* 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N. Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.

In December 2009, a new television competition series called The Sing-Off aired on NBC.

Robert Quinlan " Bob " Costas ( born March 22, 1952 ) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s.

A majority of the DeMille motion picture library now resides with EMKA, Ltd. through the television division of NBC Universal, due to Paramount Pictures ' losing the rights to the DeMille films in 1958 to EMKA, so technically it is Universal Pictures that now oversees a vast part of DeMille's motion picture career as well as its related archival material.

Each of the big four U. S. television networks, CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox, directly owns and operates a high-definition television station in Chicago ( WBBM, WLS, WMAQ and WFLD, respectively ).

She also appeared in the NBC television live action production of The Year Without a Santa Claus in December 2006.

Fans began honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every NASCAR Cup race, and the television coverage of NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on NBC went silent for each third lap from Rockingham to the following year's race there in honor of Earnhardt For the first three weeks after Earnhardt's death, on-track incidents brought out the caution flag on lap three.

While originally conceived and edited for American television ( and announced in an advertisement by NBC in the Tuesday, July 9, 1963 issue of The Hollywood Reporter ), the production was re-edited for a British theatrical run before the American television debut.

* The Event, an American conspiracy thriller television series for NBC

In May 2001, NBC began using " Only Time " to accompany commercials for their television series Friends, which helped the song top the Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts.

This CD was released only in the United States in an exclusive partnership with the NBC television network and the Target department store chain.

Afterwards it became the only Godzilla film to receive a television premiere on a major U. S network, as NBC aired it on prime time television in the summer of 1977, where it was hosted by actor John Belushi dressed in a Godzilla costume.

The NBC television comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air twice used the song for comedic effect.

Kelly in rehearsal with Sugar Ray Robinson and assistant Jeanne Coyne in the NBC Omnibus ( U. S. TV series ) | Omnibus television special Dancing is a Man's Game ( 1958 )

In 1947, Marx was chosen to host a radio quiz program You Bet Your Life broadcast by ABC and then CBS, before moving over to NBC radio and television in 1950.

You Bet Your Life debuted in October 1947 on radio on ABC ( which aired it from 1947 – 49 ), sponsored by costume jewelry manufacturer Allen Gellman ; and then on CBS ( 1949 – 50 ), and finally NBC, continuing until May 1961 — on radio only, 1947 – 1950 ; on both radio and television, 1950 – 1960 ; and on television only, 1960-1961.

He also had a television special on NBC featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Marc Anthony and Kim Burrell.

* 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.

In 1956, Cotten left film for years for a string of successful television ventures, such as the NBC series On Trial ( renamed at mid-season The Joseph Cotten Show ).

A meeting with American television companies ( ABC, Métromédia, NBC ) created the series The Underwater Odyssey of Commander Cousteau, with the character of the commander in the red bonnet inherited from standard diving dress ) intended to give the films a " personalized adventure " style.

NBC plans a new series of three long programs exploring America's scientific plans titled `` Threshold '', to start in the fall.

The program came out of the NBC Special Projects department, and was slotted in the Du Pont Show Of The Week series.

He also hosted similar vehicles on the radio — and was a familiar celebrity guest on various other broadcast programs, including the long-running NBC radio series, Monitor.

Banacek ( pronounced ' BAN-a-check ') is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard which aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974.

The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology.

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

( 1971 TV series ), an NBC dramatic series

She also appeared with a starring role in the series Extreme for NBC and the syndicated series Renegade and Queen of Swords.

They presented the idea to Bright, with whom they had previously worked, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the series to NBC.

Gumby was an NBC series ( a Howdy Doody spin-off ) during 1957.

This was followed on October 3, 1948 by an appearance on the NBC TV series Welcome Aboard, then a stint as the first of a series of hosts of The Colgate Comedy Hour in 1950.

From 1961 – 1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, Sing Along with Mitch, featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation.

The band finished a Far East tour in December 1968 ( where his copy of Naked Lunch was confiscated by Australian Customs ) and then filmed an NBC television special, 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee, which rehashed many of the ideas from Head, only with the Monkees playing a strangely second-string role.

* September 12 – The first episode of The Monkees is broadcast on NBC Television.

* March 25 – The 58th and final new episode of The Monkees airs on NBC.

* March 25 – The 58th and final episode of The Monkees airs on NBC.

* September 12 – The Monkees premieres on NBC ( 1966 – 1968 ); Family Affair premieres on CBS ( 1966 – 1971 ); The Iron Horse and The Rat Patrol premiere on ABC ( both 1966 – 1968 ).

Each show represented a meeting of the " Banana Splits Club ", and the wraparounds featured the adventures of the club members, who doubled as a musical quartet, meant to be reminiscent of The Beatles and mostly their NBC counterpart, The Monkees.

* The musical sitcom The Monkees ( NBC, 1966 – 68 ) featured a laugh track throughout its first season and several episodes of the second.

NBC, already annoyed by the manufactured rock group wanting too much control over their show, cancelled The Monkees after Season 2 concluded, citing the non-existent laugh track as a major factor.

In late 1966, Barry was asked to produce tracks for Monkees, a music group put together specifically as the stars of an NBC sitcom, also called " The Monkees ".

Their television series was canceled more or less at their own request ( as the four Monkees now desired a variety show format, which NBC rejected ); their first motion picture project, Head, failed at the box office ; and in December, Peter Tork left the group.