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1. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teen drama anthology that often touched on social issues of the day.
Stars: Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel, Alexa Kenin
Votes: 1,266
2. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,563
3. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,770
4. The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Master Sergeant Bilko, regularly helped by the soldiers at Fort Baxter's motor pool, spends little time performing his duties by constantly trying to obtain money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.
Stars: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Allan Melvin
Votes: 1,739
5. Baseball (1994–2010)
TV-PG | 104 min | Documentary, History, Sport
A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.
Stars: Daniel Okrent, George F. Will, John Chancellor, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Votes: 4,747
6. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 579
7. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
8. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 154
9. ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–1997)
90 min | Sport
ABC's weekend extravaganzas about everything that can be called a sports event.
Stars: Jim McKay, Howard Cosell, Muhammad Ali, Angelo Dundee
Votes: 223
10. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 120
11. Person to Person (1953–1961)
30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Interviews with figures from public life.
Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Charles Collingwood, Jayne Meadows, Jerry Lewis
Votes: 223
12. ESPN SportsCentury (1999–2007)
Documentary, Biography, History
A biography series counting down the 50 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century. It was expanded to include other athletes, personalities, and notable moments in sports history.
Stars: Chris Fowler, Dick Schaap, Edwin Pope, Robert Lipsyte
Votes: 324
13. The Way It Was (1974–1978)
30 min | Sport
Stars: Curt Gowdy, Don Dunphy, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Louis
Votes: 21
14. When It Was a Game (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 57 min | Documentary, History, Sport
This film consists solely of 8mm and 16mm film taken by players and fans from 1934 to 1957. All but a few minutes of the film are in color. Included is color footage of past major league ... See full summary »
Stars: Hank Aaron, Bud Abbott, Elden Auker, Red Barber
Votes: 334
15. Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
TV-G | 113 min | Documentary, History
For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jason Robards, Red Barber, Erik Barnouw, Ken Bilby
Votes: 594
16. The Sam Levenson Show (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Sam Levenson, The Henry Sylvern Orchestra, Allen Funt, Mary Margaret McBride
17. Try and Catch Me (1947)
9 min | Short
Sportscaster Red Barber narrates this Paramount Headliner short about the escapades of a raccoon, who is beginning his day when the rest of the world is going to bed. He visits a henhouse ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Herman | Star: Red Barber
18. The Fred Waring Show (1949–1954)
60 min | Music
Standard musical show featuring Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. During the 1949-50 season, there was a dance contest titled Video Ballroom.
Stars: Fred Waring, Joe Marine, Daisy Bernier, Joanne Wheatley
Votes: 26
19. The Golden Twenties (1950)
Approved | 68 min | Documentary
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
Stars: Robert Q. Lewis, Frederick Lewis Allen, Elmer Davis, Allen Prescott
Votes: 53
20. It's a Long Way to October (1983 TV Movie)
188 min | Documentary
Four hour documentary, broadcast over two nights in March 1983 on WTBS, about the 1982 Atlanta Braves.
Stars: Red Barber, Hank Aaron, Tommie Aaron, Bill Acree
21. When It Was a Game 2 (1992 TV Movie)
Unrated | 58 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Film consists solely of 8mm and 16mm film taken by players and fans from 1925 to 1961. All but approximately 6 minutes of the film is in color. Also includes literary passages, remembrances... See full summary »
Stars: Hank Aaron, Mel Allen, Elden Auker, Red Barber
Votes: 194
22. The Eyes Have It (II) (1948–1952)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Stars: Conrad Nagel, John Daly, Ilka Chase, Kyle MacDonnell
Votes: 16
23. Golf Doctor (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
This Sportscope features the San Francisco dentist who turned to Golf as a profession. While one of the better-known golfers of the era, he was/is better known as a broadcaster and ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Walsh | Stars: Cary Middlecoff, Red Barber
24. Major League Baseball on NBC (1947–2000)
Sport
Stars: Red Barber, Don Pardo, Noel Jordan, Jack Lightcap
Votes: 13
25. The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956 TV Special)
90 min | Music, Sport
Esther Williams heads a cast of 100 swimmers, water skiers, dancers, singers and tumblers in full scale production numbers, ashore and afloat, all set to music.
Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Don Adams, Fran Allison, Red Barber, The Bassi Trio
26. Ben Hogan (1946)
8 min | Short, Biography, Sport
Director: Joseph Walsh | Stars: Red Barber, Ben Hogan
27. Athletic Stars (1948)
8 min | Short, Sport
Director: Joseph Walsh | Stars: Red Barber, Patty Elsener, Fred Perry, Porter Roberts
28. Bundle from Brazil (1948)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Sport
A friend in South America sends sportscaster "Red" Barber a gift of a 'Coati-mundi', or ant-eater. Barber makes the mistake of letting the animal wander aimlessly around his house where his... See full summary »
Director: John A. Haeseler | Star: Red Barber
30. Powel Crosley and the 20th Century (1988 TV Special)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Taylor Feltner | Stars: Powel Crosley Jr., Bill Nimmo, Bill Angert, Red Barber
Votes: 10
31. Major League Baseball on CBS (1955–1993)
180 min | Sport
Stars: James Brown, Pat O'Brien, Tim McCarver, Jim McKay
35. Brooklyn, I Love You (1946)
Approved | 10 min | Short, History, Sport
Long ago and far away there was a baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York, known formally as the Brooklyn Dodgers but lovingly by their fans as "Dem Bums" (because they seldom won ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Herman | Stars: Red Barber, Leo Durocher, Pee Wee Reese, Pete Reiser
36. Monitor (1955 TV Special)
60 min | Family
Live and filmed simulcast introducing the NBC concept for weekend network radio programming, with a one -tine TV showing to introduce its features. NBC president Sylvester (Pat) L. Weaver, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Zeamer | Stars: Red Barber, Morgan Beatty, Bob & Ray, Bob Elliott
37. Salute to Baseball (1956 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Alan Handley | Stars: Don Adams, Mel Allen, Red Barber, Gertrude Berg
38. 1949 MLB All-Star Game (1949 TV Special)
184 min | Sport
Stars: Red Barber, Yogi Berra, Vern Bickford, Ewell Blackwell
39. Athletic Varieties (1948)
8 min | Short, Sport
Director: Joseph Walsh | Stars: Red Barber, Stewart Iglehart, Bill O'Brien
40. Ball Talk: Baseball's Voices of Summer (1989 Video)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, Sport
Six Hall of Fame baseball announcers are profiled and talk about watching and broadcasting baseball. Hosted by Larry King.
Director: Kevin Bender | Stars: Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jack Brickhouse, Jack Buck
Votes: 16
41. That Man Rickey (1952)
8 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
This RKO Sportscope describes the origin and development of the farm system of minor league clubs, which was designed by Branch Rickey, of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club, to discover promising young players.
Director: Jay Bonafield | Stars: Red Barber, Branch Rickey, Dick Hall, Ralph Kiner
42. 1953 Orange Bowl (1953 TV Special)
Sport
43. 1948 World Series (1948– )
Sport
The first World Series to be televised beyond the previous year's limited New York-Schenectady-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington network and was announced by famed sportcasters Red Barber, ... See full summary »
Stars: Red Barber, Van Patrick, Tom Hussey, Alvin Dark
44. 1945 Army-Navy Game (1945 TV Special)
Sport
45. Canadian Roughriders (1949)
8 min | Documentary, Short
This RKO-Pathe SporstScope shows range riders conducting a wild horse roundup on an Indian reservation in Alberta, and scenes of the Calgary Stampede, which includes bronc riding, chuck-wagon races, and cattle-roping.
Star: Red Barber
46. Kentucky Basketeers (1946)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Inside view of the game of basketball, following the "Wildcats" of the University of Kentucky at Lexingto through their paces in development of cohesive teamwork.
Director: Joseph Walsh | Star: Red Barber
47.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
A Home Run for Love
(1978)
Unrated | 45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In 1947, a young white boy and an elderly black man enjoy a warm and wonderful friendship based on their mutual love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Ronnie Scribner, Charles Lampkin, Anne Gee Byrd, Felicity Huffman
Votes: 27
48.
ESPN SportsCentury (1999–2007)
Episode:
Joe DiMaggio
(1999)
30 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Nick Acocella, Hugh Alexander, Maury Allen, Dave Anderson
49.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
The Life of Mickey Mantle
(1956)
60 min | Drama
In this somewhat unvarnished look at the life of baseball phenomenon Mickey Mantle, he's shown to be a sullen and uncommunicative young man during his early years in the big leagues. Using ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Herrmann | Stars: Mel Allen, Red Barber, Kevin Coughlin, Joe DiMaggio
50.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
With Glory and Honor
(1953)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Richard Goode | Stars: Red Barber, Louise Buckley, Alan Carney, Wendell Corey