This week on It Was a Thing on TV we celebrate Thanksgiving with our annual look at past parades! First, we go back to 1988, to see what were the…
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It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 513 & 514 – Max Headroom (The TV Series)/Max Headroom (The Piracy Incident)
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we’re going 20 minutes into the future! First, before this week’s episodes, we discuss the future of the podcast here on…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 512 – Dan August
As listeners may know, we love our Quinn Martin-produced shows. In this episode, we go back to one of his earliest crime drama efforts, with a lead who would be…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 511 – A Man Called Sloane
James Bond was probably at its most popular in the late 1970s. NBC, seeing an opportunity to right the ship after many unsuccessful shows to end the decade, jumped on…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 509 & 510 – Throb/Nearly Departed
This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, the late 80s was an era where the syndicated sitcom ruled the airwaves, primarily on FOX and independent affiliates, also…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 507 & 508 – Me and the Chimp/Kojak (2005)
This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, in this installment, we look at another show which was rated as one of the worst shows of all-time. Was…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 505 & 506 – Beverly Hills Buntz/Blackout
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…
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: Episodes 498 & 499 – Alien Nation/The 30th Anniversary of The Big Switch
This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, in 1988, the film Alien Nation was a theatrical release. That spawned this televised adaptation of that film. While only…
