Friday, November 28, 2025

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