3 Forgotten Christmas TV Specials
December 19, 2013
Some specials, like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or How the Grinch Stole Christmas become beloved TV treasures that air every December for decades. Others…don’t.
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) Kermit, Miss Piggy, and all the other Muppets ha...
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3 More Kinds of TV Shows That Have Disappeared From Television
December 16, 2013
When we ran a piece earlier this month about TV genres that have all but disappeared from the tube, you gave us some great suggestions for another look at some fading television institutions.
Westerns. Westerns were popular on radio, and when TV too...
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“People Really Do Win on MTV”
December 13, 2013
Game shows give away cash and dining room tables. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, MTV gave away stuff like Jon Bon Jovi’s house.
Be in a Loverboy video! The ‘80s rock band Loverboy were one of the first big stars of the MTV era. In 1983, they joined u...
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Weird Celebrity Facts You’ve Probably Never Heard
December 11, 2013
Rupert Grint. Grint played Ron Weasley, Harry Potter’s best friend, in eight Harry Potter movies. One of the first things he bought when he started earning movie-star money: a 1974 Mr. Whippy van—an ice cream truck. He’d wanted to be an ice cre...
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4 Kinds of TV Shows That Have Disappeared From Television
December 2, 2013
Tastes in TV change, so TV changes with them. Here are some shows that were once part of the broadcasting landscape…that have since gone off the air.
VARIETY SHOWS These glitzy, glamorous, song and dance spectaculars were dominant TV format in the...
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