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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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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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“Walking Distance”: The Twilight Zone Episode That Understood Our Longing for the Past

What if you could walk back into the town of your childhood and find everything exactly as you remembered it? In The…

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If You Turned on the TV in 1966, This Is What You Would Have Seen

What was it really like to watch television in America in 1966? From Saturday morning cartoons and afternoon game shows to Batman,…

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Wizards and Warriors: The Forgotten 1983 Fantasy Series That Lasted Just Eight Episodes

In 1983, CBS took a bold leap into fantasy with Wizards and Warriors, a colorful mix of sword fights, sorcery, monsters and…

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Otherworld: The Forgotten 1985 Sci-Fi Series That Was Decades Ahead of Its Time

In 1985, an ordinary family stepped through the Great Pyramid and into another world. Just eight episodes later, Otherworld disappeared from television.…

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The Creepiest TV Episodes of the 1980s

From monsters under the bed and haunted houses to mysterious curses and terrifying reflections, 1980s television could get surprisingly creepy. Here are…

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The Twilight Zone’s “The Howling Man”: One of Television’s Greatest Gothic Horror Stories

A stranded traveler. A mysterious monastery. A prisoner the monks insist is the Devil himself. The Howling Man remains one of the…

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Saturday Morning TV in 1977: When Kids Owned the Television

Before streaming and on-demand TV, Saturday mornings belonged to kids. Take a nostalgic trip back to 1977 and relive the cartoons, cereal,…

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The TV Moms Everyone Loved

From Carol Brady and Clair Huxtable to Maggie Seaver and Kate Tanner, these unforgettable TV moms filled our screens with love, wisdom,…