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This week in TV Guide: October 17, 1981
The cover story for this week's issue is the World Series, which kicks off Tuesday night on ABC. It's difficult to work up much enthusiasm for the 1981 baseball season; a players' strike cancels nearly...
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What's on TV? Wednesday, October 21, 1981
As you all know by now, I don't venture into the TV Guides of the 1980s very often, but this week's listings offer the perfect opportunity to point out one of the major differences between today's TV...
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The faces of America
I continue to be incommunicado this week*, on assignment for my job. There's nothing secretive about it; it's just that otherwise I might be swamped by requests for autographs and copies of my books,...
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TV Jibe: Don't forget!
Still out, although depending on when you read this, I may be on the way, or even home by now. That explains why there's no "Around the Dial" this week, which leaves that much more for next week! But...
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This week in TV Guide: October 28, 1978
Ispend a good chunk of my free time watching television shows that, in one way or another, would not be possible without the existence of perhaps the greatest non-life-saving invention ever conjured up...
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What's on TV? Thursday, November 2, 1978
This week's issue takes us to Denver, and the Colorado State Edition (in addition to which we have three stations from Rapid City, South Dakota). Even as late as 1978, we can see how many stations...
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Pumpkin Bells
One might be tempted to suggest that it doesn't pay to go out of town for a week, because you have to spend that much more time catching up when you return. And there's a lot to be said for that,...
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Around the dial
As you may recall, we skipped this feature last week due to my secret out-of-town mission; the nice thing about that is that we always have plenty to look at when we come back, and this week is no...
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This week in TV Guide: November 4, 1967
Back in the day—“the day” in this case being before DVDs, before VHS, before even TCM—there were only two ways to catch classic movies. One was to see them in a revival or art house theater, the other...
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What's on TV? Monday, November 6, 1967
Nothing big this week, but a lot of little things to notice. For example, look at the gust lineup on The Hollywood Squares. That's about as good a guide as there is to the celebrity universe in the...
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The "It's About TV" Interview: Rob Precht, Ed Sullivan's grandson
A while back, I got a very nice email from a gentleman named Rob Precht, who complimented the website and mentioned that he happened to be Ed Sullivan's grandson. [As well as the son of Robert Precht,...
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Around the dial
This week, I'm back on the excellent Eventually Supertrainpodcast, as Dan and I chat about the latest episode of Bourbon Street Beat. And by the way, Eventually Supertrain is excellent not because of...
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This week in TV Guide: November 9, 1968
Last week we dabbled in food, sharing a TV Guide recipe for minestrone. This week we go even farther, as Richard Gehman tells us how "You too can be a chef" by watching The Tonight Show with Johnny...
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What's on TV? Sunday, November 10, 1968
Ah, the good old Sundays, with the NFL on CBS, and the AFL on NBC. The Giants were playing the Cowboys, just as they were as I was typing this last sentence. (Without the black cat, though.) One thing...
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The wonderful cat
November 9 was the 100th birthday of Felix the Cat, the world's most famous cat, as well as one of my personal cartoon favorites. For that reason, as well as because he was the first image to be...
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Around the dial
At first, I thought those kids were watching static, but as I look more closely, it's probably a crowd of people, maybe from a football or baseball game.Don't laugh; there would have been a time when I...
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This week in TV Guide: November 17, 1973
What we have this week is a really fine issue, full of specials and big-name movies, and for this we should be thankful. And no wonder—Thursday is Thanksgiving Day! No time to waste: let's get...
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What's on TV: Thursday, November 22, 1973
I know Thanksgiving isn't until next week, but Turkey Day 1973 fell on the earliest date possible, and you didn't really think that I'd pass up a chance to look at the day's listings, did you? I love...
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Additions to the Top Ten: Man in a Suitcase
RICHARD BRADFORD IS McGILL IN MAN IN A SUITCASEI'm not what you'd call an Anglophile; I don't scour newsstands looking for magazines with one of the Royals on the cover, I don't give a rat's...
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Around the dial
I never could stand watching myself on television, which I suppose is one reason why I never succeeded in politics. Back then it bothered me because I'd critique everything from the sound of my voice...
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