OCTOBER 19 IN TV HISTORY

Television series

52 years ago

American reality television series

22 years ago

Italian TV miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm

19 years ago

American television series

10 years ago

British crime thriller limited series

3 years ago

Television series

3 years ago

Six-part documentary television series

15 years ago

Brazilian telenovela

14 years ago

American political drama television serial

Ran 2011–2012

American drama television series

6 years ago

British crime thriller limited series

3 years ago

New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.

The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.