancel it in early 1968, the show was so popular among fans that a campaign organized by Bjo Trimble successfully demanded its return, redefining the relationship between television networks and audiences.

* NBC ran two popular TV series about truck drivers in the 1970s featuring actor Claude Akins in major roles:

* December 6 – The 1-hour stop-motion animated special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, based on the popular Christmas song, premieres on NBC.

Seinfeld premiered on NBC in 1989 and soon thereafter became a commercial blockbuster and cultural phenomenon, and one of the most popular sitcoms of all time.

Durie has also appeared in other top brand name programs in Australia and the USA including Dancing with the Stars, 60 minutes, Celebrity Millionaire, The Price is Right, Better Homes and Gardens, Hard Copy, Entertainment Tonight, E news, NBC Today Show, Donahue, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and most recently was host and judge on the popular US series Top Design in Australia.

During the same time, she tried television, appearing in three episodes of the popular NBC western Wagon Train as three different characters in 1959 and 1961.

It premiered on NBC in 1935 and continued until its demise in 1959, long after radio had ceased to be the dominant form of entertainment in American popular culture.

The network gave The Waltons an undesirable timeslot – Thursdays at 8 p. m., opposite two popular programs: The Flip Wilson Show on NBC and The Mod Squad on ABC.

When Letterman left, NBC asserted their intellectual property rights to many of the most popular Late Night segments.

The format predated the NewsCenter format which become popular in NBC owned stations in the 1970s.

They were popular on radio throughout the 1940s, primarily on their own program which ran from 1942 until 1947 on NBC and from 1947 to 1949 on ABC.

In 1994, comedian Jerry Seinfeld — who says Abbott and Costello were strong influences on his work — hosted a television special Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld ( the title refers to the duo's popular film series in which they met some of Universal's famed horror picture characters ), on NBC ; the special was said to have been seen in 20 million homes.

Willard Scott, popular NBC television personality, called the band, " The best band he'd ever seen " during a 1985 broadcast.

The legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini introduced many Americans to classical music through his popular NBC Symphony Orchestra radio broadcasts.

Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to Truth or Consequences, the title of a popular NBC radio program.

After retiring from racing, he became a popular racing analyst for the ESPN, NBC, and TBS television networks.

De Kalb was the birthplace of Bonanza star Dan Blocker, who played the character " Hoss Cartwright " on the popular NBC television Western.

Starting in the 1930s, WLS had been an affiliate of the Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ), and as such aired the popular Fibber McGee and Molly and Lum and Abner comedy programs ( both produced at the studios of Chicago's NBC-owned stations, WENR and WMAQ ) during their early years.

A Good Samaritan law was featured in the May 1998 series finale of the popular NBC situation comedy Seinfeld, in which the show's four main characters were all prosecuted and sentenced to one year in jail for making fun of ( rather than helping ) a fat man who was getting robbed at gunpoint.

Although NBC finally settled on the skilled and well-respected broadcast journalist John Chancellor, Cronkite proved to be more popular and continued to be top-rated until his retirement in 1981.

In addition, there was a growing " cast of characters " including an NBC electrician who played " Father Ed ," a priest who would get flustered when his cue cards were deliberately turned upside-down ; Canadian comedian Murray Langston, who as " The Unknown Comic " wore a paper bag over his head ( with cut-outs for his eyes, mouth, and even a box of Kleenex ), and " Gene Gene the Dancing Machine " ( Gene Patton ), arguably the most popular member of the " cast ", another NBC stagehand who would show up and dance whenever the band played the song " Jumpin ' at the Woodside ".

Daniel Baldwin is known for his role as Detective Beau Felton in the popular NBC TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.

The fictional U. S. president on The West Wing, a popular NBC television drama series, is named " Josiah Bartlet ".

* 1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage " baby-boomers " by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.

Besides his use of the comic strip to voice his opinions and display his humor, Capp was a popular guest speaker at universities, and on radio and television.

Contrary to popular belief, teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney did not attend a Holly concert, although they watched his television appearance on Sunday Night at the London Palladium ; Tony Bramwell, a school friend of McCartney and George Harrison, did.

On November 20, 1955, he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, a popular television variety show, where he infuriated the host.

* In a 1994 episode of the popular animated television series Beavis and Butt-head, the two eponymous characters, after watching a milk ad on television, set out to tip over a cow, only to result in Beavis being crushed when the cow falls on him.

Sagan is known for his popular science books and for the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he narrated and co-wrote.

Chicago has also been the setting for many popular television shows.

In Britain rhyming slang had a resurgence of popular interest beginning in the 1970s resulting from its use in a number of London-based television programmes such as Steptoe and Son, Mind Your Language, The Sweeney ( the title of which is itself rhyming slang —" Sweeney Todd " for " Flying Squad ", a rapid response unit of London ’ s Metropolitan Police ), Minder, Citizen Smith, Only Fools and Horses, and EastEnders.

Another American writer in a similar vein was Thorne Smith, whose works ( such as Topper and The Night Life of the Gods ) were popular and influential, and often adapted for film and television.

Next, Lynch created his own television series with Mark Frost, the highly popular murder mystery Twin Peaks ( 1990 – 1991 ); he also created a cinematic prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ( 1992 ), a road movie, Wild at Heart ( 1990 ), and a family film, The Straight Story ( 1999 ) in the same period.

He is also known as a painter, television presenter and popular author on human sociobiology.

Bayard's Cove has been used in several television productions, including The Onedin Line a popular BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980.

Although the majority of WADs contain one or several custom levels mostly in the style of the original game, others implement new monsters and other resources, and heavily alter the gameplay ; several popular movies, television series, other video games and other brands from popular culture have been turned into Doom WADs by fans ( without authorization ), including Aliens, Star Wars, The X-Files, The Simpsons, South Park, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Red Faction, The Thing, Pokémon and Batman.

In 1981, the cable television network MTV was launched, originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music.

Television executives had been pursuing Ball to adapt her very popular radio series My Favorite Husband for television.

In 2002, Morris directed a series of television ads for Apple Computer as part of a popular " Switch " campaign.

Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television.

Among Rotten Tomatoes ' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 71 % based on 24 reviews.

Ongoing discussion of current celebrities and television personalities within popular culture also frequently sparks debate.

During the 1980s, anime gained in popularity, with new animated movies released every summer and winter, often based upon popular anime television series.

Movies based on Japanese television series were especially popular during this period.