I'm not too comfortable with it either, but I suppose it helped that it was Rudy. If this was Vanessa and her friends, it'd be completely different.

MUST SEE TV, 11 April 1985
(Ratings ranking out of 69 programs)

I love the look they gave Wonder Woman. Love it.

MUST SEE TV, 28 March 1985
(Ratings ranking out of 66 programs)

I love The Spy Who Loved Me music. There I said it.

Ellen Corby did a pretty solid portrayal of a journalist on classic TV western Trackdown, even if she did get a little too buddy/buddy with Hoby Gilman (Robert Culp) on occasion.

They missed "Yankee Doodle Dandy"…

Late Night Roll Call
Tavis Smiley: chef Roy Choi, gardener Ron Finley, and restaurateur Sam Polk
Chelsea: Sarah Silverman, Sen. Al Franken, Planned Parenthood Prez Cecile Richards, Thomas Middleditch, and Lilly Singh
Bill Maher: Ben Sasse, Rebecca Traister, Jim VandeHei, Eliot Spitzer, and Tristan Harris
Graham Norton:…

I pin St. Elsewhere as more meta than anything. It was occasionally surreal — like Night Court — especially the finale, but I found it more designed for the pop culture literate. Granted, I haven't seen the show since it aired on Bravo ~15 years ago.

I left off the "o" because otherwise it won't fit on one line. Since it's the show's first appearance on the chart, I find it necessary to include the season number if possible. I cut quite a few corners that way but I really need to iron out my style guide, too.

I have so many questions:
NBC's weakest game show lineup (from the eras it had game shows)? Best NBC daytime game show? Worst? One that needs to be revived? Any forgotten gems?

Have I been mostly listening to the theme song on repeat since I read this comment? NO!* NEVER!

No Must See TV today. I'm not feeling the best so I'll do an expanded one tomorrow — tentatively covering five weeks but only a small handful of episodes. I plan to wrap up the 1984-85 season on Monday and kick off the 1985-86 season on Thursday with the movie Family Ties Vacation.

In 20 years, it'll be "2 Broke Girls" after its unnecessary revival "2 Bankrupt Girls"

I loved ALSO A CLASSIC TV TITLE but it'd also be my nightmare if I was on the show. I can't think of the shows quickly enough. I'd never be able to face my friends again.

In the midst of a Screen Actors Guild strike (and awards boycott), guild member Powers Boothe was the only actor to attend the 1980 Primetime Emmy Awards. He won for Lead Actor in a Miniseries for Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.

Amadeus300(2) Presents… NBC’s Thursday Programming History, 1954-today*
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Morning, afternoon, primetime, and late night are all covered. Scan through the network’s Thursday history and see: what shows led into Jack Paar’s Tonight Show; when Jeopardy, Hollywood Squares, Let’s Make…

All correct.

Night Court is a prime candidate for a show that improved season-to-season in the first half of its run. The last couple seasons are running on fumes, but those first five seasons are constantly improving on the prior. I often wonder if the writers slacked off on stories about the PDs until Markie Post's contract with…

I loved Liz Williams. The tone of the show was different in that first season, but Kelly was a great fit at that time — and could easily stand up to Dan. She even earned an Emmy nod for the role. And not once did the show point out that she's black.