I am so pumped for Playing House

MUST SEE TV, 7 November 1985
(Week 7; ratings ranking out of 68 programs)

Is it good? No*

That Show Is Still on TV: When Last Call with Carson Daly begins its fall run, it kicks off its 17th season. SEVENTEEN.

In an alternate universe, she stopped the taping and went on a 30 minute rant.

In Better Call Saul, #22 is who I imagine is Howard's father. Because a law firm was surely the next thing Lenny and Squiggy would do.

Jeopardy viewers, we got him.

Absent, but Noteworthy
—Inside the Actors Studio welcomes Scarlett Johansson to the chair.

Probably. I'm still pretty bitter on that final episode.

I hoping for a Rules of the Game-level story. It's what I feel I deserve after that exceedingly happy series finale.

I watched North and South and the N&S Book II a few years ago for the first time. I really enjoyed it even if they were too long and a little creaky on occasion. Finding a few reviews from the time, more than a few were not too kind to it: http://articles.latimes.com…

I remember stories about Hill Street and St. Elsewhere hitting syndication and quickly petered out. It made MTM execs have regrets about pouring so much money into them because they were so often over-budget and the studio had to absorb that cost.

No Must See TV today because this was my planned day off. Instead, here are some stories from or relevant to television in early November 1985.

They should never stop being produced.

#15 and #18: The Keatons! Born on the same day, same year.

Absent, but Noteworthy
—PBS kicks off two docu-miniseries: Big Pacific and Great Yellowstone Thaw. Afterward is a repeat of the first episode of the Nova masterwork Making North America.
—History’s four-part America's War on Drugs comes to an end. It's really good.

You're in luck. Commercials intact, but there seem to be a few edits given the run time. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

It surely is her last appearance with Johnny. She was the guest host for a week in May just before her Fox announcement.

It's structure is pretty poor with it not being a linear story at first, but then it is. That largely seems to be so Ron Howard could direct Geoffrey Rush — and show him off in the early episodes. And they did okay in humanizing Einstein, but they made him a much better person than he was in real life.

MUST SEE TV, 31 October 1985 (Halloween)
(Ratings ranking out of 67 programs)