@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 24th #DebutDay (9 October 2002) to Birds of Prey!
Based on DC comics, Oracle, Huntress, & Black Canary (aided by Batman's Alfred & Detective Reese) fight evil in New Gotham City (including a familiar Big Bad who is revealed later in the show)
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 40th #DebutDay (9 October 1986) to the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, The Phantom of the Opera! It will go on to great success & critical acclaim.
Link to Michael Crawford as The Phantom singing Music of the Night to Sarah Brightman as Christine:
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 12th #DebutDay (7 October 2014) to The Flash!
Grant Gustin stars in this spinoff from Arrow, as Barry Allen, the DC comics super speedster.
It was nominated for & won many awards
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 27th #DebutDay to Roswell!
This young adult sci-fi, with a cast including Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Colin Hanks, & Katherine Heigl, featured ETs trying to stay undercover in Roswell, New Mexico
Tubi
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 40th #DebutDay (6 October 1986) to Double Dare! This Nickelodeon game show for kids featured questions...and slime!
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 27th #DebutDay (5 October 1999) to Angel!
David Boreanaz starred in this spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which his vampire with a conscience character opposed evil, especially a law firm front for demons
Hulu, Tubi
@bufocalvin.bsky.social"Lords of light!"
Happy 46th #DebutDay (4 October 1980) to Thundarr the Barbarian! This wild post-Apocalyptic cartoon, with input from prominent comic book writers & artists, followed Thundarr, magic user Princess Ariel, & Ookla the Mok in a world of sorcery & super science
Tubi
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 50th #DebutDay (3 October 1976) to Quincy, M.E.!
Jack Klugman starred as a Medical Examiner who took an active hand in investigating crimes. Robert Ito's character, Sam, assisted him
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 26th #DebutDay (3 October 2000) to Dark Angel!
James Cameron was a creator of this post-apocalyptic show that starred Jessica Alba & featured Jensen Ackles
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialEver called anybody a "space cadet"?
Happy 76th #DebutDay (2 October 1950) to the original, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet!
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 25th #DebutDay (2 October 2001) to Scrubs!
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 67th #DebutDay (2 October 1959) to The Twilight Zone!
Picture if you will a writer who knew that imagination is the path to wisdom, and that the opposite of wisdom is certainty, because the only thing that is certain is that you are now in...The Twilight Zone.
@cloudn0ctis.bsky.socialToday is the big day. Come check me out at 2pm est. web.iriam.app/s/user/LTHwI...
#IRIAM #IRIAMUS #cloudn0ctis #cloudlings #cloudn0ctisart #debutday
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialSome of these old fantasy shows have serious fandom! 😉
Happy 235th #DebutDay (30 September 1791) to Mozart's The Magic Flute!
Here, the supernatural Queen of the Night threatens her daughter if the latter doesn't kill the Queen's enemy!
@bufocalvin.bsky.social"5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Thunderbirds are go!"
Happy 61st #DebutDay (30 September 1965) to Thunderbirds!
This Supermarionation show from Gerry & Sylvia Anderson featured the Tracy family of International Rescue and their fantastic Thunderbird machines!
@bufocalvin.bsky.social"Yabba dabba doo!"
Happy 66th #DebutDay (30 September 1960) to The Flintstones!
"They're the modern stone age family!"
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 63rd #DebutDay (29 September 1963) to My Favorite Martian!
Ray Walston stars as a stranded Martian living with Bill Bixby's Tim. This "Mermaid Out of Water" show predated Bewitched & I Dream of Jeannie.
My post speculating that Martin is a Jedi!
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 40th #DebutDay (29 September 1986) to Designing Women!
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason created this lauded sitcom starring Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, & Meshach Taylor!
Hulu, Tubi
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialIt has been half a century today since NBC aired the controversial TV movie, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, starring Eve Plumb
#DebutDay (27 September 1976, 50 years ago)
@bufocalvin.bsky.socialHappy 51st USA #DebutDay (26 September 1975) to The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
It opened in L.A. & some other cities. It didn't become the enduring part of pop culture it is now until some time later.
Here's a contemporary review: