Throwback Thursday: ‘Stargate: Atlantis,’ ‘Entourage,’ ‘Family Feud,’ and a Major ‘Teen Wolf’ Moment

Often, the way we relate to the passage of time is through the TV programs that we know and love. Along that same vein, Tell-Tale TV is proud to launch a brand new weekly column: Throwback Thursday. 

This week we are going to start off by looking through premieres, finales, major TV events and moments that occurred in years prior between the dates of July 12th-18th. We’ll also highlight a few favorite articles from the past. 

This week we look at the Apollo Launch, Live Aid Concert Event, and many major TV premieres throughout the years.

Fasten your seatbelts…it’s going to be a bumpy ride through TV History.

Major TV Moments:

The Apollo 11 Launch (July 16th, 1969)

In 1969, the NASA Space Program launched its first-ever shuttle to the moon. Apollo 11’s launch was televised live on BBC as well as ABC.

This was the first mission to the moon with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins as the crew. It was a historical moment for the United States space program and launched us into the space race.

The Live Aid Concert Event (July 13th, 1985)

In 1985, Bob Gedolf and Midge Ure organized a global event to raise relief money for the Ethiopian famine. Many artists got together and put on a benefit concert that was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.

It was one of the largest-scale television events of all time, watched across 150 nations, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion who watched the live broadcast. Some of the artists who performed included: Queen, David Bowie, Phil Collins, Bryan Adams, Huey Lewis & The News, U2, The Who, Sting, Tears for Fears, Elton John, Billy Joel, Boy George, Neil Young, and Stevie Wonder. 

Boyd’s Death (Teen Wolf Season 3 Episode 7, “Currents”) (July 15, 2013)

This moment is a big one for fans of the show Teen Wolf. Boyd is a beloved character and his death seemed senseless and unnecessary. Boyd’s death marked the end of Derek’s pack because it pushes him further from his remaining Beta — Isaac.

If anything, this episode really highlights just how vulnerable Derek is and how guilty he feels about things — even when they are out of his control. For the rest of Season 3, the Alpha pack really feeds into that and uses it against both Derek and Scott’s pack. 

Premieres:

This week in television history has some pretty major premieres — programs that are still well known today, despite premiering more than 40 years ago, like One Life to Live and Family Feud.

Other popular shows to make their premieres this week in TV history include Oz (1997), Monk (2002), Stargate Atlantis (2004), Entourage (2004), Eureka (2006), Drop Dead Diva (2009), and Covert Affairs (2010). This week last year, the short-lived Suits spinoff Pearson premiered. 

Finally, some major reality TV programs premiered: Chelsea Lately (2007) and Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) to name a few. 

Did you know that Chris Evans made his acting debut this week back in 2000 on a show called Opposite Sex?

Here’s a list of TV shows that premiered this week in history:

• 1952 – Masquerade Party
• 1952 – The Eddy Arnold Show (CBS)
• 1968 – One Life to Live
• 1973 – The Wizard of Odds
• 1973 – The New Treasure Hunt
• 1976 – Family Feud
• 1984 – Brothers
• 1985  – Stingray
• 1987 – Karen’s Song
• 1990 – Northern Exposure
• 1990 – Top Cops
• 1993 – Brains & Brawn
• 1994 – Allegra’s Window
• 1994 – Gullah Gullah Island
• 1997 – Apartment 2F
• 1997 – Oz
• 1997 – Roar
• 1997 – Sifl and Olly
• 1997 – Cow and Chicken
• 1999 – World’s Most Amazing Videos
• 1999 – G vs. E
• 2000 – Young Americans
• 2000 – Opposite Sex
• 2001 – Night Visions
• 2001 – The Chronicle
• 2002 – Monk
• 2002 – She Spies
• 2002 – Breaking News
• 2004 – Entourage
• 2004 – The Assistant
• 2004 – Stargate: Atlantis
• 2005 – Bailbreakers
• 2005 – Minding the Store
• 2006 – Keyshia Cole: That’s The Way It Is
• 2006 – Most Evil
• 2006 – Driving Force
• 2006 – WWE Madison Square Garden Classics
• 2006 – Eureka
• 2006 – Angela’s Eyes
• 2006 – Final Fu
• 2007 – Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
• 2007 – Scott Baio is 45…and Single
• 2007 – A Model Life
• 2007 – General Hospital Night Shift
• 2007 – Chelsea Lately
• 2007 – The Bill Engvall Show
• 2007 – Room 401
• 2007 – America’s Next Producer
• 2008 – Brooke Knows Best
• 2008 – From G’s to Gents
• 2008 – Hurl!
• 2008 – Reality Bites Back
• 2009 – Michael & Michael Have Issues
• 2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
• 2009 – Dark Blue
• 2009 – Drop Dead Diva
• 2009 – Miami Social
• 2010 – Kid in a Candy Store
• 2010 – DC Cupcakes 
• 2010 – Lucha Libre USA
• 2010 – Covert Affairs
• 2010 – Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
• 2010 – Man, Woman, Wild
• 2010 – Strange Sex
• 2011 – PrankStars
• 2011 – Roseanne’s Nuts
• 2011 – Big Rich Texas
• 2011 – Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
• 2014 – Satisfaction
• 2015 – Pig Goat Banana Cricket
• 2015 – The Jim Gaffigan Show
• 2015 – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
• 2019 – Molly of Denali
• 2019  – Pandora
• 2019 – Pearson

Tell-Tale TV Archives:

We also decided to dive into our archives to find a few fun articles to highlight from this week over the years. Below is one of our earliest articles ever published on the site. We also found an article about The Office and a quiz to test your Seinfeld knowledge.

2014

Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Spike: The Neutered Vampire Who Cheats at Kitten Poker

2017

21 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ‘The Office’

2019

Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Seinfeld?

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What are some major TV premieres, finales, or moments you remember? Sound off in the comments below and your choice just might be featured in a future Throwback Thursday column.

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