My favorite version!

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

It was more WWTBAM that put the first nail in the Sunday night movie's coffin. The Practiced didn't soar until it arrived and then the dominoes began to fall.

Financial security for your children and grandchildren: star or produce a 200+ episode-long network murder mystery.

I guess that's plausible. But I'd hope the copy editors questioned its usage. (Not like there's much text to proof anymore)

Seeing the story made me curious if anyone has ever done some long-form journalism on the rise and fall of the broadcast TV movie. It'd surely be a fascinating read.

1984 Upfronts: CBS

1984 Upfronts: ABC

NBC THURSDAY, 3 May 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 65 programs)

A good category but could have used more Cagney and more Lacey or something from Jump Street. And not a single clue about a now-former Fox series in HAS GOOD BONES!

That time #5 didn't welcome #8 to her place of employment: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

In my education, I was taught early on to never use "very" in formal writing. Find a better word. "Very last?" Is there a last that isn't really "last?" This headline bothers me.

I really, really liked this episode. In 24 minutes, everyone in this rather large ensemble got the spotlight. NBC has just under two weeks until upfronts, but this feels like an ideal candidate for another season. Maybe NBC was hoping for an uptick when the shows returned for their finales? Spoiler, audiences didn't…

NBC THURSDAY, 26 April 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 69 programs)

Late Night Roll Call
Jimmy Fallon: Louis CK, crimer Regina King, and Tinashe
Stephen Colbert: aunt may Marisa Tomei, Hugh Dancy, and Broken Social Scene
Seth Meyers: good Christine Baranski, Kristen Schaal, and Big Thief
James Corden: big little Adam Scott, Michael Pena, and Bea Miller
Carson Daly: Brooklyn Decker, The…

I've always been meaning to check out My World and Welcome to It. And sidenote: I should recap the third episode, but I'm not in a writing mood.

And the following season, NBC pretty much annihilated Magnum.

NBC THURSDAY, 19 April 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 64 programs)

Entertainment News Headlines: 18 April 1984 (The Los Angeles Times)

NBC THURSDAY, 12 April 1984
(Ratings ranking out of 64 programs)