The Day After

 On November 20th, 1983, The Day After premiered on ABC. 

The movie coldly and methodically showed us what the aftermath of a nuclear exchange would be like. 

More than 100 million people tuned in. 

The movie even aired in communist Russia 3 years later during negotiations with the US for the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. 

The movie so moved President Reagan and other lawmakers that it may have helped to facilitate the eventual signing of the treaty. 

Steve Guttenberg 

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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving premiered in 1973

Rocky and Bullwinkle

 On November 19th, 1959 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (originally titled Rocky and His Friends) premiered on ABC.

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Roger Beltran was born in 1953

Sleepaway Camp

 On November 18th, 1983 Sleepaway Camp was released in US theaters. 

Sleepaway Camp

Felissa Rose

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Jackie Kong’s The Being was also released in 1983

Salem’s Lot

On November 17th, 1979 part one of Salem’s Lot premiered as a TV miniseries on CBS.

Directed by Tobe Hooper and based on the book by Stephen King. 

Reggie Nalder as Kurt Barlow

One scene in particular has been emblazoned in the minds of a particular generation of kids raised on television.

Iconic

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Night of the Comet

 On November 16th, 1984 Night of the Comet was released in US theaters. 

Kelli Maroney and Catherine Mary Stewart

Mary Woronov and Robert Beltran had previously starred in Eating Raoul together in 1982.

Mary Woronov

Robert Beltran

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Night Patrol was also released in 1984