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10-31-2016, 03:42 PM
https://lebeauleblog.com/2016/10/31/october-31-happy-birthday-peter-jackson-and-michael-landon/
For a period of about 30 years beginning in 1989, it was very rare for a season of network, prime-time television programming to not feature a show starring Michael Landon (1936-1991). Landon began acting in the mid-1950s; one of his first major roles was as the title character in I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Then, at a time when the TV schedule was packed with Western series, Landon was cast on one, about a widower-rancher with three sons:
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Bonanza, which at its peak was the #1 show on television, went off the air in 1973. Within a year Landon had returned to prime time in Little House on the Prairie, following which he starred on Highway to Heaven. On the latter two shows, he was also heavily involved in directing and producing. Little wonder that his 22 appearances on the cover of TV Guide is second only to Lucille Ball.
For a period of about 30 years beginning in 1989, it was very rare for a season of network, prime-time television programming to not feature a show starring Michael Landon (1936-1991). Landon began acting in the mid-1950s; one of his first major roles was as the title character in I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Then, at a time when the TV schedule was packed with Western series, Landon was cast on one, about a widower-rancher with three sons:
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Bonanza, which at its peak was the #1 show on television, went off the air in 1973. Within a year Landon had returned to prime time in Little House on the Prairie, following which he starred on Highway to Heaven. On the latter two shows, he was also heavily involved in directing and producing. Little wonder that his 22 appearances on the cover of TV Guide is second only to Lucille Ball.