January 13 Calendar
- 1928 Swedish-American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson, of General Electric, demonstrates the first television receiver at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York
- 1948 1st country music TV show, "Midwestern Hayride", premieres on WLW-T in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
"All that Fall"
1957 "All that Fall", first radio play by Samuel Beckett, aired on BBC Third Programme
- 1989 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13½ year run on ABC-TV
"A Bit of Fry and Laurie"
1989 British comedy sketch show series "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debuts on BBC1
- 1998 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
"Schitt's Creek"
2015 TV comedy "Schitt's Creek" created by and starring Eugene Levy, Dan Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy premieres on CBC in Canada
Wahlberg Donates Fee
2018 American actor Mark Wahlberg donates his $1.5M re-shoot fee for the film "All The Money In The World" to "Time's Up" movement after revelation co-star Michelle Williams was only paid $1000
- 2023 English actor Julian Sands (65) reported missing after failing to return from a hike on Mount Baldy in San Bernardino County, California
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