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Posted on July 22, 2016June 8, 2016

TV Guide Ad: 1967 Tournament of Roses on ABC

Partial scan of a TV Guide ad for the 1967 Tournament of Roses parade.

Here’s a TV Guide advertisement for ABC’s live coverage of the 1967 Tournament of Roses featuring Elizabeth Montgomery, from January 1967.

Posted on July 21, 2016July 27, 2016

W2XAB Signed On 85 Years Ago Today

Early experimental TV station W2XAB signed on 85 years ago today, owned and operated by the Columbia Broadcasting System.

Posted on July 18, 2016October 25, 2018

Nielsen Bottom 10, January 4th-10th, 1988

A look at the 10 lowest-rated programs on TV during the week of January 4th-10th, 1988. An ABC movie was at the bottom of the weekly chart.

Posted on July 15, 2016September 9, 2018

TV Guide Ad: NBC’s Monday Lineup, Fall 1969

Partial scan of a TV Guide ad for NBC's Fall 1969 Monday lineup.

Here’s a TV Guide advertisement for NBC’s Fall 1969 Monday lineup, from September 1969.

Posted on July 14, 2016June 1, 2016

Bookshelf: Time Tunnel Adventure #2 – Timeslip!

Bookshelf: Time Tunnel Adventure #2 - Timeslip!

My review of Murray Leinster’s TV tie-in novel Time Tunnel Adventure #2 – Timeslip!, published in July 1967 by Pyramid Books.

Posted on July 11, 2016October 25, 2018

Nielsen Bottom 10, December 28th, 1987 – January 3rd, 1988

A look at the 10 lowest-rated programs on TV during the week of December 28th, 1987 – January 3rd, 1988. A repeat of the made-for-TV movie Barnum was at the bottom of the weekly chart.

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