Television
Actor Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of “The Munsters” whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa in the television sitcom, has died.
Feb. 5, 2006
A round-the-world dash for $1 million takes a pause to show unaired material from the competition so far.
Dec. 26, 2004
World & Nation
Producer Bertram van Munster merely had Defense Department cooperation on his last TV series, ABC’s “Profiles from the Front Line,” about U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
April 26, 2003
Sports
TV viewers who hoped to see Dale Murphy and Will Clark start the baseball season were seeing Herman Munster and Jed Clampett instead, thanks to a spring thunderstorm and programming decisions at SuperStation TBS.
April 11, 1990
Wouldn’t You Rather Live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
Oct. 27, 2002
In Rick Du Brow’s column “Television Up Close: Wake Me for Test Pattern” (Nov. 9), he successfully brings to light the disturbing onslaught of mediocrity that permeates network television.
Nov. 20, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Paramount, MCA Plan Ad Venture: Paramount Domestic Television and MCA TV have agreed to sell advertising on programs distributed by both companies through a joint venture.
Sept. 23, 1989
“The Best of Television” (Sunday at 4 p.m. on TBS) honors TV’s best families: “Leave It To Beaver”--”Voodoo Magic”; “Happy Days”-- “Be the First On Your Block”; “The Brady Bunch”--”The Honeymoon”; and “The Munsters”--”My Fair Munster.”
Aug. 16, 1992
Moviegoers are being deluged this summer with blockbuster sequels, churned out to capitalize on ready-made audiences.
June 18, 1989
Last week Retro fondly remembered that spooky comedy “The Addams Family,” and today Retro pays tribute, of sorts, to its ghoulish rival “The Munsters.”
June 16, 1991