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This week in TV Guide: May 15, 1971
Are the words "television" and "journalism" mutually exclusive? Of course not; we saw a couple of weeks ago how Edward R. Murrow took on Joseph McCarthy; New York Times critic Jack Gould called it a...
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6 from the '60s: National Classic Movie Day
The 1960s may have been the grooviest decade, but my selections for Classic Film & TV Café's "6 from the '60s," in honor of National Classic Movie Day, are decidedly not groovy movies, although a...
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What's on TV? Thursday, May 20, 1971
One of the advantages to video tape over live television is that it allows for more information in the TV Guide listings than you might otherwise have. Take, for example, This Is Your Life (10:30 p.m.,...
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Around the dial
And they say men don't like to go shopping. I remember when department stores had a room like this for console sets. Of course, I also remember department stores.Speaking of shopping, big news: The...
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This week in TV Guide: May 28, 1966
Back in the 1960s, it used to be something of a joke to conflate Mr. Spock, the unflappable Vulcan of Star Trek, with Dr. Spock, the world-famous pediatrician. You don't hear that many jokes about Dr....
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What's on TV? Thursday, June 2, 1966
The listings this week are a real mess, and I mean this in a good way. One of the great things about TV Guides of this era is the local element, and I'm not just talking about the programs listed, but...
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Eddie the Noun
This week we feature the first contribution to It's About TV! from Steve Harris, but readers of the old In Other Wordsblog will recognize the name from his many hilarious "This Just In" pieces, as good...
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Around the dial
That's a picture of Pope Paul VI up there, watching the Apollo 11 moon landing. Heaven and earth encompassed within one photo. I have nothing to match that today, but I'll do the best I can.I'm back at...
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This week in TV Guide: May 29, 1971
This week features a couple of programs that show just how tender the nation's passions are right now.The first is an ABC News Special on Sunday afternoon, "The Calley Case—A Nation's Agony,"...
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What's on TV: Friday, June 4, 1971
The last time we took a look at the Montana edition, I mentioned what a mess it is: different time zones, multiple affiliate alliances, difficult-to-find shows airing on the "wrong" nights. This, of...
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Dispatches from Hell
I didn't intentionally set out to watch the 1968 Democratic National Convention on YouTube because of the riots that ripped through the Twin Cities last week and spread around the country from here....
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A few internal announcements to lead off the day. First, you may have noticed some subtle changes to the site; I've moved several tabs, including the index to "This Week in TV Guide," from the top to...
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This week in TV Guide: June 6, 1964
How do you choose what you write about in each week's TV Guide? asked nobody ever. The truth is, there's no rhyme or reason to it, though some stories jump off the page and beg for attention more than...
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What's on TV? Monday, June 8, 1964
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any— what's that? We are in Kansas? In that case, I'll just save this line until next week; wouldn't want to let it go to waste, would we? I think this is the...
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Ah yes, the whole family gathered in front of the television watching a clown. And dad all dressed up in a tie. Times have changed, haven't they? Classic TV doesn't change, though, so let's take a look...
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This week in TV Guide: June 12, 1953
Yes, my friends, television is a fickle mistress. TV Guide is still only three months old, and yet Milton Berle—Mr. Television, the first star of the still-young medium—is already on the comeback...
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What's on TV? Sunday, June 14, 1953
Something you don't see much anymore: a televised doubleheader. That's pretty much the afternoon programming on WGN, as the White Sox take on Boston. (The Chisox sweep, 6-0 and 1-0; it's Boston's third...
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What I've been watching: April-May, 2020
Shows I’ve Watched:Shows I’ve Bought:The Ernie Kovacs ShowBatmanThe Green HornetN.Y.P.D.Richard DiamondAppointment with DestinyImentioned a couple of months ago, the last time we visited this little...
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