Today in TV History- Aug. 1

1971 - "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" was debuted on CBS.

1979 - CBS aired the last episode of "Good Times."

1981 - MTV made its debut at 12:01am. The first video to be shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.

1996 - MTV launched another channel known as M2.

1995 - Westinghouse Electric Corporation made a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion.