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Posted on October 7, 2016September 17, 2018

TV Guide Close-Up: Loyal Opposition

Partial scan of a TV Guide Close-Up for Loyal Opposition.

Here’s a TV Guide Close-Up for “Loyal Opposition,” an NBC News special broadcast on Sunday, May 9th, 1965.

Posted on October 6, 2016October 6, 2016

September 2016: The Month in Home Media

The Monroes (ABC, 1966-1967) and Limitless (CBS, 2015-2016) were released on DVD in September 2016.

Posted on October 3, 2016October 25, 2018

Nielsen Bottom 10, March 21st-27th, 1988

A look at the 10 lowest-rated programs on TV during the week of March 21st-27th, 1988. Trial and Error on CBS was at the bottom of the ratings chart.

Posted on October 2, 2016September 30, 2017

70th Anniversary of Faraway Hill

Image of the Faraway Hill title card from October 1946.

Faraway Hill, the first prime time soap opera on network TV, celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2016. Little is known about the DuMont drama but I’ve found a handful of contemporary reviews.

Posted on September 30, 2016September 17, 2018

TV Guide Close-Up: Look Up and Live (Camino Real)

Partial scan of a TV Guide Close-Up for Look Up and Live.

Here’s a TV Guide Close-Up for the August 16th, 1964 episode of Look Up and Live on CBS. It featured scenes from a Tennessee Williams play.

Posted on September 28, 2016September 28, 2016

New Article: The Americans (1961)

My latest article examines NBC’s The Americans, a short-lived drama from 1961. Darryl Hickman and Dick Davalos starred as brothers fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War.

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