When the Tiffany Network Turned 50

I know what I'll be obsessing over this pandemic weekend!

Seen on my MTM Facebook group:

Hosted by Walter Cronkite and Mary Tyler Moore, “CBS: On the Air -- A Celebration of 50 Years” ran for an astounding nine-and-a-half-hours over the course of one week in 1978. Never before or since has a TV network gone to such lengths as the Columbia Broadcasting System (aka Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System) did to commemorate and reflect on its history.

How many stars can you name without cheating?

Hosts Mary Tyler Moore and Walter Cronkite, who had a cameo on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on the episode "Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite" (Feb. 9, 1974).

From HERE.

BREAKING: David Letterman Announces Retirement

Dave will reportedly exit "The Late Show" in 2015 but, to be honest, I haven't watched Dave in ages, other than to see Darlene Love usher in Christmas or the occasional appearance by Rosanne Cash, etc., I heard about in advance. But my love for Dave goes way back. My mom, siblings and I were completely hooked on his short-lived debut, the daytime "David Letterman Show," which featured a zany cast of characters, including Edie McClurg's Mrs. Marv Mendenhall. It debuted in the summer of 1980 and we were spellbound by this gap-toothed Midwesterner who seemed to have our family's weird sense of humor. We never missed an episode, which were 90 minutes long when it debuted. (It was later trimmed to an hour.) We were crushed when it went off four months later -- we were at school, but we know it wouldn't be waiting for us come summer -- but when he got his late show on NBC, the love affair began all over again, in no small part thanks to Teri Garr and Sandra Bernhard. Will be interesting to see who the network thinks is right to replace him. Everything is different now, but some have mentioned Chelsea Handler as a possible replacement ... but I don't see that flying on network television.

Meet 'Golden Boy' Theo James

  Been noticing this incredibly fresh-faced kid in ads for the new CBS show "Golden Boy." Apparently he's Theo James, a 28-year-old Brit who was killed off of "Downton Abbey" early on. England's loss is the (fake) NYPD's gain.  Read a Q&A in the New York Times HERE.

Michael Weatherly: An American in Paris

Sexy "NCIS" star Michael Weatherly gives CBS Watch! readers a personal tour of the City of Lights, a place he called home while studying abroad at American University in Paris. If things don't pan out for Daniel Craig in the 007 role, I wonder how Weatherly's British accent is ... he certainly has the look down.

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