AUG 06

AUGUST 6 IN TV HISTORY

PREMIERED

2006Adult Swim

Metalocalypse
American animated television series
20 years ago
2007KBS 2TV

I Am Sam
Television series
19 years ago
2013NBC

Broken Angel
American drama television series
13 years ago
2017E!

Life of Kylie
US television program.
9 years ago
2020Paramount+

Star Trek: Lower Decks
American animated television series
6 years ago
2021Disney Jr.

Spidey and His Amazing Friends
American animated children's television series
5 years ago

SIGNED OFF

1993ABC

Perfect Strangers
American comedy television series
Ran 1986–1993
2006Nickelodeon

Blue's Clues
American interactive educational children's television series
Ran 1996–2006
2019Star TV

Erkenci Kuş
Turkish television series
Ran 2018–2019
2019Comedy Central

Drunk History
American television comedy series
Ran 2013–2019
2020Netflix

The Rain
Danish web television series
Ran 2018–2020
2023JTBC

King the Land
South Korean television series
3 years ago

BORN TODAY

1910d. 1982

Adoniran Barbosa
Brazilian singer and composer
1910–1982
1911d. 1989

Lucille Ball
American actress
1911–1989
1917d. 1997

Robert Mitchum
American actor
1917–1997
1920d. 1988

Ella Raines
American actress
1920–1988
1926d. 2016

Frank Finlay
British actor
1926–2016
1951Age 75

Catherine Hicks
American retired actress
Turned 75 this year
1960Age 66

Leland Orser
American actor
Turned 66 this year
1973Age 53

Vera Farmiga
American actress
Turned 53 this year
1976Age 50

Melissa George
Australian actress
Turned 50 this year
1981Age 45

Leslie Odom Jr.
American actor and singer
Turned 45 this year
1986Age 40

Dipika Kakar
Indian actress
Turned 40 this year
2001Age 25

Ty Simpkins
American actor
Turned 25 this year

ALSO ON THIS DAY

1956
After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
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