1) 'Tis the Season: Our 12 Days of Watching is in progress, but we pause it for a day to bring you the Top Ten. We pause the feature, that is, not the watching! Hopefully you have time to enjoy some Christmas or holiday viewing this weekend.
2) Betcha: Wink Martindale's fantastic YouTube channel recently posted this game show pilot with Genius Award winner Marjoe Gortner as emcee of an interesting (and odd) mix of games, stunts, and betting.
3) HBO's Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary: I am a few weeks late, but, wow, this is an entertaining movie. By the way, if you look closely, you will see multiple shots of a certain beloved Doobie Brothers frontman and/or WKRP star.
4) Don Johnson: Happy 75th birthday! I take my hat off to you, Don, but I am leaving the socks on because it's cold here.
5) Bob Hope: To me it just ain't Christmas without that iconic performer of the 20th century...Bing Crosby. But I love watching Bob, too, and I saw this yuletide special last week:
50 years ago tonight, a Bob Hope special with Dean Martin premiered, and, funny enough, Christmas with the Bing Crosbys aired on NBC as well.
6) Saturday Night's Main Event: The WWE returns to network TV, and I wish it well, but I need Animotion, Phil Collins, and preferably King Kong Bundy to really feel like I'm watching "my" Main Event.
7) Perry Como Christmas in New England: 40 years ago tonight, ABC broadcast a special built around the man who DEFINED masculinity before Don Johnson came in and took the baton.
8) Melanie Chartoff: Birthday wishes go out to the star of Fridays.
9) Saturday Night Live: This night in 1984, a classic episode of the show featured returning megastar Eddie Murphy in sketches like the memorable 'White Like Me."
10) R.I.P.: The Amazing Kreskin, Michael Cole:
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