It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 443 & 444 - What happens when a character dies?/What happens when the star dies?

2024-01-12

This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, we're taking a look at what happens when deaths occur on TV shows. To start, we look at a handful of incidents where a character dies in a TV show, why the character dies, and how a show handles such an occurrence. This episode does not talk about actual actor passings; we will cover that subject on Thursday. Then, we look at the more tragic side of what happens when someone on a show passes away in real life. This episode gets into some potentially disturbing topics. Listener discr...

This week on It Was a Thing on TV

First, we're taking a look at what happens when deaths occur on TV shows. To start, we look at a handful of incidents where a character dies in a TV show, why the character dies, and how a show handles such an occurrence. This episode does not talk about actual actor passings; we will cover that subject on Thursday.

Then, we look at the more tragic side of what happens when someone on a show passes away in real life. This episode gets into some potentially disturbing topics. Listener discretion is advised.

Timestamps

0:36 - What happens when a character dies?

27:36 - This Week in Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour History (1/9/84-1/13/84)

31:16 - What happens when the star dies?

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