Top Ten #357

1) The Tony Awards: Last year, Tony Danza and Tony Franciosa were the big winners, but this year insiders expect Tony O'Dell to be honored for his work on Head of the Class.

2) Murder, She Wrote: The long-running series, which we cover here, is now on Tubi. Have I mentioned I've seen all 260+ episodes? I feel that's my biggest accomplishment in life over the last 5 years.

3) Simon and Simon: Finally hitting streaming this month is this former CBS top-10 hit, which I mentioned in our "forgotten hits" episode last season. Roku Channel added this last week.

4) Quincy and The Equalizer: Roku added a bunch of other Universal shows, too, like Emergency! and The Six Million Dollar Man. Considering Simon and Simon is now available and Kojak is on Roku, Prime, and Tubi, I am putting these two shows on notice! It's time to bring them back to streaming.

5) The French Open: 40 years ago today, Chris Evert beat Martina Navratilova in the final. The clay was flying, the croissants were flaking...Ah, it's just like you were there, isn't it?

6) Late Night with David Letterman: Also 40 years ago, SNL's timeslot was occupied by a rerun of Late Night's third-anniversary special.

6) Vaudeville: This was an odd syndicated series that aired sporadically and featured variety acts, mostly comedy, with a series of guest hosts. 50 years ago this weekend, Red Buttons emceed and welcomed the likes of Barbara McNair.

7) Fred Stoller: The comedian guested on the Inside Late Night podcast last week and told interesting stories about Norm MacDonald and others. Stoller is always an engaging presence, and this is a good listen.

8) National Best Friends Day: Just remember, you can speak your mind, but not on my time. Was that song supposed to be Kip and Henry addressing each other?

9) Pee Wee Herman: He goes here because Laurie and I just saw the first half of the new HBO docuseries Pee Wee Herman as Himself, and it's excellent.

10) R.I.P. Crackle: this must be the third or fourth time I have lamented the loss of Crackle, but it looks like the once-great VOD site is finally gone, with the website vanishing. Well, "great" is a bit strong; the selection was often great, but the app never worked well. Still, any outlet that bothers to give us reruns of Melba should be celebrated.