On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021):

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Doll Hunt.

Released November 28, 2021.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Kenji Kamiyama, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast: Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Gregg Henry, Stephen Root, Peyton List, Henry Czerny, Charlet Takahashi Chung, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Jason Spisak, Roger Craig Smith, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, Takehito Koyasu, Tony Nakajima, Akio Nojima, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Arisa Shida, Kazuki Yao, Hôchû Ôtsuka.

On this day in music history - In The Wake, by Ann Sweeten (2011):

In The Wake

Album by Ann Sweeten,

released November 28, 2011.

Track list:

Was It Yesterday?; Falling Leaves; Metamorphosis; Love Remembered; A Chance for Goodbye; In the Wake; On Wings of Light; Out of Embers; The Abyss; October Sky; Now, and Again.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007):

Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Bitter Sweets.

Released November 28, 2007.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Abby Gewanter.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Molly Shannon, Field Cate, Michael Cornacchia, Raúl Esparza, Steve Hytner, Mike White, Tammy Dahlstrom, Tara Donato, Joe Don Harris, Wesley Harris, Nicholas Khayyat, Abbe Meryl Feder, Leyna Nguyen, Sy Richardson, Steven A. Ross, Reginald Veneziano.

On this day in movie history - The Making of Jaws (1995):

The Making of Jaws

documentary directed and written by Laurent Bouzereau,

released in the United States on November 28, 1995.

Cast:

Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck, Carl Gottlieb, Ron Taylor, Valerie Taylor, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Sid Sheinberg, Susan Backlinie, Ted Grossman, Joe Alves, Robert A. Mattey / Bob Mattey, Bill Butler, Richard / Dick Warlock, Verna Fields, John Williams, Bruce (the shark).

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 & 1988)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Haven.

Released November 28, 1987.

Directed by Richard Compton.

Written by Tracy Tormé, Lan O'Kun.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Majel Barrett, Robert Knepper, Nan Martin, Robert Ellenstein, Carel Struycken, Anna Katarina, Raye Birk, Danitza Kingsley, Michael Rider, James G. Becker, Richard Walker, Jeffrey Deacon, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Armin Shimerman.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Where Silence Has Lease.

Released November 28, 1988.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Jack B. Sowards.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Earl Boen, Charles Douglass, Colm Meaney, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Steve Kelso, Tim McCormack, Jan Michael Shultz.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Cold Front.

Released November 28, 2001.

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Written by Stephen Beck, Tim Finch, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Fleck, Matt Winston, Michael O'Hagan, Joseph Hindy, Leonard Kelly-Young, Lamont Thompson, David Keith Anderson, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., David Paul Christian, Mark Correy, Evan English, Hilde Garcia, Lindley Gardner, Peter Godoy, James Horan, Aldric A. Horton, Amina Julianna, John Jurgens, Louis Ortiz, Tyson Power, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Sitters.

Released November 28, 1958.

Directed by Boris Sagal.

Written by Barry Trivers and Warren Wilson.

Music by Ernest Gold.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Mary Webster, Robert Roark, Grant Richards, James Gavin, Gladys Thornton, Steve London, Stan Jones, Bert Carlon, John Dennis.

On this day in movie history - Port of New York (1949):

Port of New York

directed by László Benedek,

written by Eugene Ling and Leo Townsend,

based on a story by Arthur A. Ross and Bert Murray,

was released in the United States on November 28, 1949.
Narrated by Chet Huntley.
Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake, Lynne Carter, John Kellogg, William Challee, Neville Brand, Barry Brooks, Harry Brown, George M. Carleton, Stephen Chase, Steve Crandall, Sayre Dearing, Ann Doran, Frank Fenton, Fred Graham, Raymond Greenleaf, Chuck Hamilton, Patricia Hawkins, Joe Haworth, Chet Huntley, Stan Johnson, Doyle Manor, Joe Mantell, Jean McBride, Mickey McCardle, James Nolan, Tudor Owen, John Parris, Steve Pendleton, David Perry, Alexander Pope, Gordon Richards, Henry Rowland, Glenn Thompson, Larry Thompson, Harlan Warde.

Born on this day – Laura Antonelli:

Laura Antonelli

Actress

November 28, 1941 – June 22, 2015

Credits:

A Man Called Sledge (1970); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Black Journal (1977); Chaste and Pure (1981); Collector's Item (1985); Detective Belli (1969); Devil in the Flesh (1969); Disperatamente Giulia (1989); Docteur Popaul (1972); Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Gli indifferenti (1988); Gradiva (1970); Grandi magazzini (1986); Hotel! (2001); How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973); Il malato immaginario (1979); Il turno (1981); Incontro d'amore a Bali (1970); Inside Laura Antonelli (1980); Isabella the Liar (1989); La rivoluzione sessuale (1968); L'avaro (1990); Le sedicenni (1965); Luchino Visconti (1999); Malicious (1973); Malizia 2000 (1991); Mi faccio la barca (1980); Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti (2022); Passion of Love (1981); Porca vacca (1982); Quelli che... il calcio (2008); Rimini Rimini (1987); Roba da ricchi (1987); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? (1966); Senza malizia (2021); Sesso e volentieri (1982); Sexy comédie: une brève histoire de l'érotisme à l'italienne (2023); Shoe Shine Caddie (2023); Simona (1974); Tal cual (1994); The Archangel (1969); The Divine Nymph (1975); The Eroticist (1972); The Hunter Will Get You (1976); The Innocent (1976); The Magnificent Cuckold (1964); The Night Caller (1975); The Swashbuckler (1971); The Venetian Woman (1986); Tigers in Lipstick (1979); Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974); Tranches de vie (1985); Un dia és un dia (1990); Venial Sin (1974); Viuuulentemente mia (1982); Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic (2013); Wifemistress (1977); Without Apparent Motive (1971); X-Rated Girl (1971).

Born on this day – Michael Ritchie:

Michael Ritchie

Director

Producer

November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001

Born on this day – Hope Lange:

Hope Lange

Actress

November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003

Born on this day – Gloria Grahame:

Gloria Grahame

Actress

Singer

November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Woman's Secret (1949); Black Noon (1971); Blonde Fever (1944); Blood and Lace (1971); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Chandler (1971); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Crossfire (1947); Daniel Boone (1970); Dome Project (2010); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Escape (1971); Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017); Game of Murder (1973); General Electric Theater (1961); Grindl (1964); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Human Desire (1954); In a Lonely Place (1950); Iron Horse (1967); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Kojak (1977); Macao (1952); Mama's Dirty Girls (1974); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mannix (1970); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); Melvin and Howard (1980); Merton of the Movies (1947); Mr. Griffin and Me (1981); My Heart Tells Me (1944); Naked Alibi (1954); Not as a Stranger (1955); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Oklahoma! (1955); Polka Dot Polka (1944); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); Pulp Cinema (2001); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966); Ride Out for Revenge (1957); Roughshod (1949); Sam Benedict (1962); Seventh Avenue (1977); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Sudden Fear (1952); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1984); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Big Heat (1953); The Cobweb (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Dancing Princesses (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Fugitive (1964); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Glass Wall (1953); The Good Die Young (1954); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Loners (1972); The Man Who Never Was (1956); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nesting (1981); The New Breed (1961); The Outer Limits (1964); The Todd Killings (1971); Then Came Bronson (1969); Without Love (1945).

Born on this day – Mario Nascimbene:

Mario Nascimbene

Composer

November 28, 1913 – 6 January 6, 2002

Born on this day – David Miller:

David Miller

Director

Writer

Producer

November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992

Directing Doris Day and Tony Curtis, on the set of Midnight Lace (1960).

Credits:

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Love for Rent (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Bittersweet Love (1976); Executive Action (1973); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hammerhead (1968); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Back Street (1961); Midnight Lace (1960); Happy Anniversary (1959); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Diane (1956); Twist of Fate (1954); Sudden Fear (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Our Very Own (1950); Love Happy (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Women in Defense (1946); Flying Tigers (1942); Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942); Sunday Punch (1942); Billy the Kid (1941); More About Nostradamus (1941); The Happiest Man on Earth (1940); Drunk Driving (1939); Ice Antics (1939); The Great Heart (1938); Nostradamus (1938); Fisticuffs (1938); It's in the Stars (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); Penny's Party (1938); La Savate (1938); Equestrian Acrobats (1937); Tennis Tactics (1937); Penny Wisdom (1937); Gilding the Lily (1937); Dexterity (1937); Hurling (1936); Dare-Deviltry (1936); Aquatic Artistry (1936); Racing Canines (1936); Table Tennis (1936); Let's Dance (1936); A Sports Parade Subject: Crew Racing (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935).

Recommended reading - City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present (1989):

City Sleuths and Tough Guys:
Crime Stories from Poe to the Present

Edited by David Willis McCullough.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Published 1989.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0395513189

ISBN-13: 978-0395513187

Description:

Trace the hard-boiled mystery back to its roots with this collection of twenty-eight detective stories set in tough, urban settings. From classics by Poe and Vidocq to contemporary favorites such as Hammett and Spillane, this is a literary feast for all mystery fans.

Contents: Introduction, by David Willis McCullough; The simple art of murder, by Raymond Chandler; The clue of the yellow curtains, by Francois Eugene Vidocq; The mystery of Marie Roget, by Edgar Allen Poe; The lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes; Princess Sonia's bath, by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre; The investors, by Edgar Wallace; The tenth clew, by Dashiell Hammett; The rubber trumpet, by Roy Vickers; No proof, by Yoh Sano; Dead-end for Delia, by William Campbell Gault; At the Etoile du Nord, by Georges Simenon; I always get the cuties, by John D. MacDonald; This world, then the fireworks, by Jim Thompson; The gold fever tapes, by Mickey Spillane; Wild goose chase, by Ross MacDonald; The nine-to-five man, by Stanley Ellin; Small homocide, by Ed McBain; Blind man with a pistol, by Chester Himes; Pigeon blood, by Paul Cain; Just one of those days, by Donald E. Westlake; Election day, by Joseph Hansen; The Parker shotgun, by Sue Grafton; The Johore murders, by Paul Theroux; Sure, blue, and dead, too, by Janwillem van de Wetering; Skin deep, by Sara Paretsky; Death by water, by William Marshall; Flake piece, by Carolyn Wheat; Dead soldier, by Loren D. Estleman; Double indemnity, the screenplay, by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder.

William E. Gladstone, on books:

Books are delightful society.

If you go into a room and find it full of books - 

even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you,

to bid you welcome.

- William E. Gladstone.