This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa

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Tony Figueroa of TV Confidential provides his unique take on notable events in the world of television and their impact on TV today.

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    • Sep 15, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 36 EPISODES


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    Tony on the Picket Line: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 7:57


    Tony attends a Special Solidarity march and rally from Netflix to Paramount. Attendees included SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, secretary-treasurer Joely Fisher, national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Los Angeles Local first vice-president Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Jon Cryer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Tony on the Picket Line: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 12:39


    This week: Tony walks us through the various issues that are at stake in the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Jack Paar and The Tonight Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 10:04


    Tony Figueroa remembers the night in July 1957 when Jack Paar took over as host of The Tonight Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Happy 100th Birthday, Norman Lear

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 7:41


    Tony salutes Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Norman Lear, the man who changed television in the 1970s. Norman Lear turned 100 this past Wednesday, July 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Sanford and Son Turns 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 21:11


    Tony Figueroa remembers Sanford and Son (NBC, 1972-1977), the long-running sitcom starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson that premiered fifty years ago This Week in TV History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Emergency! Turns 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 18:26


    Tony remembers Emergency! (NBC, 1972-1977), the long-running medical drama/action-adventure series about emergency room doctors and paramedics in Los Angeles. Co-created and produced by Jack Webb, Emergency! starred Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth, and Kevin Tighe and premiered on Jan. 15, 1972. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The TODAY Show Turns 70

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 16:59


    Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a look back at the history of The TODAY Show, which premiered 70 years ago This Week in TV History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The TODAY Show Turns 70, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 18:08


    Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen discuss some of the many historic events that have been covered by The TODAY Show. TODAY premiered seventy years ago This Week in TV History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Grinch Turns 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 13:28


    Tony Figueroa remembers the network TV premiere of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (CBS, 1966). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Homecoming Turns 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 20:30


    Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a look at the fiftieth anniversary of The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS, 1971), the made-for-TV holiday classic starring Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, and Andrew Duggan and written by Earl Hamner that also led to the development of The Waltons (CBS, 1972-1981). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Why The Homecoming is Still Magnetic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 11:25


    Tony and Donna discuss some of the many moments in The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS, 1971) that slowly draw viewers in. The two-hour pilot for The Waltons, The Homecoming first aired fifty years ago This Week in TV History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Turns 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 18:00


    Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the original broadcast of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Legacy of I Love Lucy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 24:31


    Diane Vincent joins Tony Figueroa via Zoom for a look at the 75th anniversary of the premiere of I Love Lucy on television. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Legacy of I Love Lucy, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 19:32


    Diane Vincent joins Tony Figueroa via Zoom for a look at the 75th anniversary of the premiere of I Love Lucy on television.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Legacy of I Love Lucy, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 22:16


    Diane Vincent joins Tony Figueroa via Zoom for a look at the 75th anniversary of the premiere of I Love Lucy on television.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Dick Van Dyke Show Turns 60

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 17:11


    Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a look back at The Dick Van Dyke Show, which premiered sixty years ago This Week in TV History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Dick Van Dyke Show at 60, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 19:15


    Tony and Donna discuss some of their favorite episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, including "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra," "That's My Boy," and "It May Look Like a Walnut." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    That Girl Turns 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 18:24


    Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a special two-part edition of This Week in TV History that commemorates the 55th anniversary of the premiere of That Girl (ABC, 1966-1971). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    How That Girl Became That Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 17:02


    Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen discuss the various ways in which That Girl changed as a series during its fifth season, as well as how the show ended in 1971. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Muppet Show at 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 15:46


    Host Tony Figueroa remembers the 45th anniversary of the premiere of The Muppet Show and the legacy of Jim Henson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Columbo at 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 14:58


    Tony remembers the fiftieth anniversary of Columbo on television. "Murder by the Book," the first episode of the Columbo series, aired on this date in TV history in 1971. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Star Trek Turns 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 18:50


    Tony marks the 55th anniversary of the premiere of the original Star Trek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    WKRP: Clean Up Radio Everywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 19:35


    This week Tony Figueroa remembers "Clean Up Radio Everywhere," the famous episode of WKRP in Cincinnati that addressed censorship. Also in this segment: A tribute to Frank Bonner, the actor who played sales director Herb Tarlek on WKRP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Final Episode of Soap

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 16:15


    Tony looks back at the final broadcast of Soap (ABC, 1977-1981) on Apr. 20, 1981, forty years ago This Week in TV History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    2 Captains Turn 90

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 18:57


    This week Tony marks the milestone 90th birthdays of two actors who are known for playing captains on television: William Shatner (Star Trek) and Hal Linden (Barney Miller). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Believe It or Not: The Greatest American Hero Turns 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 12:16


    Tony remembers The Greatest American Hero, which premiered 40 years ago (Mar. 18, 1981) this week in TV history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Happy Birthday, Gavin MacLeod

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 14:34


    This week Tony commemorates the 90th birthday of actor Gavin MacLeod (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Love Boat, McHale's Navy). MacLeod was born on Feb. 28, 1931. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    45 Years of Laverne & Shirley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 11:28


    Tony Figueroa remembers the premiere of Laverne & Shirley in January 1976. Topics include why both Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days are still master classes in physical comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    50 Years of All in the Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 14:47


    Tony Figueroa discusses some of the many ways in which All in the Family changed network television after it premiered on CBS on Jan. 12, 1971. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Tony and Donna's Christmas Viewing List

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 12:19


    Donna Allen-Figueroa joins Tony this week to share some of their favorite Christmas-themed TV episodes. Among the shows discussed in this segment are "The Draft Dodger" episode of All in the Family (which originally aired in December 1976) and "Sisters at Heart," an episode of Bewitched that originally aired in December 1970. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Tony and Donna's Christmas Viewing List, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 15:39


    Donna Allen-Figueroa joins Tony this week to discuss some of their favorite Christmas-themed TV episodes or Christmas specials, including the episode of WKRP in Cincinnati in which everyone is trying to get home for the holidays, and Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol from 1961 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Tony and Donna's Christmas Viewing List, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 11:43


    Donna and Tony share some more of their favorite Christmas-themed TV episodes or holiday specials, including The House Without a Christmas Tree (CBS, 1972)..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 9:56


    This week Tony takes us back to Dec. 14, 1970, the night when Santa Claus is Comin' to Town aired for the first time on ABC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    A Charlie Brown Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 20:13


    Donna Allen-Figueroa joins Tony Figueroa this week as they go back to Dec. 9, 1965, when A Charlie Brown Christmas aired for the first time on CBS-TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Turkeys Away: The Most Talked About Episode in WKRP History

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 10:18


    Tony Figueroa remembers "Turkeys Away," the famous Thanksgiving episode of WKRP in Cincinnati (original airdate: Oct. 30, 1978) that remains the most discussed episode of the show's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Death of Mr. Hooper, the Debut of Snuffleupagas, and Who Shot J.R.?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 12:31


    Tony Figueroa remembers the 40th anniversary of "Who Done It," the episode of Dallas that not only resolved the Who Shot J.R. cliffhanger, but remains one of the most watched episodes in TV history. Other topics this segment include the milestone episodes of Sesame Street that discussed the death of the Mr. Hooper character, as well as the one that marked the debut of Mr. Snuffleupagas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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