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Welcome to this weeks “Way Back Wednesday”, the “Top Cop Edition”.  We have three entries for this weeks entries.
SWAT 1975-1976
S.W.A.T. was a TV series about the adventures of the WCPD’s Special Weapons And Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team. It ran on ABC from 1975 to 1976. The show starred Steve Forrest as the unit’s leader, Lt. ‘Hondo’ [...]

Thanks for joining us for this weeks “Way Back Wednesday“, “A Special Report” edition.  This week take a different road, than other weeks.  Today we will look at news Special Reports, as they were broadcast, and how they shaped our lives. 
I must note, that these clips may be emotionally charged.  These clips are to remind [...]

Today for Way Back Wednesday, we are “Flying the Friendly Skies“.  You remember those days right?  The days when air travel was an experience.  It was exciting to get those pilots wings, feel like you were doing something special.  There were three companies that helped define that era, airlines extraordinaire.  With deregulation came a loss [...]

Welcome to the July 2, 2008 Edition of “Way Back Wednesday“, “These Words from Our Sponsor” edition.  We will be revisiting the land of the 80’s, big hair, and toy marketing for the Generation X group. (Those born between 1965 and 1982).  This was a huge time of both technological advances such as Cell phones, [...]

Welcome to the Fond Farewell edition of Way Back Wednesday.  This week we are highlighting the farewell scenes from some of TV’s memorable shows.
Cheers
The Finale of Cheers entitled “One for the Road“, has been named one of the best television finales of all time, as well as one of the highest rated ever on record.  [...]

Life Goes On was a television series that aired on ABC from 1989 to 1993. The show starred Chris Burke as Charles “Corky” Thatcher, Kellie Martian as Becca Thatcher, Bill Smitrovitch as the father Drew Thatcher, Patti LuPone as Libby Thatcher, and Tracey Needham as Paige Thatcher.
 
The show was originally written to written to showcase [...]

We’re back, after a rough week of storms, power outages, and lots of heat.  Since we missed last week we will highlight 4 shows this week, under our “Rescue Hero’s” theme
Emergency! Was a television series that aired from 1972, on NBC, until 1977. The series followed the Paramedic program in the Los Angeles County Fire [...]

Welcome to Way Back Wednesday!  This week is the family comedy edition.  Let’s take a look at some of our past tv families.
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show was a situation comedy which aired on CBS from 1961 to 1966. The show starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, and was [...]

Here is the Way Back Wednesday for May 21, 2008.  This week we go hero.  TV heros to be exact.  These hero’s are DC Comics heros that all made the jump to TV.
Let’s begin with the Superhero show that Started them all.
The Adventures of Superman

The Adventures of Superman was a television series for six seasons, between [...]

Welcome to this week’s Way Back Wednesday. This week is a look at classic television. Many of these shows exist in syndication today, showing that “older” does not mean no longer good entertainment.
Mr. Ed
Mister Ed was an American television comedy that aired on CBS from 1961 to 1966. Mister Ed was the first series ever [...]