This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, NBC tried spinning off one of its most successful shows from the 80s, the drama Hill Street Blues, into a…
Author: Mike Klauss
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 503 & 504 – Partridge Family 2200 A.D./The Ropers Revisited
First, numerous successful scripted television shows made their way to Saturday mornings in the mid-70s, like I Dream of Jeannie, Gilligan’s Island, and Star Trek. The Partridge Family got the…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 500, 501, & 502 – Supertrain Revisited/Today’s FBI/Hometown Commercials, Volume 5
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we hit 500 episodes! First, almost five years ago, we started this podcast. Now, we are celebrating our 500th episode by…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 497 – Sara
NBC was still trying to get their bearings aligned in early 1985. One midseason replacement which had decent enough ratings against formidable competition was Sara, Chico’s submission for the listener vote…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 495 & 496 – Laugh-In/Clerks: The Animated Series
This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, not to be confused with Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, this version was a series of specials throughout the 1977-78 television…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 493 & 494 – 1970s and 1980s 15-minute education shows on PBS/Bob
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we close out Back to School 2024 week and then we honor a recently departed TV legend. First, it’s time for…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 491 & 492 – Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher/Roomies
This week on It Was a Thing on TV, we go back to school. First, it’s time to go back to school for the next three installments! We start with…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 489 & 490 – Platypus Man/The Video Game Show Volume 4
This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, it’s the mid-90s and two startup networks are looking for programming. A flavor of the month at the time was…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 487 & 488 – George/The First Episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (US)
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we celebrate the birthday of Susan St. James while also celebrating the 25th anniversary of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?…
It Was a Thing on TV – Episode 486 – The Magic Hour
In the television landscape of 1998, there was a need for late night programming on FOX and other channels not part of The Big Three networks, something to fill the…
