Search results

  1. Doctor Omega

    Review Television Today

    Television Today was an early television series which aired in New York City during 1931 on experimental mechanical television station W2XAB. Also known as Looking at Television, the series featured Charles E. Butterfield, who gave a series of talks. According to the article "Vision Offers...
  2. Doctor Omega

    Review Television Magic

    Television Magic was a very early American television series that aired in 1932. Broadcast in New York City on experimental station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV), it was broadcast on a mechanical television system. The series was first announced in the September 17, 1932 edition of The New York Sun, with...
  3. Doctor Omega

    Review The Television Ghost

    The Television Ghost was one of the first television series, broadcast from July 21, 1931 to February 20, 1933, by W2XAB New York City (now WCBS-TV), an experimental television station of Columbia Broadcasting System. Each episode lasted for 15 minutes. The Television Ghost ran for the entirety...
  4. Doctor Omega

    Review Piano Lessons

    Piano Lessons was among the earliest regularly scheduled television programs. Aired in New York City from 1931 to 1932 on station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV), it consisted of piano lessons given by Professor G. Aldo Randegger, and aired on mechanical television. Originally a 30-minute series, it later...
  5. Doctor Omega

    Review Hints for Swimmers

    Hints for Swimmers was among the earliest regularly scheduled television series. Broadcast in 1931 on New York City station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV), it was a series featuring Charles Speer which aired in a 15-minute time-slot. It was among the first TV series to have aired on a CBS station.
  6. Doctor Omega

    Review Helen Haynes

    Helen Haynes is the assumed title of an early American television series. It aired in 1931 and again in 1932 on experimental New York City station W2XAB, and was a 15-minute music program viewed on mechanical television sets. There is scarce information about the series and its star, Helen...
  7. Doctor Omega

    Review Harry Fries and His Musical Saw

    Harry Fries and His Musical Saw was an early, experimental television program aired in New York City during 1932. As the title suggests, it consisted of Harry Fries playing the musical saw. Time-slots ranged from 25 minutes to 15 minutes, and it aired on W2XAB (now WCBS-TV). A technical problem...
  8. Doctor Omega

    Review Harriet Lee

    Harriet Lee was an American television series which aired on experimental New York City station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV) during 1931. It was a music program which starred the singer of the same name, and aired in a 15-minute time-slot. It was among the earliest entertainment programs to have aired on...
  9. Doctor Omega

    Review Hair Fashions

    Hair Fashions was an early mechanical television series which aired in New York City during 1932. Featuring Ferdinand Graf, it was a 15-minute program about hair fashions which aired on W2XAB (now WCBS-TV). It was also listed as Society Hair Fashions in an early TV listing. It was likely one of...
  10. Doctor Omega

    Review Grace Yeager

    Grace Yeager is the assumed title of a 1931–1932 United States television series which aired on New York City television station W2XAB. Among the earliest regularly-scheduled series, it featured the singer of the same name, who was a soprano. According to an article in the October 31, 1931...
  11. Doctor Omega

    Review Exhibition Boxing Bouts

    Exhibition Boxing Bouts is the possible title for a very early American television series. Aired 1931 to 1932 in New York City, it consisted of miniature boxing matches, and aired on what was then mechanical television station W2XAB, which later became WCBS-TV. Time-slots varied from 15 minutes...
  12. Doctor Omega

    Review Elliot Jaffee

    Elliot Jaffee was an American television series, which aired 1931 to 1932 on experimental television station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV). Featuring the tenor of the same name, it was a live music series on mechanical television. Jaffee was also a radio performer during the early 1930s. None of the...
  13. Doctor Omega

    Review Doris Sharp

    Doris Sharp is the assumed title of a very early television series, which aired from 1931 to 1932 on New York City station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV). Doris Sharp had a 15-minute segment on the station, in which she sang songs. The series did not air on a specific day of the week. It was listed in TV...
  14. Doctor Omega

    Review Alice Remsen

    Alice Remsen is the assumed title of one of the earliest scheduled television segments, pre-dating The Television Ghost. She appeared on the station W2XCD during 1931.[1] On her segment she performed songs. Nothing remains of the series today, as it aired live, and practical methods to record...
  15. Doctor Omega

    News Samaritan (2021)

    Your thoughts on this movie..... A dark, fresh take on the superhero genre.
  16. Doctor Omega

    Information My Spy: IN PRODUCTION

    Your thoughts on this movie..... A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
  17. Doctor Omega

    Review Finding the Way Back (2020)

    Your thoughts on this movie.... Ben Affleck plays a former basketball all-star who has lost his wife (Torrance) and family foundation in a struggle with addiction. He attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a losing high school basketball team at his alma mater before...
  18. Doctor Omega

    Review Under the Silver Lake (2018)

    Your thoughts on this movie..... Sam, intelligent but without purpose, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
  19. Doctor Omega

    Review Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

    Your thoughts on this movie.... This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa...
  20. Doctor Omega

    Review Girl (2018)

    Your thoughts on this movie.... Lara is a 15-year-old girl, born in the body of a boy, who dreams of becoming a ballerina.
Top