Tonight in 1977 — #TheAfricanQueen aired on CBS.

#MarietteHartley and #WarrenOates starred in this pilot for a sequel series to the 1951 film.

It sunk in the ratings.

#ClassicTV #1970sTV #TheAfricanQueen

54 years ago today:
Star Trek
S3E23: All Our Yesterdays
Kirk, Spock and McCoy are trapped in two parts of another planet's past—a world threatened with destruction when its sun goes supernova.
Airdate: 1969-03-14
https://themoviedb.org/tv/253/season/3/episode/23
#StarTrek #MarietteHartley #NBC #Television

51 years ago today:
Mannix
S5E24: Death in the Fifth Gear
A racing accident lays Mannix up. While recuperating, he hears threats against him, but are they real?
Airdate: 1972-03-08
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2813/season/5/episode/24
#Mannix #MarietteHartley #CBS #ClassicTV

59 years ago today:
The Virginian
S2E19: The Drifter
This episode recounts in flashback how the Virginian came to Shiloh Ranch. The Virginian comes to Medicine Bow and first works for Miles Peterson (Leif Erickson) whose spread is run by ranch foreman Hugh Stager (Michael Forest). Stager tries to gain control of the ranch by romancing Peterson's daugh...
Airdate: 1964-01-29
https://themoviedb.org/tv/10180/season/2/episode/19
#TheVirginian #LeifErickson #MarietteHartley #NBC #ClassicTV #TV

59 years ago today:
The Virginian
S2E19: The Drifter
This episode recounts in flashback how the Virginian came to Shiloh Ranch. The Virginian comes to Medicine Bow and first works for Miles Peterson (Leif Erickson) whose spread is run by ranch foreman Hugh Stager (Michael Forest). Stager tries to gain control of the ranch by romancing Peterson's daugh...
Airdate: 1964-01-29
https://themoviedb.org/tv/10180/season/2/episode/19
#TheVirginian #MarietteHartley #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television

60 years ago today:
Gunsmoke
S8E19: Cotter's Girl
Cotter goads Mackel into giving him a severe beating. Cotter gives Matt money and a letter for his girl, Clarey. Cotter wants Matt to see that she gets to his sister Flo in Harrisburg. Cotter drinks his last slug of whiskey and dies. Matt rides up to get Clarey expecting a ten year old. She's a...
Airdate: 1963-01-19
https://themoviedb.org/tv/3713/season/8/episode/19
#Gunsmoke #MarietteHartley #CBS #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries

49 years ago today:
Columbo
S3E5: Publish or Perish
A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.
Airdate: 1974-01-18
https://themoviedb.org/tv/873/season/3/episode/5
#Columbo #JackCassidy #MarietteHartley #ABC #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows