NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

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NBC Saturday Night at the Movies was the first television show to broadcast in color relatively recent feature films from major studios.^[1] The series premiered on September 23, 1961,^[2] and ran until October 1978, spawning many imitators. Previously, television stations had been only been able to show older, low-budget, black-and-white films that wouldn't be shown at movie theaters. In the late 1970s, competition from cable television and home video led to a decline in viewership.