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Since I neglected putting anything up last Thursday, you get a bonus post this week! Three (Tu-W-Th) for the price of, let's see - how much are you paying to read this site again?I've remarked before...
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This week in TV Guide: August 22, 1959
There's a little something for everyone this week, and there's no better place to begin than at the beginning, so let's go through the week a day at a time!Saturday night football! The NFL preseason...
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Mitchell's Top Ten, #7: Nero Wolfe
Each week for the next couple of months, I’ll profile one of the series that appear on my personal Top Ten list. I don’t claim that these are the ten greatest series of all time; that would be...
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If it's Thursday, that must mean it's time to take a spin around the classic TV blogosphere:Grantland's Ben Lindberg has a terrific piece on the appalling body count in A&E's Longmire, which would...
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This week in TV Guide: August 24, 1974
The late summer isn't usually a time when one thinks of pro football - at least not in 1974, unless you're talking about NFL exhibition games. But amidst the preseason hoopla, on Thursday night we...
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Don't try this at home (plate)
Some time ago, TCM aired a collection of episodes from Screen Directors Playhouse, an anthology series which ran on NBC in the 1955-56 season. The hook was that the series features directors and stars...
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Time once again to take a spin around the dial and see what else is worth reading.First, greetings to readers coming here from Uniwatch. Thanks to Paul for linking to Tuesday's article, and I hope...
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This week in TV Guide: September 8, 1973
I don't know about you, but for me the second-most exciting publication of the year, right after the Sears and Penney's Christmas catalogues, was TV Guide's Fall Preview issue. In the days before the...
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Mitchell's Top Ten, #6: Perry Mason
Each week for the next couple of months, I’ll profile one of the series that appear on my personal Top Ten list. I don’t claim that these are the ten greatest series of all time; that would be...
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Occasionally reading other blogs can be not only illuminating, but sobering; there's so much good writing out there that for a writer like me, it's kind of daunting. But, hoping that after reading them...
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This week in TV Guide: September 16, 1967
This week, Neil Hickey asks the question “Do TV cameras add fuel to riot flames?” Rioting is a big deal in 1967 America, between the civil rights protests and the anti-war movement, and although nobody...
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Mitchell's Top Ten, #5: What's My Line?
Each week for the next couple of months, I’ll profile one of the series that appear on my personal Top Ten list. I don’t claim that these are the ten greatest series of all time; that would be...
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A day late, perhaps, but that just gave me a little extra time to find some worthwhile links for you to check out.Fun post from Rick at Classic Film and TV Cafe, listing the five best classic...
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This week in TV Guide: September 25, 1965
Earlier this week I was reading yet another article on yet another current series I've never seen, Breaking Bad, and how it could well be the best show of the contemporary “Golden Age of Television.”...
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Continued from last Saturday...
When last we met, back on Saturday, we were in the middle of looking at the September 25, 1965 issue of TV Guide. But since I'd blathered on for so long about the lead story (see here if you've...
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One of these days we'll make it to the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, although I suppose I don't have any excuse for not having attended the one year that we lived two states over from where it was...
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This week in TV Guide: September 30, 1961
From the beginning of time – or at least the introduction of television – there’s been much handwringing about the content of programming and its effect on viewers specifically, and culture in general....
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Mitchell's Top Ten, #4: The Prisoner
Each week for the next couple of months, I’ll profile one of the series that appear on my personal Top Ten list. I don’t claim that these are the ten greatest series of all time; that would be...
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Running a little behind this week, but I did want to take time to highlight a couple of interesting pieces from the week.At the Onion A/V Club, Dennis Perkins asks whether specialty networks are beyond...
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This week in TV Guide: October 1, 1966
For the first time, the stain of the 1960s - Vietnam - graces the cover of this week's TV Guide.Neil Hickey, TV Guide's New York Bureau Chief and author of some of the best news features published by...
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