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This week in TV Guide: February 18, 1961
Every year it seems there's yet another meaningless awards show on TV. And yet, very view of them seem to go away. (Personally, I don't think they'll stop until everyone's won at least one. I'm still...
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What's on TV? Thursday, February 23, 1961
For some reason, I really enjoyed this issue. It's not that there are landmark series or important specials to look at; it's just an average night. Perhaps that's it, that it's because it's so...
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The glamour of evil
I don’t know how I managed to remain unaware of this phenomenon for so long, but according to this story at The Ringer, a substantial number of female television viewers apparently think Ted Bundy is...
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Around the dial
I remember what it was like a few years ago, after hearing the news that Davy Jones had died; there was a tremendous outpouring of sorrow and affection from people everywhere, and I think that...
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This week in TV Guide: February 25, 1961
James Hagerty, prior to becoming head of ABC News, was President Eisenhower's press secretary - so it is with this dual authority that he offers, in this week's edition, a "Creed for Television...
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What's on TV? Saturday, February 25, 1961
Thought we'd take a look at Saturday this week. You can see that it's a bit different from what we'd come to expect later; the Saturday morning cartoons are mostly contained within local kids' shows,...
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The shows that never were
We all know that television is nothing if not derivative. From the beginning of the industry, successful programming has bred copycats; at the outset, it was Westerns, police dramas and private eyes,...
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I don't know about the rest of the country, but here in Minnesota we're still in the throws of winter, with another five inches of snow today and lows in the single digits. On a night like this, I...
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This week in TV Guide: March 6, 1965
As my enforced series of encore presentations continues, we're up to an interesting issue: so interesting, in fact, that I've already encored it once. I promise you, however, that there's even more new...
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What's on TV? Friday, March 12, 1965
Here we are back in the Twin Cities for another week, and it's another week where we have the opportunity to take a closer look at Twin Cities television history. Most of these figures I've been...
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The "It's About TV" Interview: Fred Smith, the man behind YouTube's "FredFlix"
If you've spent any time at all watching classic television videos on YouTube, you've probably seen the work of Fred Smith, aka FredFlix. His videos, which run the gamut from television to movies to...
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Around the dial
Back after a week away from our spin around the dial, so there should be plenty to look at today!Alex Trebek is a national treasure, according to Clair McNear at The Ringer, and who am I to disagree...
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This week in TV Guide: March 11, 1961
We're on a bit of a 1961 kick in our encore series of TV Guides. But who could pass up a chance at an interview with the widow of Eliot Ness?The Untouchables was perhaps, up to that time, the most...
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What's on TV? Sunday, March 12, 1961
We're in the Twin Cities once again this week, and since KTCA, the educational station, doesn't broadcast on the weekends, we'll start right off with WCCO. 4 WCCO (CBS) MORNING 8:00SACRED...
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Around the dial
At Cult TV Blog, John takes a very interesting look at the early '70s British series Doomwatch and the episode "The Human Time Bomb"—a sociological look, one might say, focusing on high rise living,...
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This week in TV Guide: March 18, 1961
Perhaps no star demonstrates the change in popular culture over the last 60 or so years more than Ingrid Bergman. In 1950 there were fewer stars bigger than Bergman, who had appeared in a string of...
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What's on TV? Monday, March 20, 1961
I don't know how we came to have so many of these 1961 issues all at once, but here they are. You'll be glad to know that we'll be moving on to other years for awhile—or maybe you won't. I think it's...
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Everything but the news
Those of us who believe in an afterlife know that once we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil, we’ll be called to account for our life’s actions. Not surprisingly, one who has accomplished much in life...
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Around the dial
We kick-off this week with a visit to Bob Sassone's site, where Bob lists his dozen favorite TV shows, along with the best of the rest. You've seen me complain about best-of lists before—when they're...
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