PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: Season 1 DVD Giveaway and Trivia
Maj Canton - January 18, 2011
In honor of tonight's second season premiere, we're giving away a Season 1 DVD of PIONEERS OF TELEVISION. If you just can't get enough of these TV icons, then enter our giveaway before Monday, January 24, 2011. Plus, after you enter the giveaway, you can test your knowledge of classic TV with our fun trivia game!
The four-part new season of PIONEERS OF TELEVISION delves into the inside stories of the visionaries who shaped four popular TV genres: Science Fiction, Westerns, Crime Dramas, and Local Kids' TV. Stars such as James Garner, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Angie Dickinson, Bill Cosby, Robert Culp, Stefanie Powers, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Robert Conrad, Linda Evans, Mike Connors, Fess Parker and writer Stephen J. Cannell are among those interviewed whose imprint on these iconic genres still impact the medium today.
Season 2 of PIONEERS OF TELEVISION debuts Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 8 pm on PBS with new episodes airing each Tuesday through February 8. To find out even more about these TV icons, visit PBS.org to enjoy video and archival photographs as well as a special web-only PBS ARTS art exhibit for the series.
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Enter the PIONEERS OF TELEVISION DVD Giveaway
To enter TV Tango's giveaway, you should scroll down and take a one-question quiz about PIONEERS OF TELEVISION. The person who enters the giveaway before 11:59PM (Pacific Time) on Monday, January 24, 2011 and correctly answers the question scores one DVD of the first season of PIONEERS OF TELEVISION. If there is a tie and multiple people answer correctly, then a single person from that group will be randomly selected to receive the giveaway. The recipient must reside in the United States and be at least 18 years old.
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About the Season 1 DVD of PIONEERS OF TELEVISION
Nearly 100 stars from television's formative years bring their stories to PBS in a revealing documentary series, PIONEERS OF TELEVISION. Featuring sitcoms, late-night, variety and game shows -- the film melds compelling new HD interviews with archival clips to offer a fresh take on television's first celebrities, with fascinating stories, never-before-seen images and timeless clips that still entertain decades later. Includes Pioneers of Late Night, Pioneers of Sitcom, Pioneers of Game Shows, and Pioneers of Variety. (Source: pbs.org)
If you can't wait to see if you if you're selected for the giveaway, you can purchase Season 1 and Season 2 from Amazon. |
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Update on January 25, 2011 at 12:01am PST: The giveaway period is over, and we are on longer accepting entries. We need to review all of the results and then randomly select one person who correctly answered the quiz question.
Update on January 27, 2011 at 8:34am PST: Congratulations to Jim T. of Cedarburg, WI, who is the recipient of the PIONEERS OF TELEVISION DVD set.
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Find Out How Well You Know The PIONEERS OF TELEVISION
Test your knowledge of TV trivia about programs and people featured during the second season of PIONEERS OF TELEVISION. Once you think you know the answer for a question, click the 'Answer' button once to see if you were right. If you want to hide the answer, just click the 'Answer' button again.
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1. What was the first television series Gene Roddenberry created? |
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2. What actor starred as Captain Kirk in the first pilot of STAR TREK? |
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3. What actor began his career in 1956 as Ranger Bob in the Canadian version of HOWDY DOODY? |
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4. What actor was the first choice for STAR TREK's Mr. Spock but turned down the role? |
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5. What STAR TREK fan convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay on in her role as Uhura after she planned to resign? |
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6. What actor and actress had TV's first interracial kiss? |
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7. For what teleplay did Rod Serling earn his first Emmy? |
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8.How many episodes of the original TWILIGHT ZONE were produced? |
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9. What series did Rod Serling create after TWILIGHT ZONE? |
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10. After Gene Roddenberry pitched STAR TREK to CBS, what science fiction show did they put on the air instead? |
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11. What was the first show to have actors use a teleprompter instead of memorizing their lines? |
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12. Who made famous the line "We just want to get the facts, Ma'am?" |
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13. What famous TV personality -- and friend of the Capone family -- created the series THE UNTOUCHABLES? |
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14. What was the first crime drama to have an African American in a lead role? |
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15. Who was the first woman to star in a TV crime drama? |
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16. How many seasons did THE GIRL FROM UNCLE run? |
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17. What composer turned down writing the POLICE WOMAN theme song because he thought the show would be a flop? |
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18. Where did Peter Falk get Columbo's trench coat? |
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19. On movie sets, what has become known as a "Rockford?" |
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20. What do Merv Griffin, Ted Knight, Soupy Sales, Adam West and Ernest Borgnine have in common? |
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21. What national television news personality who is still on the air played Bozo the Clown on a local children's show? |
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22. What children's show was modeled after the franchising of McDonalds? |
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23. Who spearheaded changes in the broadcasting laws that prohibited kids hosts from selling products? |
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24. What were the three series in which James Garner starred? |
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25. What controversial director created THE RIFLEMAN? |
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26. How many years was BONANZA on the air? |
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27. Which Cartwright brother was the first to leave BONANZA? |
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28.Who played Barbara Stanwyck's daughter Audra in THE BIG VALLEY? |
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29. Why was the hit series THE WILD WILD WEST cancelled after four seasons? |
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30. What major film star was first offered the starring role in GUNSMOKE? |
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31. What soon-to-be-famous film actor played the role of the town blacksmith in GUNSMOKE? |
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32. What primetime series aired the most episodes in television history? |
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33. What TV show spawned a half billion dollars (in today's accounting) of merchandising for the Walt Disney Company and enabled the studio to finance Disneyland? |
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34. After DAVY CROCKETT was cancelled, what series was created for star Fess Parker? |
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35. What former football player was a regular on DANIEL BOONE? |
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