This week 40 years ago saw the temporary ends of three game shows, each of which would return to TV by 1987. That week also saw the birth of a legend, though he made his mark in late night. We look at the three NBC game show finales of June 20, 1980 and their replacement, The David Letterman Show in this timely installment of the podcast.
Episode 449--The Cheap Show
Episode 448--Hail to the Chief
Episode 447--Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000
Episode 446--Acceptable.tv
Episode 445--The Overmyer Network AKA The United Network and The Las Vegas Show
Episode 444--What happens when a star dies?
Episode 443--What happens when a character dies?
It Was a Thing on TV Presents: Before the Show IV
Episode 442--The Tim Conway Show (1980)
Episode 441--The Good Life (1994)
Episode 440--The 2023 Year in Review, Part 2
It Was a Thing on TV Instant Reaction--The Pop-Tarts Bowl
Episode 440--The 2023 Year in Review, Part 1
Episode 439–The David Letterman Holiday Film Festival
It Was a Thing on TV Outtakes: Tom Poston’s Coma
Episode 438--The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Episode 437--Man from Atlantis
Episode 436--Aquaman (2006 pilot)
Episode 435--That’s My Line
Live Show 47–Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Director’s Cut)
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