Today in TV History: July 26

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TV Series Premieres

These shows premiered on July 26:

• 2024:

  Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson (Peacock)

• 2024:

  Playground (Hulu)

• 2023:

  Genghis Khan's Mongolia (Smithsonian)

• 2023:

  My Strange Arrest (A&E)

• 2022:

  Di4ries (Netflix)

• 2022:

  Love in the Flesh (Hulu)

• 2022:

  Santa Evita (Hulu)

• 2022:

  Street Food USA (Netflix)

• 2021:

  Hoarders: Coming Clean (A&E)

• 2020:

  Beyond the CANVAS (PBS)

• 2020:

  Helter Skelter: An American Myth (EPIX)

• 2020:

  The Top 100 Players of 2020 (NFL Network)

• 2019:

  The Boys (Amazon)

• 2018:

  The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (Britbox)

• 2017:

  Little Women: LA: Couples Retreat (Lifetime)

• 2017:

  Signed (VH1)

• 2017:

  So Sharp (Lifetime)

• 2016:

  Arranged: Then & Now (FYI)

• 2016:

  MADtv (CW)

• 2015:

  Answered Prayers (TLC)

• 2015:

  I Am Cait (E!)

• 2015:

  Stewarts & Hamiltons (E!)

• 2014:

  Epic Meal Empire (FYI)

• 2014:

  North America: Running Wild (Discovery)

• 2014:

  Saving Heroes (AHC)

• 2014:

  WWI: The First Modern War (History)

• 2013:

  Culture Pop (Ovation)

• 2013:

  Would You Fall for That? (ABC)

• 2012:

  3 (CBS)

• 2012:

  Code 9 (Disney)

• 2012:

  Evil Twins (ID)

• 2010:

  3-Gun Nation (Versus)

• 2010:

  Fish Warrior with Jakub Vagner (Nat Geo)

• 2009:

  Dancing Tweens (TLC)

• 2009:

  Lock 'n' Load with R. Lee Ermey (History)

• 2008:

  Impossible Journeys (Nat Geo)

• 2008:

  Work That Room with Christopher Lowell (Fine Living)

• 2007:

  I Hate My 30s (VH1)

• 2007:

  Mind Control with Derren Brown (Sci Fi)

• 2007:

  My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding (VH1)

• 2007:

  Welcome to the Parker (Bravo)

• 2006:

  ESPNU Summer House (ESPNU)

• 2006:

  Primetime: Medical Mysteries (ABC)

• 2005:

  Dirty Jobs (Discovery)

• 2005:

  Situation: Comedy (Bravo)

• 2004:

  Body Work (TLC)

• 2004:

  Ultimatum (style)

• 2003:

  Head 2 Toe (Lifetime)

• 1999:

  Undressed (MTV)

• 1998:

  Mad Libs! (Disney)

• 1990:

  Glory Days (Fox)

• 1976:

  Comedy Theater (NBC)

• 1962:

  The Lively Ones (NBC)

TV Movie & Miniseries Premieres

These shows premiered on July 26:

• 2015:

  Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (Hallmark Movies/Myst)

• 2014:

  Choking Game, The (Lifetime)

• 2014:

  Memory Book, The (Hallmark Movies/Myst)

• 2009:

  Storm, The (NBC)

• 2009:

  One Hot Summer (LMN)

• 2008:

  Anaconda 3: Offspring (SCI FI / Syfy)

• 2005:

  Empire (ABC)

• 2003:

  Undefeated (HBO)

• 2000:

  Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (VH1)

• 1999:

  Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (Showtime)

• 1998:

  Running Wild (Showtime)

• 1997:

  Hostile Waters (HBO)

• 1992:

  Conspiracy of Silence (CBS)

TV Characters Births, Deaths & Weddings

These events first aired on TV on July 26:

• 2018:

  Guero 'El Guero' Davila dies on Queen of the South

• 2017:

  Nate Kulina dies on Kingdom

• 2016:

  Haley Meyers dies on Scream

TV Historical Firsts & Lasts

These events occurred on July 26:

• 2018:

  First original series for BritBox. The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

• 1966:

  First broadcast by WRLH-TV (channel 31; Lebanon, NH).

• 1954:

  First broadcast by WCET-TV (channel 48; Cincinnati, OH).

• 1949:

  First broadcast by WCPO-TV (channel 9; Cincinnati, OH) on channel 7.