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This week in TV Guide: March 27, 1965
Yes, it's another fondly-remembered issue from the past. But take heart; next weekend offers a new issue! Well, sort of.I'm often fond, when writing here, of quoting the old French saying, "plus ça...
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What's on TV? Tuesday, March 30, 1965
We've advanced to the end of March, 1965, and for the first time in awhile we're looking at a Minnesota State Edition rather than just the Twin Cities. Gives us a little more perspective on what's...
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Before we dip into the past, a word about tomorrow. I have a new issue of TV Guide, one that won't be ready by Saturday. That means two things: first, that I'll have something else up tomorrow,...
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Wait a minute, where did TV Guide go?
As I mentioned yesterday, you'll have to wait until Monday for our latest installment of "This Week in TV Guide," but I think you'll find it worth the wait. In the meantime, you didn't think I'd leave...
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This week in TV Guide: April 1, 1983
It's something of a milestone day here at the blog. Not only do we have an unprecedented Monday edition of "This Week in TV Guide," today's installment represents the 366th edition (including a few...
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FredFlix: An open letter to MeTV
From our friend FredFlix, "An Open Letter to MeTV." It's not, as is the case with so many "open letters," full of threats and criticisms. Well, maybe there are a few critiques, but the point is that...
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Idon't know about you, but right about now there's nothing I'd rather be doing than imitating Linus there, stretched out in front of the TV. In reality, while I am stretched out (more or less), I'm...
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This week in TV Guide: April 6, 1968
Some of this week's issue might seem familiar to you from a few years ago, but trust me: I've doubled the content since then, with all-new material!Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4,...
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What's on TV? Thursday, April 11, 1968
Whenever a national crisis occurs, it tends to play havoc with television schedule. In the big picture, of course, that's of little importance; but it does tend to make something like this a crapshoot....
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What Hogan's Heroes (and other WWII television series) can tell us about...
When you’ve seen every episode of Hogan’s Heroes as often as I have, you’re allowed to let your mind wander a bit. By this time, you can identify each episode within the first ten seconds, you can...
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Whether or not you remember him (and in an era that seems to lack any sense of the past, that probably includes a lot of people), Charles Van Doren was one of the major figures in television history....
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This week in TV Guide: April 16, 1960
Wait, what's this? A new TV Guide—can it be? It can, and it is. Don't get too excited now; the employment circumstances still don't allow for new purchases (if you want to help, buy my books!), but...
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What's on TV? Friday, April 22, 1960
We're back to the Minnesota State Edition this week, and without further adieu, here are the Friday night listings! 2 KTCA (Educ.) AFTERNOON 1:30MODERN ART—Washburn 2:00ON THE...
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The end of an era—in more ways than one
If it were a secret, it would be the world’s worst-kept. Game of Thrones is back.If you’ve never heard of Game of Thrones, then one can only conclude that you’ve spent too much time, well, on the...
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Good Friday with Bishop Fulton Sheen, 1956
I often make the point on these pages of how much things have changed over the years, not only in television but culture in general.Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's Life Is Worth Living ran on DuMont, ABC and...
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This week in TV Guide: April 21, 1973
When I showed my wife the cover of this week's TV Guide with Raymond Burr as Pope John XXIII, and added that the Pope was actually the good guy in the program, she remarked, "Boy, they wouldn't do that...
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What's on TV? Sunday, April 22, 1973
It's Easter Sunday, and today's broadcasting schedule, which comes to us from the Minnesota State Edition of TV Guide, gives us a mix of religious programming and playoff hockey and basketball. Through...
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The "It's About TV" Interview: Edward "Torchy" Smith, author of Shooting the...
Edward Smith, who goes by the name of Torchy and has the red hair to back it up, is a man after my own heart. He "always had an interest in seeking a way to combine his nostalgia obsession with...
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Since this space tends to get used as a catch-all from time to time, I thought I'd lead off with a couple of unrelated notes. First, a big thanks to Bruce, who ran across the August 9-16, 1958 issue of...
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