Today in TV History: April 21

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TV Series Premieres

These shows premiered on April 21:

• 2025:

  Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out (Lifetime)

• 2024:

  Secrets of the Octopus (Nat Geo)

• 2023:

  Big Beasts (Apple TV+)

• 2023:

  Dead Ringers (Prime Video)

• 2023:

  Dear Mama (FX)

• 2023:

  Drops of God (Apple TV+)

• 2023:

  Rough Diamonds (Netflix)

• 2023:

  Secrets of the Elephants (Nat Geo)

• 2023:

  Slip (Roku)

• 2023:

  Wild Isles (Prime Video)

• 2022:

  Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (Hulu)

• 2022:

  He's Expecting (Netflix)

• 2021:

  Married at First Sight: Unmatchables (Lifetime)

• 2021:

  Zero (Netflix)

• 2020:

  Accused: Guilty or Innocent? (A&E)

• 2020:

  Fraggle Rock: Rock On! (Apple TV+)

• 2020:

  Middleditch & Schwartz (Netflix)

• 2019:

  Fish or Die (Animal Planet)

• 2019:

  Jeremy Wade's Dark Waters (Animal Planet)

• 2019:

  Morning Show Mysteries: Count Down to Murder (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)

• 2019:

  Rome's Chariot Superstar (Smithsonian)

• 2018:

  Eat, Drink, Haggle (Travel)

• 2018:

  The Killer Beside Me (ID)

• 2018:

  The Letdown (Netflix)

• 2017:

  Bill Nye Saves the World (Netflix)

• 2017:

  Girlboss (Netflix)

• 2017:

  Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On (Netflix)

• 2016:

  Cheap Eats (Cooking Channel)

• 2016:

  Comedy Knockout (truTV)

• 2015:

  Last Days of the Nazis (History)

• 2014:

  Cell Block Psychic (ID)

• 2014:

  House Hunters Off the Grid (HGTV)

• 2014:

  Rewrapped (Food Network)

• 2014:

  The Ex and the Why (MTV)

• 2014:

  Time's Up (MTV)

• 2013:

  Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (CMT)

• 2013:

  Guntucky (CMT)

• 2013:

  I'm Married to a... (VH1)

• 2013:

  Ice Cold Gold (Animal Planet)

• 2013:

  The Bletchley Circle (PBS)

• 2013:

  What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (E!)

• 2012:

  The Mazda Motorsports Hour (Velocity)

• 2011:

  Call Me Fitz (DirecTV)

• 2011:

  Ultimate Cleaners (TLC)

• 2010:

  Tacky House (style)

• 2010:

  Weird or What? (Discovery)

• 2009:

  Carbon Cops (Sundance)

• 2009:

  Eco-Trip: The Real Cost of Living (Sundance)

• 2009:

  Life After People (History)

• 2009:

  The Phone (MTV)

• 2008:

  5-Minute Office Workout (MSN.com)

• 2008:

  Verminators (Discovery)

• 2007:

  I Married a Baller (TV One)

• 2007:

  Katie & Peter (E!)

• 2007:

  My First Home (TLC)

• 2007:

  Rad Girls (fuse)

• 2007:

  Spring Watch USA (Animal Planet)

• 2007:

  The Real Deal (TLC)

• 2007:

  The States (History)

• 2007:

  Uncorked: Wine Made Simple (PBS)

• 2006:

  The Chelsea Handler Show (E!)

• 2005:

  Blowin' Up: Fatty Koo (BET)

• 2003:

  Mr. Personality (Fox)

• 2003:

  Pecola (Cartoon Network)

• 2002:

  Pregnancy for Dummies (Discovery Health)

• 1996:

  Poltergeist: The Legacy (Showtime)

• 1993:

  Walker, Texas Ranger (CBS)

• 1992:

  Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (Showtime)

• 1990:

  Sunset Beat (ABC)

• 1975:

  Blankety Blanks (ABC)

• 1966:

  Mickie Finn's (NBC)

• 1954:

  Better Living TV Theatre (Dumont)

• 1948:

  America Song (NBC)

TV Movie & Miniseries Premieres

These shows premiered on April 21:

• 2019:

  Morning Show Mysteries: Count Down to Murder (Hallmark Movies/Myst)

• 2013:

  Lovestruck: The Musical (ABC Family)

• 2013:

  Remember Sunday (ABC)

• 2012:

  Wife He Met Online, The (Lifetime)

• 2012:

  Alien Tornado (SCI FI / Syfy)

• 2003:

  Helen of Troy (USA)

• 2002:

  Warning: Parental Advisory (VH1)

• 2002:

  Two Against Time (CBS)

• 2002:

  Disappearance (TBS)

• 2002:

  Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (Showtime)

• 2000:

  Alien Fury (UPN)

• 1997:

  Deadly Vision, A (ABC)

• 1996:

  Captains Courageous (Family Channel)

• 1996:

  Harvest of Fire (CBS)

• 1993:

  Walker, Texas Ranger (CBS)

• 1992:

  Midnight's Child (Lifetime)

• 1991:

  Perfect Tribute, The (ABC)

• 1990:

  Sunset Beat (ABC)

• 1988:

  Red Spider, The (CBS)

TV Characters Births, Deaths & Weddings

These events first aired on TV on April 21:

• 2024:

  Larry Dalrymple (aka Larry the Barfly) dies on The Simpsons

• 2020:

  Yana dies on Empire

• 2020:

  Damon Cross dies on Empire

• 2014:

  Stephanie McNamara/Ghost Killer dies on Bones

• 2014:

  Emma Hill dies on The Following

• 2013:

  Jeor Mormont dies on Game of Thrones

• 2003:

  Lucy Camden and Kevin Kinkirk are married on 7th Heaven

• 2002:

  The Lone Gunmen (Byers, Frohike, Langly) die on The X-Files

• 1998:

  Susan and Edmund Crumb are married on Days of Our Lives

TV Historical Firsts & Lasts

These events occurred on April 21:

• 2002:

  First television venture for the series of '... for Dummies' books. Pregnancy for Dummies

• 1996:

  First broadcast by ''Ovation.''