The Killers

I think we all knew that Tina Fey would be back as Sarah Palin this week, but we also got a surprise visit from Queen Latifah as Vice Presidential Debate moderator Gwen Ifil. Jason Sudeikis played a mean (as in funny) Joe Biden, but Tina once again stole the show with her dead-on Palin impersonation, and even gave a shout out to those "Joe-six packs" who are playing a drinking game. Ha! Long live Tina Fey!

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Question: Do you know the name of the first-ever made-for-TV movie?

Answer: Like all "first" questions, this one is thorny. Generally speaking, the first two made-for-TV movies are considered to have been The Killers and The Hanged Man, both of which date from 1964 and were made by MCA-Universal under the aegis of superagent-turned-media-mogul Lew Wasserman. Wasserman, who shepherded Universal into the world of television production and distribution, saw an opportunity to leverage one of the company's assets — a huge library of old movies — by remaking them for TV. The Killers was a remake of a 1946 film starring Burt Lancaster and based on Ernest Hemingway's short story read more