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The 700 Club
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How Has The 700 Club Stayed on Television For So Long?

For a television program to last more than sixty years, it usually needs a massive audience, a major network, or a cultural moment that never fades. The 700 Club managed [Continue reading…]

TV Test Pattern
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A Brief History of the TV Test Pattern

Long before streaming menus and twenty‑four hour programming, television had quiet hours. Stations signed off at night and returned in the morning, and in the space between those two moments lived one [Continue reading…]

Marc Summers
Big Questions

Whatever Happened to Marc Summers?

For kids who grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s, Marc Summers was one of the most familiar faces on television. He was the energetic, quick talking host of Nickelodeon’s Double Dare, the messy, hilarious [Continue reading…]

Fourth of July
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What Else Happened on the Fourth of July?

How important is the Fourth of July to Americans? Important enough that most people call it by its date rather than its name. July 4, 1776, marks the signing of [Continue reading…]

Mr. Wizard
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Interesting Facts About Mr. Wizard

Long before Bill Nye donned a bow tie or the MythBusters blew things up for science, there was Don Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, the calm, curious, and endlessly [Continue reading…]

Festivus
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The Real History Behind the Fake Holiday Festivus

Seinfeld, a show about nothing, actually gave us something for the holidays:  a new December tradition in which everyone can participate. On December 18, 1997, all of us were introduced [Continue reading…]

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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The Early Years of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Every year on Thanksgiving morning, while countless turkeys are roasting in the oven, over 3 million people bundle up and line the streets of New York to watch the annual [Continue reading…]

Nick at Nite
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Interesting Facts About Nick at Nite

If you grew up in the late ’80s or ’90s, chances are your bedtime routine included brushing your teeth, grabbing a snack, and falling asleep to the soothing glow of [Continue reading…]

Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
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How It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Became a Cult Classic

Before Halloween specials were a staple of primetime television, before animated characters were synonymous with seasonal rituals, there was a boy named Linus sitting in a pumpkin patch waiting for [Continue reading…]

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    How Has The 700 Club Stayed on Television For So Long?
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    Whatever Happened to Marc Summers?
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    What Else Happened on the Fourth of July?

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    A Brief History of the TV Test Pattern
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