Today in TV History: November 17

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TV Series Premieres

These shows premiered on November 17:

• 2018:

  Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (Sundance)

• 2017:

  101 People Who Made the 20th Century (ReelzChannel)

• 2017:

  Marvel's The Punisher (Netflix)

• 2017:

  Shot in the Dark (Netflix)

• 2017:

  Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters (Netflix)

• 2017:

  The Legend of...with Chris Jericho (Travel)

• 2016:

  Paranoid (Netflix)

• 2015:

  Chicago Med (NBC)

• 2015:

  Men, Women, Wild: Untamed (Discovery)

• 2014:

  State of Affairs (NBC)

• 2013:

  Almost Human (Fox)

• 2013:

  Beachfront Bargain Hunt (HGTV)

• 2013:

  Cesare Mori (MHz Worldview)

• 2013:

  Farmhouse Rules (Food Network)

• 2013:

  Freaks of Nature (Weather)

• 2013:

  Lost and Found: American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive (TCM)

• 2013:

  On the Rocks (Food Network)

• 2013:

  The Drama Queen (E!)

• 2012:

  Fatal Vows (ID)

• 2011:

  Big Shrimpin' (History)

• 2011:

  Pumped! (SPEED)

• 2010:

  Blauvelt's Backcountry (FuelTV)

• 2009:

  Merry Madagascar (NBC)

• 2008:

  Extreme Bodies (Discovery)

• 2007:

  The Kitchen Sink (Gospel Music)

• 2006:

  Split Ends (style)

• 2005:

  Iconoclasts (Sundance)

• 2004:

  Redlight Greenlight (VH1)

• 2001:

  30-Minute Meals (Food Network)

• 2001:

  Justice League (Cartoon Network)

• 2001:

  Nigella Bites (style)

• 2001:

  Sara's Secrets (Food Network)

• 2000:

  Sheep in the Big City (Cartoon Network)

• 1957:

  Scotland Yard (ABC)

• 1948:

  Buzzy Wuzzy (ABC)

• 1948:

  Picture This (NBC)

• 1946:

  Television Screen Magazine (NBC)

TV Movie & Miniseries Premieres

These shows premiered on November 17:

• 2018:

  Christmas at Graceland (Hallmark)

• 2018:

  Return to Christmas Creek (Hallmark Movies/Myst)

• 2013:

  Catch a Christmas Star (Hallmark)

• 2012:

  Matchmaker Santa (Hallmark)

• 2012:

  Holiday High School Reunion (Lifetime)

• 2009:

  Prisoner, The (AMC)

• 2007:

  More of Me (Lifetime)

• 2007:

  PU-239 (HBO)

• 2004:

  Category 6: Day of Destruction (CBS)

• 2002:

  Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (CBS)

• 2002:

  Mr. St. Nick (ABC)

• 2002:

  Mary Higgins Clark's We'll Meet Again (PAX)

• 1999:

  Black and Blue (CBS)

• 1998:

  My Father's Shadow: Sam Sheppard Story (CBS)

• 1996:

  For Hope (ABC)

• 1996:

  Titanic (CBS)

• 1996:

  Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (NBC)

• 1996:

  Apollo 11 (Family Channel)

• 1994:

  Scarlett (CBS)

• 1992:

  Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (CBS)

• 1991:

  In A Child's Name (CBS)

• 1991:

  Woman Who Sinned, The (ABC)

• 1988:

  War And Remembrance (ABC)

• 1987:

  Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (NBC)

• 1986:

  Fresno (CBS)

• 1986:

  Kate's Secret (NBC)

• 1985:

  Hostage Flight (NBC)

• 1985:

  Kane And Abel (CBS)

• 1982:

  Blue and the Gray, The (CBS)

TV Characters Births, Deaths & Weddings

These events first aired on TV on November 17:

• 2017:

  Anezka dies on Jane the Virgin

• 2015:

  Robinus dies on The Bastard Executioner

• 2015:

  The Dark Mute dies on The Bastard Executioner

• 2015:

  Earl Grey dies on Scream Queens

• 2015:

  Boone Clemens dies on Scream Queens

• 1999:

  Madeline is born on Beverly Hills, 90210

TV Historical Firsts & Lasts

These events occurred on November 17:

• 2017:

  First time Hasbro Studios created original programming for Netflix. Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters

• 1991:

  First time a U.S. network broadcast a condom ad (Trojan ad on Fox).

• 1983:

  First broadcast by WEVV-TV (channel 44; Evansville, IN).

• 1968:

  First broadcast by KHNE-TV (channel 29; Hastings, NE).

• 1958:

  First broadcast by KAII-TV (channel 7; Wailuku, HI).

• 1957:

  First broadcast by WBOY-TV (channel 12; Clarksburg, WV).