FILM TV 106A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Father Knows Best, B Movie
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Tv was often shot live from new york. Invented the re-run, because the film could be continuously shown again and again. 1952: dragnet: cop show about the lapd interrogating people, real, dull police work. 1953: father knows best: filmed by columbia, first major company to film a tv series. 1955 abc tv network disneyland, walt disney presents, wonderful world of color. 1955 dec rko sells films to tv. 1956 majors sell back catalog of films into tv syndication. 1961 nbc saturday night at the movies. 1971 world premiere made for tv movies: came into being after studios ran out of films to sell to tv studios. 1971: brian"s song: most popular tv movie ever made, dealt with current controversial issues, made for tv movies for the next 15 years are about current controversial issues.
