2007-01-29 05:42:20 · 20 answers · asked by Mimi 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Cops
Premiere Date: Sat., March 11, 1989
2007-01-29 05:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Krista P 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044296/
I found one!
"This Is Your Life" with Ralph Edwards as the host.
(1952 - 1961)
Someone, usually a star, was brought to dinner or something, and they dropped by the theater for some reason or another, and suddenly they were the star of the show, with all sorts of people visiting them. Sometimes it might be a school teacher who meant a lot to them, their babysitter, relatives they hadn't seen in a long time, anybody from thier past. I loved this show!
Often there would be a person who gave them a start in show business. Dance teachers, singing teachers... You get the idea.
Though the "star" was often up in age, sometimes it was a younger person.
Basically, Ralph Edwards would open a huge scrapbook that contained photos and stories from the person's entire life, and they brought the guests/visitors on to tell their stories, and they would show the photos on a big screen behind everyone.
This show made us laugh and cry a lot! Sometimes they got one star to trick another star to go to see the show, only it turned out that the "accomplice" was actually the one who the show was about!
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Some other ones, though later...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Network_Stars
Nov., 1976
Battle of the Network Stars
I loved that show!
From the link above:
"Battle of the Network Stars was the name of nineteen U.S. television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC.
The first Battle was broadcast on ABC starting in November 1976, with subsequent episodes airing approximately every six months until May 1985. It returned to the air for a final show in December 1988."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_Court
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0133300/
Actually, I found a fictional "Divorce Court" show that started in 1957. Actors played the parts, which were based on real cases. This one doesn't count.
The current Divorce Court didn't start until 1999.
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2007-01-29 05:53:38 · answer #2 · answered by OhWhatCanIDo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was in 1974. Paul Watson's fly on the wall series about the Wilkins Clan, I believe it was called The Family, filming a working class family round the clock. It was considered to be the first ever reality tv programme.
I know this because I'm the oldest one here and I watched it.
2007-01-29 05:58:46 · answer #3 · answered by chickpea 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Producer/writer/director John Langley created Fox Broadcasting Company’s television series COPS in 1988.
2007-01-29 05:50:20 · answer #4 · answered by John G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Real World. Around 1991 or 1992. New York was the first year.
2007-01-29 05:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by DJSS 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Divorce Court. Early 70's.
2007-01-29 05:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Endurance a Japanese show where contestants would sit in ice, eat insects, take a whipping and so on, for money, Clive James used to show parts of it on his Sunday Night show, not for the faint hearted. I don't know when it started but it was hilarious in parts
2007-01-29 05:49:10 · answer #7 · answered by Savant 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it was the real world in the early 90s
2007-01-29 05:44:41 · answer #8 · answered by TroubleRose 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gilligan's Island. In the 1960's.
2007-01-29 05:45:46 · answer #9 · answered by biggimpin 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It was the Real World
2007-01-29 05:46:12 · answer #10 · answered by spkmyer 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋