This week on It Was a Thing on TV we head back to school while taking a field trip to the Starship Enterprise. First, we start this week talking about…
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It Was a Thing on TV: Live Show 19 – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Episodes 3 & 4
Greg and Chico resume their livewatch of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ as they look at the middle episodes as Obi-Wan and Young Leia encounter a not-so friendly alien truck driver,…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 299 & 300 – Manimal Revisited/Automan Revisited
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we celebrate our 299th and 300th editions by revisiting two of our earliest topics! First, in our second ‘revisited’ episode, we…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 297 & 298 – The CBS Friday Night Block Party/Hometown Commercials, Volume 3
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we look at CBS’ attempt to dismantle TGIF and bring to you our third edition of Hometown Commercials. First, In 1997,…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 295 and 296 + Minisode 20 – Shasta McNasty/Uh Oh!/George Peppard’s rant on Password Plus
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we look at a show from UPN, a Canadian kids game show and a legendary rant by Hannibal Smith. First, UPN…
It Was a Thing on TV – Episodes 293 & 294 – A League of Their Own (1993)/Marblehead Manor
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we look at an adaptation of a popular movie that was made before the current adaptation of a popular movie while…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 291 & 292 – Norman Lear 100th Birthday Celebration
This week, we’re celebrating Norman Lear’s 100th birthday by looking at two of his less successful shows. We start with Lear’s adaptation of a play about a seedy hotel with…
It Was a Thing on TV: Live Show 18 – Personal Injury Court – Nugent vs. Rodriguez
In this surprise It Was a Thing on TV Live Show we go back to a show covered in Episode 117 as we look at a special episode of Personal…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 290 – Stumpers and 50 Grand Slam
We’re giving you two shows for the price of one this episode. These shows premiered on the same day, the shows aired consecutively on NBC, and both looked technologically amazing…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 288 & 289 – The episode of Rescue 911 from the ’90 MLB ASG rain delay/Mr. Merlin
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we conclude our MLB All-Star Special from last week while doing some wizardly stuff. First, we talked last week about the…
