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The brilliantly clever, ethically dubious world of Mission: Impossible
A couple of years ago I took on the task of listing my ten favorite shows of all time. It proved a popular feature, so I've decided that this summer's project should be a look at the shows that make...
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This week in TV Guide: July 28, 1962
I't an interesting issue this week, as good as any at showing how some things have changed over time, and how hard it might be for us to appreciate what those things were like, back then. And, as is...
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What's on TV? Sunday, July 29, 1962
Back home again in Indiana this week, with stops in Champaign, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Muncie and Lafayette augmenting the main listings from Indianapolis. One thing I noticed is that many of the...
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Sitcoms with a message
The Sitcom Class Wars: The 20th Century, by Ray Starman, The Troy Book Makers, 208 pages, $15.95In the long history of television, the preferred method of communicating social change is and always has...
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TV you can hold in your hand!
This Sony ad says their is the television of the '70s, and we have no reason to doubt it. Thinking back to the huge consoles that were typical in the early days, followed by the sensation of the...
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This week in TV Guide: August 5, 1967
It's another "second-look" week; this issue was first perused here a couple of years ago. But in case you're thinking of giving today a pass, don't: I promise it's all-new material, never before seen...
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What's on TV? Tuesday, August 8, 1967
I don't believe I've ever before used this combination of channels from the Twin Cities edition. As I've said in the past, this is one of the few editions where I don't go through all the stations;...
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Yvonne Craig, R.I.P.
When I heard the news this morning of Yvonne Craig's death at the too-young age of 78 (and no classic television blog worth its weight could ignore it), I knew there was only one picture I could use...
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Around the dial
I'd been hoping for more from the new Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie, although I don't know why; very few of the TV-to-movie translations have done justice to their small-screen brethren. Based on the...
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This week in TV Guide: August 25, 1979
I've always been pleased by the "This Week in TV Guide" feature, but in preparing this summer second look series, I've started to wonder. For the second wee in a row, I bring you a TV Guide that was...
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What's on TV: Monday, August 27, 1979
The new television season should be starting in just a couple of weeks, so if you can hang in there a little longer, you'll be rewarded with new, fresh shows, right? Right?At any rate, we're back to...
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For your consideration
WILLIAM HOPPER (LEFT) AS PERRY MASON? NO, I DON'T SEE IT EITHER.This video keeps popping up as a suggestion based on my viewing habits, so I decided to finally give in and go with it. You all know of...
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This week in TV Guide: August 26, 1972
Well, what do you know - a brand-new, never-before seen TV Guide! Yes, our brief summer rerun series is finished, and we're back to first-run issues. And at the center of the return, we'll take a...
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What's on TV? Thursday, August 31, 1972
Here we are on the last day of August, 1972. I believe by this time I'd already moved on from the Twin Cities to The World's Worst Town™, because I never did get to see any of the Summer Olympics that...
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Mannix - the detective who put his best fist forward
SURE HE COULD USE HIS FISTS, BUT JOE MANNIX WAS PRETTY GOOD WITH A GUN, TOOMy first memories of watching Mannix concern the sequence shown during the opening credits. Specifically, there are two...
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Around the dial
For our 100th edition of Around the Dial, let's start off with a couple of science fiction notes.At Cult TV Blog this week, there's a typically good review, this time of the early Doctor Who episodes...
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This week in TV Guide: September 10, 1960
Well, well, it's America's oldest teenager on the cover this week, trying very hard to look like America's most mature young mogul. And they say beauty isn't enough...Dick Clark is on the defensive....
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What's on TV? Wednesday, September 14, 1960
This week we're back in Dallas-Fort Worth. I don't usually differentiate between the Dallas stations and the Fort Worth stations because the first inclination is to treat this as one big market, the...
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