Because Robert Guillaume

There are a couple of weeks in the spring 1977 when Tuesday and Friday were the only days free of movies and specials.

I was impressed by THE WOMAN IN THE MOVIE because 4 out of 5 clues were about movies ~30+ years old. If only the TV categories dared to be that bold.

Absent, but Noteworthy
—Series premiere of Salvation on CBS. I feel like this should be in a shared universe with Revelations, Resurrection, Miracles, Of Kings and Prophets, Lucifer, The Book of Daniel, Touched by an Angel, Hell Town, and Highway to Heaven.
—PBS premieres Nature’s Great Race, which first covers the…

Baby steps EL, an episode at a time. Those first three seasons are really worth it. Season four is pretty flat and obsessively dramatic.

There are certainly a lot of episodes compared to the typical cable drama, but those early seasons are worth it for Jude's magnificently crafted story. The early episodes also have AVC reviews.

This Week in Sweaters:
The Cosby Show: Cliff, Clair, Denise, Theo, Vanessa, Rudy
Family Ties: Elyse, Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, Ellen
Cheers: Sam, Diane, Carla, Norm, Cliff, Frasier
Night Court: Harry, Mac
Hill Street Blues: Bates, Tataglia, Nydorf

MUST SEE TV, 16 January 1986
(Week 17; ratings ranking out of 71 programs)

I'm a little shocked the marketing team behind Will didn't plug the show on Jeopardy.

Wow. I forgot all about that one.

The first round was so bad that it deserves its own RiffTrax.

Absent, but Noteworthy
—The Story of China wraps up. I tried the first episode, but it was way too dry and over-simplified.
—The Fosters is back!

Nothing. We did see Dave Foley in The Kids in the Hall. Maybe Tales and MST3K (and Quantum Leap) were in the 1980s episode. Also absent were Chicago Hope, Batman: TAS, Animaniacs, Wings, Stargate, Daria and the only mention of the first Nicktoons was a passing mention of Rugrats.

I decided to have my computer run updates tonight. It took two damn hours. So no Must See TV. Instead, I watched the first episode of CNN’s The Nineties, which was about TV. The following programs were shown, some for a mere two seconds without sound, others in great detail.

Absent, but Noteworthy
Will, originally developed for Pivot, premieres on TNT. It’s about William Shakespeare, not Will Truman or Will Graham.

"Blowing $4,000 on the Home Shopping Network is one thing, but at least I have a diamond tiara to show for it."

MUST SEE TV, 9 January 1986
(Week 16; ratings ranking out of 69 programs)

And just given the number of netlets that are popping up — nevermind if that market is sustainable — I'm sure several would jump at the chance to air old soap opera episodes, especially given the number of episodes that could be available.

I remember History of Comedy. That was so frustrating.

If only the daytime soap opera episodes survived…