1) All in the Family: Season 12 is underway with one of the iconic TV programs of all time, a show that was top rated 5 seasons in a row. It would be ungentlemanly of me to suggest we've been top rated eleven seasons in a row, so I will stifle myself.
2) Carroll O'Connor: His remarkable performance is not just the anchor of the program, but one of the notable bodies of work in the medium's history. I mean Archie Bunker, not Chief Gillespie, but give him credit for In the Heat of the Night, too; that series lasted 7 years and multiple TV movies.
3) Jean Stapleton: Of course we had to give love to her on the podcast, too. Her Edith character didn't need to steal scenes because many times she had them from the beginning.
4) The Norman Learverse: The enthusiastic response to this week's podcast negates the growing speculation that there was "Norman Learverse fatigue" and that "Norman Lear is in trouble."
Maybe we'll have a Hot L Baltimore cameo in the next episode!
5) The Summer Olympics: 40 years ago, the television landscape was dominated by the Los Angeles Games, including track and field and basketball in prime time.
6) Boone: On a night when other broadcasters didn't bother against the Games, NBC ran out a brand-new episode of this ill-fated show that we mentioned in our NBC 1983-1984 episode.
7) Classic (or at least older) TV cartoons: Warner Brothers Discovery announced it is folding its Boomerang app into MAX, though it certainly doesn't guarantee that anything but Scooby-Doo will be on there. I don't expect to see characters like Richie Rich, Captain Caveman, and the 70s/80s Flintstones to make their way over. I mean, we're talking about a service that booted Super Friends last year.
8) Walter Cronkite: The stories of CBS Evening News altering its anchor structure only reminds us how long it has been since any single person stood out as the face of TV news.
9) National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: I'll have two, please!
10) San Diego Comic Con reveals: People are still buzzing over the announcements. Hopefully you didn't miss out on the chance to pre-order the BOTNS Limited Edition Ultimate Fred Silverman action figure.
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