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What's on TV? Tuesday,

All this week on NBC's You Don't Say!, it's the battle of the doctors, as Dr. Joyce Brothers takes on Dr. Frank Baxter. Who is Dr. Frank Baxter? Well, in 1965 you would have recognized him. According...

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The home of tomorrow, today

It's been awhile since I've popped up here on a Wednesday, and I'm embarrassed to have slacked off the pace. What else can I say but that sometimes life happens? Between promoting my last novel,...

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Around the dial

Wo, no matter what anyone says; a movie called If You Go Down in the Woods Today is not going to end well, even if you try to style it as a comedy. But don't take my word for it; that's the target of...

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This week in TV Guide: August 16, 1969

Anew era in television begins this week, as Merv Griffin enters the late-night talk show fray with his debut on CBS. (Guests for that first show: Joe Namath, Woody Allen, Leslie Uggams.) Merv's hardly...

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What's on TV? Thursday, August 21, 1969

In Saturday's write-up, I spent some time on the late-night talk show wars, now fully joined with the addition of Merv Griffin to the continuing battle between Johnny Carson and Joey Bishop. We've got...

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TV Jibe: Never waste a moment

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This week in TV Guide: August 22, 1959

Wo there's a little something for everyone this week, and there's no better place to begin than at the beginning!Saturday night football! The NFL preseason continues with a game between the Pittsburgh...

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Around the dial

Let's start with Cult TV Blog and "The Indian Spirit Guide," an episode of the 1969 American-British series Journey to the Unknown. It's written by Robert Bloch, and stars Julie Harris; let's find out...

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What's on TV? Tuesday, August 25, 1959

Let's see: what do we have this week? Well, you might notice that the anchor of the CBS evening news this week is Ron Cochran, and if you're an eagle-eyed reader, you'll probably recognize him more for...

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This week in TV Guide: August 30, 1980

In May of 1980, the city of Miami was rocked by three days of rioting, described by Dan Rather as "the Nation's worst outbreak of urban disorder in a single city" since 1967 in Detroit and Newark. The...

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What's on TV? Thursday, September 4, 1980

We've talked about half-hour shows, hour shows, 90-minute shows, and even 45-minute shows, but here we see an example of the 70-minute show. What's that, you say? You don't remember 70-minute programs?...

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Isn't it Devine, or, I've got a Froggy in my throat

I hope you'll indulge me this repeat piece from 2019, but I'm in the middle of a busy couple of weeks, and I'm afraid I don't have the time I'd like to prepare what I wanted to write, so I trust this...

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Around the dial

We're into the "Patricia Hayes" season at Cult TV Blog, in which John assembles a season's worth of performances from an individual actor who's appeared in various shows he's watched. Hayes was a...

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This week in TV Guide: September 2, 1961

How to watch TV: 1. Walk over to set. 2. Turn on. 3. Watch.Well, that's how I learned to watch television when I was a kid, anyway. Obviously, Leo Rosten has something a little more in mind. His idea,...

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What's on TV? Wednesday, September 6, 1961

At first glance, nothing seems to pop out from today's listings, but a deeper look gives us some gems. For instance, this afternoon's Science Fiction Theater features Vincent Price as a police...

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