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Arnold Palmer, R.I.P.
Arnold Palmer was made for TV. By that I don't mean he was prepackaged, like a television movie or a band or the star of a reality show. What I mean is that Arnold Palmer, without a doubt, was made for...
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Around the dial
Another Friday, another look around the classic TV blogosphere. Let's see what kind of reading we can find, shall we?I've always liked Glenn Ford, so naturally I enjoyed reading Classic Film and TV...
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This week in TV Guide: September 30, 1967
This week we make a return to the last day of September, 1967. As always with these encore presentations, all the information you read today (and Monday, with the listings) will be new; if you want to...
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What's on TV? Tuesday, October 3, 1967
Yes, it's a return to the Minnesota State Edition of TV Guide this week. and the listings you'll be seeing come from the Twin Cities and Duluth, with one-station markets Alexandria and Mankato thrown...
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The hidden history of Angel Casey
Today, I'm pleased to introduce Crystal Eidson, It's About TV's first guest writer. A few weeks ago Crystal approached me with an idea about an article on Angel Casey, a pioneer of local television in...
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This week in TV Guide: October 9, 1965
When last we visited this issue, in October 2012, our focus was on the phenomenon of the local station, particularly KCMT in Alexandria, Minnesota, and how it (and others like it) had been gobbled up...
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What's on TV? Wednesday, October 13, 1965
I thought about spotlighting Monday's programming for this week's feature, but since the networks are probably preempting most of it for the papal visit, that obviously won't do. What days of the week...
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A time capsule moment: Petticoat Junction, 1970
When people ask me what this blog is about, I sometimes struggle to answer in such a way that I don't come off as a nerd or a kook, or make people give me sidelong glances as they edge slowly away....
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Around the dial
Let's start off the week with a few episode recaps, shall we?The Twilight Zone Vortex continues its October tribute to Halloween with a review of the sinister little episode "Night Call," starring...
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This week in TV Guide: October 12, 1957
Inquiring minds want to know: why is this "the week to watch"? Or is it just another piece of hyperbole? As is usually the case, "a little bit of each" appears to be the answer, with plenty of...
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What's on TV? Thursday, October 17, 1957
Another week, another look-in at television in DFW. We discussed most of today's highlights in our Saturday review, so let's get straight to the listings for the entire day. Note how the 15-minute...
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History in the making - RFK, June 5, 1968
Source: RFK: A Photographer’s Journal by Harry Benson, published by powerHouse Books. Copyright © 2008 by Harry Benson.Although this piece is about television footage that is unquestionably a part of...
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This week in TV Guide: October 21, 1961
Do commercials actually have to be offensive? According to Martin Abramson's article, there's a school of thought that says this is precisely the case. (Then again, there was a school of thought that...
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What's on TV? Saturday, October 21, 1961
This week it's a return stop to New England, where we'll look not only at the Boston stations, but Hartford, New Haven, Providence, and other areas as well. And in case you were looking at the lower...
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Got a headache?
On Saturday we learned about a school of thought that held that in order to be effective, commercials also had to be offensive. We also read that the most obnoxious commercials tended to be those that...
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Around the dial
It's a kind of theme week here at Around the Dial, with many of this week's pieces concentrating on the upcoming Halloween spooktacular. Let's take a closer look at them.Science fiction movies are very...
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This week in TV Guide: October 30, 1965
What better way to prepare ourselves for Halloween than with two of our favorite members of the macabre, Gomez and Morticia Addams.The focus of this week's issue is the genial John Astin, who with his...
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What's on TV? Monday, November 1, 1965
Happy Halloween, everyone! We haven't done a Monday for awhile, so why not now? We're in Ohio, one of at least two states that can lay claim to being the Birthplace of Presidents (Virginia being the...
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