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10 One-Season TV Shows From the 1970s You Might Actually Remember
They came, they disappeared, but somehow we never completely forgot them. From Search and The Magician to Kolchak: The Night Stalker and…
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The Detective Shows That Took Over Television in the 1970s
From Columbo’s rumpled raincoat and Kojak’s lollipop to Jim Rockford’s Firebird and Barnaby Jones’ quiet determination, detectives seemed to be everywhere on…
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The Forgotten Star Trek: When the Enterprise Returned on Saturday Mornings
In 1973, four years after Star Trek disappeared from prime-time television, the Enterprise made an unexpected return—as a Saturday morning cartoon. With…
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Before Reality TV: The Wild World of 1970s Game Shows
Before reality TV, there were game shows—colorful, unpredictable and sometimes wonderfully chaotic. From *Match Game* and *The Price Is Right* to *Let’s…
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Search: The Forgotten 1970s Spy Series That Predicted the Future
Long before smartphones, wireless earbuds and wearable cameras, Search imagined secret agents connected to a futuristic command center that could see and…
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Land of the Lost: The Saturday Morning Adventure That Was Stranger Than We Remember
Step back into Saturday mornings of the 1970s with Land of the Lost, the unforgettable adventure filled with dinosaurs, Sleestaks, mysterious pylons…
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The Weirdest Saturday Morning Shows of the 1970s
Saturday mornings in the 1970s could get wonderfully weird. From talking hats and friendly sea monsters to superhero dune buggies, accidental astronauts…
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Lost on the Dial: 10 TV Spin-Offs That Faded Before the Theme Song Ended
What many people miss about these short-lived spin-offs is how clearly they reveal the secret of great television: it is not just…
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Channel 7 at 8 PM — Man from Atlantis Makes a Splash
Just as prime-time viewers were settling in, Patrick Duffy was already slipping beneath the surface, turning a network adventure series into one…
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Come Aboard Again?
As that theme begins to swell and the ship glides into view, you can almost feel the television set casting a warmer…
