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Classic TV Debut, December 16: ‘One Day at a Time,’ from ‘All in the Family Creator’ Norman Lear

By the time the original One Day at a Time premiered on December 16, 1975, series producer Norman Lear already…

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Classic TV Debut, December 16: Jack Webb’s ‘Dragnet,’ One of the First Police Procedurals

If you were try and figure out what the first TV ancestor of Law & Order was, it would likely…

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Classic TV Star Birthdays, December 14: Frances Bavier, Morey Amsterdam, and Hal Williams

Today, with our focus as ever on Classic TV series stars, we're looking at three birthday people who were born…

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Classic TV Actor Deaths, December 14: Norman Fell, Mike Evans, and Bernard Fox

Dipping into the past of Classic TV history, on this date — December 14 — we find three actors who…

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‘Match Game’: Here’s What Happened to TV Game Show Celebrity Panelist Brett Somers

One of the big TV game shows of the 1970s was Match Game, hosted by Gene Rayburn, which featured six…

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122 Classic (and Not-So-Classic) TV Sitcoms from the 1970s

While the 1970s admittedly didn't represent the kind of changes that the '60s had, it nonetheless had a heck of…

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Whatever Happened To TV’s Best Known Fitness Guru Richard Simmons?

Richard Simmons was TV's best known and most enthusiastic fitness guru in the '70s and '80s. As a result of…

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‘All in the Family’ Broke Every TV Taboo: ‘They Played That Toilet Like a Percussion Instrument’

For CBS, the early 1970s represented a time of tremendous change that would impact television as a whole. For starters,…

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‘It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature’: Saying Goodbye to Chiffon TV Commercial Star Dena Dietrich

Well, the world is never going to be the same — Mother Nature has died! Actually, actress Dena Dietrich, who…

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Pluto TV Is Bringing Back Lots Of Nostalgic Hit Shows For Free

If you are in need of some nostalgic comfort television, you're in luck. Even if you don't have cable or…

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When Alex Trebek’s Final ‘Jeopardy!’ Episode Will Air On TV

We shared the sad news yesterday that longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek died from pancreatic cancer. Jeopardy! fans are now…

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One ‘Brady Bunch’ Episode Featured This Sultry Star Who Was Banned From Italian TV

There was one Brady Bunch episode that was not quite like the others. It was called "Mike's Horror-Scope" and featured…

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