DEC 08

DECEMBER 8 IN TV HISTORY

PREMIERED

1985Das Erste

Lindenstraße
German television series
40 years ago
2000CNN

The Situation Room
American news broadcast on CNN
25 years ago
2003Syfy

Battlestar Galactica
2004–2009 American science fiction television series, reimagining of a 1970s series
22 years ago
2008Adult Swim

Childrens Hospital
American television series
17 years ago
2014KBS 2TV

Healer
South Korea TV series
11 years ago
2019Showtime

The L Word: Generation Q
American drama television series
6 years ago

SIGNED OFF

1990CBS

Wiseguy
American television series
Ran 1987–1990
1996Disney Channel

Road to Avonlea
Television series
Ran 1990–1996
2002ITV

Doctor Zhivago
British-American-German miniseries directed by Giacomo Campiotti
23 years ago
2008ABC

Boston Legal
American legal dramedy
Ran 2004–2008
2008Adult Swim

Childrens Hospital
American television series
17 years ago
2012Nickelodeon

How to Rock
Television series
13 years ago
2019HBO

Silicon Valley
2014–2019 American television series
Ran 2014–2019
2019CBS

Madam Secretary
American political drama television series
Ran 2014–2019

BORN TODAY

1911d. 1976

Lee J. Cobb
American actor
1911–1976
1925d. 1990

Sammy Davis Jr.
American entertainer
1925–1990
1936d. 2009

David Carradine
American actor
1936–2009
1937d. 2010

James MacArthur
American actor
1937–2010
1953Age 73

Kim Basinger
American actress
Turns 73 this year
1962Age 64

Marty Friedman
American guitarist
Turns 64 this year
1963Age 63

Wendell Pierce
American actor and businessman
Turns 63 this year
1964Age 62

Teri Hatcher
American actress
Turns 62 this year
1965Age 61

David Harewood
British actor
Turns 61 this year
1976Age 50

Dominic Monaghan
German-born British actor
Turns 50 this year
1978Age 48

Ian Somerhalder
American actor
Turns 48 this year
1993Age 33

AnnaSophia Robb
American actress
Turns 33 this year