TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

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We Interrupt This Broadcast… " – Events That Took Over The Airwaves

  1. The Moon Landing, July 20/21, 1969
  2. The OJ Simpson car chase, June 17, 1994
  3. R. Budd Dwyer’s on-air suicide, January 22, 1987
  4. Ronald Reagan is shot, March 30, 1981
  5. Twin Towers attack, Sept. 11, 2001
  6. Hurricane Harvey, August 17, 2017 – September 2, 2017
  7. Richard Nixon’s resignation speech, August 8, 1974
  8. The Challenger explosion, April 4, 1983
  9. JFK shot - November 22, 1963
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We Interrupt This Broadcast… " – Events That Took Over The Airwaves

  1. The Moon Landing, July 20/21, 1969
  2. The OJ Simpson car chase, June 17, 1994
  3. R. Budd Dwyer’s on-air suicide, January 22, 1987
  4. Ronald Reagan is shot, March 30, 1981
  5. Twin Towers attack, Sept. 11, 2001
  6. Hurricane Harvey, August 17, 2017 – September 2, 2017
  7. Richard Nixon’s resignation speech, August 8, 1974
  8. The Challenger explosion, April 4, 1983
  9. JFK shot - November 22, 1963
  10. “Max Headroom” broadcast signal intrusion on WGN and WTTW, November 22, 1987

Next: Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
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Next: Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    "… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified."
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”

-“BB”-

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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    "… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified."
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”
  5. Aluminum foil wadded onto antennas for better reception
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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    "… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified."
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”
  5. Aluminum foil wadded onto antennas for better reception
  6. A VHF and a UHF dial.
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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    “… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified.”
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”
  5. Aluminum foil wadded onto antennas for better reception
  6. A VHF and a UHF dial.
  7. Instant On

You kids! My family got a new TV with two dials ca. 1964, but there weren’t any UHF stations to watch until about five years later.

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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    "… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified."
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”
  5. Aluminum foil wadded onto antennas for better reception
  6. A VHF and a UHF dial.
  7. Instant On
  8. Television sets had horizontal and vertical hold dials.
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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    "… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified."
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”
  5. Aluminum foil wadded onto antennas for better reception
  6. A VHF and a UHF dial.
  7. Instant On
  8. Television sets had horizontal and vertical hold dials.
  9. Having to get up and go across the living room to turn the dial to change channels
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Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    "… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified."
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”
  5. Aluminum foil wadded onto antennas for better reception
  6. A VHF and a UHF dial.
  7. Instant On
  8. Television sets had horizontal and vertical hold dials.
  9. The Clicker (early TV remote)
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Housekeeping.

Remember when?

  1. Channels signed off with the national anthem.
  2. “Snow” was a regular problem with reception.
  3. “This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency …”
    "… if this had been an actual emergency we would have fled in panic and you would not have been notified."
  4. The peacock and the voiceover, “The following program is being brought to you in living color on NBC.”
  5. Aluminum foil wadded onto antennas for better reception
  6. A VHF and a UHF dial.
  7. Instant On
  8. Television sets had horizontal and vertical hold dials.
  9. Having to get up and go across the living room to turn the dial to change channels
  10. The Clicker (early TV remote)

Next up:

TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word

She did die in the last season, so that’s a plus I guess.

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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word
  3. Twitchy, smug, arrogant Detective Goren(Vincent D’Onofrio) in Law and Order: Criminal Intent
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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word
  3. Twitchy, smug, arrogant Detective Goren(Vincent D’Onofrio) in Law and Order: Criminal Intent
  4. Steve Urkel, Family Matters
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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word
  3. Twitchy, smug, arrogant Detective Goren(Vincent D’Onofrio) in Law and Order: Criminal Intent
  4. Steve Urkel, Family Matters
  5. Serena Southerlyn, Law & Order

They did end up killing off an ADA who was actually not annoying.

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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word
  3. Twitchy, smug, arrogant Detective Goren(Vincent D’Onofrio) in Law and Order: Criminal Intent
  4. Steve Urkel, Family Matters
  5. Serena Southerlyn, Law & Order
  6. Donald Trump, The Apprentice

-“BB”-

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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word
  3. Twitchy, smug, arrogant Detective Goren(Vincent D’Onofrio) in Law and Order: Criminal Intent
  4. Steve Urkel, Family Matters
  5. Serena Southerlyn, Law & Order
  6. Donald Trump, The Apprentice
  7. Riley Finn, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Who woulda though that a military commando posing as a college student and working for a secret government organization to make a cyborg demon could be so dull.

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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word
  3. Twitchy, smug, arrogant Detective Goren (Vincent D’Onofrio) in Law and Order: Criminal Intent
  4. Steve Urkel, Family Matters
  5. Serena Southerlyn, Law & Order
  6. Donald Trump, The Apprentice
  7. Riley Finn, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  8. Michelle Tanner, Full House
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TV characters you wish had died in a fire but didn’t

  1. Raymond’s bitchy mom, Everybody Loves Raymond
  2. Jenny Schechter, The L Word
  3. Twitchy, smug, arrogant Detective Goren (Vincent D’Onofrio) in Law and Order: Criminal Intent
  4. Steve Urkel, Family Matters
  5. Serena Southerlyn, Law & Order
  6. Donald Trump, The Apprentice
  7. Riley Finn, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  8. Michelle Tanner, Full House
  9. Eddie Haskell, Leave it to Beaver