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Around the dial
Do you remember the NBC prime-time soap Number 96? It was a sensation in Australia in 1972, where the night it premiered was known as "the night Australian TV lost its virginity" due to the copious...
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This week in TV Guide: December 16, 1972
We've already looked at the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, aka Edward Windsor and Wallis Simpson, when it was a multi-part miniseries in 1980. Time isn't always linear though, as you might...
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What's on TV? Sunday, December 17, 1972
When you live in the Pacific time zone, football Sunday gets off to an early start, as you can see from this week's Bay Area listings. I've been to San Francisco a couple of times, and I never could...
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Hogan's Heroes - the final episode
Idon't think I've ever given an old piece a bump to the top; to be sure, I've resussitated a few old pieces here and there, if they prove to be timely in their subject matter (or if I prove to be...
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TV Jibe: The true meaning of Christmas
If you've come here looking for the regular Friday tour of the classic TV blogs, don't panic; I'm saving it for next Wednesday, as part of our Christmas week programming. In the meantime, enjoy this...
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This week in TV Guide: December 18, 1954
As I've said many times before (many, many times), these Christmas editions of TV Guide are among my favorites. Next week we'll be looking at Christmas Day 1971, while this week takes us right up to...
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What's on TV? Friday, December 24, 1954
As I mentioned on Saturday, I’ve saved all our Christmas Eve content for today, which means we’ll have a little more written content than usual because there’s plenty to cover. Let’s get started, shall...
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Around the dial
What better way to start this week's journey than with a Christmas episode! At The Horn Section, Hal looks at the Love That Bob! episode "Bob's Christmas Party," which appropriately aired on December...
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True story
THE MYSTICAL NATIVITY (DETAIL), SANDRO BOTTICELLI, c. 1500-1501In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made...
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This week in TV Guide: December 25, 1971
The biggest television event on Christmas Day doesn't have anything to do with Christmas, although it might have interfered with a few Christmas dinners. It takes place in Kansas City, where the Miami...
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What's on TV: Tuesday, December 28, 1971
Here we are, on the final Tuesday of 1971. On Saturday, Cleveland Amory delivered his verdicts on several of the season's more disappointing series, and throughout this issue we can see evidence that...
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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
I don't think anyone's really going to miss the end of 2020, do you? In retrospect, the omens were there for anyone to see, with so many people talking about it being the start of a "New Roaring 20s,"*...
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Dawn Wells, R.I.P.
If there's one phrase that keeps appearing in the outpouring of affection and sadness over the death of Dawn Wells, it's a charmingly outdated one: "the girl next door." Is there such a thing anymore?...
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This week in TV Guide: January 1, 1955
Growing up, I always felt that a holiday falling on a weekend was something of a letdown. After all, Saturday and Sunday were already like holidays; any day without school was like being let out of...
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What's on TV? Wednesday, January 5, 1955
For the first week of the new year, the new year being 1955, we've chosen Wednesday. Certainly, one of the biggest shows of the evening is Disneyland, ABC's prestige union with Walt Disney, and...
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Around the dial
The glum-looking woman up there looks as if she's been watching TV the last couple of days. At the risk of sounding like one of those "I never watch television" elitist snobs I'm always refuting, I...
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This week in TV Guide: January 10, 1959
It's the first month of the final year of the 1950s, and one of those weeks that puts the "classic" in classic TV. We'll start on Sunday night, with one of the most famous episodes of Maverick:...
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What's on TV? Monday, January 12, 1959
Mondays, I've found, are usually the toughest days of the week to get through; to be able to come home from work (or school) and unwind in front of the TV is one of life's simple pleasures. If that's...
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The running man
From The Fugitive to The Immortal, Run for Your Life to Run Buddy Run, classic television has told the stories of people on the run—from the law, from criminals, from death itself. The Fugitive was...
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