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Don’t Touch That Dial #5: Daniel Boone, 1966

Chris Holmes
posted on February 3, 2022January 5, 2023
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Today’s TV viewing takes us back to the frontier. Or at least the frontier as imagined on NBC in the 1960s. Courtesy the Sioux City Journal from February 3, 1966 is this ad for Daniel Boone,

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That’s Entertainment! #6: The Cast of Emergency!, 1970s

Chris Holmes
posted on September 3, 2021September 3, 2021
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My current favorite TV show aired its last episode in 1979, but I watch it every week. I’m talking about the 1970s medical drama Emergency!, which aired weekly on NBC from 1972 to 1977 (with a

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Don’t Touch That Dial #4: CHiPs, 1977

Chris Holmes
posted on September 15, 2020January 5, 2023
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A groovy newspaper ad for the series debut of NBC's CHiPs, September 15,

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What's on TV?

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TV Listings Flashback #4: November 29, 1973

Chris Holmes
posted on November 29, 2018January 5, 2023
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A look back at the early evening and prime time TV lineup for ABC, CBS, and NBC from November 29,

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Vintage NBC Promo Slides

Chris Holmes
posted on June 15, 2018June 15, 2018
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A gallery of slides used by NBC in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s to promote upcoming TV shows, movies, and

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TV Listings Flashback #3: NBC Prime Time, September 21, 1973

Chris Holmes
posted on September 20, 2016January 5, 2023
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NBC's Prime Time schedule for September 21,

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The High Chaparral title card

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TV Listings Flashback #2: July 3, 1970

Chris Holmes
posted on June 30, 2016January 5, 2023
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A look at the evening and prime time TV schedule in the Newburgh, NY market on the eve of Independence Day

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Little House on the Prairie cast photo

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TV Listings Flashback: #1 June 9, 1980

A look at the prime time network TV listings in the Pittsburgh, PA market for the evening of Monday, June 9,

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KCEN-TV (Temple/Waco, TX)

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Film at 11: A Gallery of Vintage TV News Program Ads

Chris Holmes
posted on November 5, 2013October 4, 2013
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A gallery of vintage TV news program ads showing what the news looked like in the 1950s, 1960s, and

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