NBC THURSDAY, 9 February 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 59 programs)

I'd like to think of it as a prequel to We Bought a Zoo.

7. Timothy Dalton … Unpopular opinion: the best James Bond

I'm posting NBC Thursday stuff (9 February 1984) in the morning. I spent the day doing freelance writing. I've been drained of all creativity.

"I hit Alex!" is like Good Times' "Damn damn damn." Perfectly delivered even though they are easy to mock.

#9 Bianca Lawson… I still think of Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Don't worry, I ashamed of myself.

NBC THURSDAY, 2 February 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 65 programs)

NBC THURSDAY, 26 January 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 66 programs)

Late Night Roll Call
Jimmy Fallon: Jake Gyllenhaal, Paris Jackson, and Julia Michaels
Stephen Colbert: zordon Bryan Cranston, Audra McDonald, and Greer Barnes
Jimmy Kimmel: Adam Carolla, Yara Shahidi, and Ice-T.I. (mashup of Ice-T and T.I.)
Seth Meyers: last man Will Forte, Jay Bilas, and Chris Hayes (8G Band guest:…

But Bill is so much more alienating than those characters. At the same time, if it did become a hit, imagine the creative reaction. The networks would have beaten cable to the anti-hero.

No doubt the ratings would jump — even Hill Street jumped that first season — and it really only fits in post-Cheers slot. But I can't imagine it ever being a breakout like the rest. It's just too niche and too special for this world.

Perhaps that's a new way to start looking at the series. Seeing some of it as a lived experience rather than in relation to other art.

I sometimes wonder what might've happened if Todd had found someone to cover NCIS back in the day like he wanted. If that could've spun into limited coverage of stuff like NCIS: LA and Chicago Justice today.

If all works out tomorrow, I’ll do a double post, which includes an all-star night of Jo Jo’s abortion decision and the death of Phil Esterhaus — back to back.

NBC THURSDAY, 19 January 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 68 programs)

I didn't get "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and I'm not completely ashamed. His career is really long so I stumbled.

Late Night Roll Call
Watch What Happens Live: Kenya Moore and Tyson Beckford
Merv Griffin: Lucille Ball, Natalie Wood, James Brolin, and Michelle Lee (4 Feb 1980)
Johnny Carson: Tim Conway and judge Harry Anderson (17 Mar 1987)
and Last Week Tonight

NBC THURSDAY, 12 January 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 71 programs)

Absent, but Noteworthy
On Saturday and Sunday Turner Classic Movies celebrates the man synonymous with TCM, Robert Osborne. Saturday features his interviews with Norman Jewison, Alan Arkin, Luise Rainer, Liza Minnelli, Eva Marie Saint, Peter O'Toole, Kim Novak, Debbie Reynolds, Betty Hutton, and Ernest Borgnine.

This is during the 1983-84 TV season — The Golden Girls was still a couple years away. NBC's Friday and Saturday night 1983 fall lineups are some of the most notorious TV scheduling disasters. They were largely composed of new shows and none of those shows survived the season. Every show (8 total) NBC threw at Friday…