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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Top Ten #367:

1) Chubby Checker: The rock legend declined to appear at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, preferring to do a gig. Hopefully he's doing an ongoing celebration of the 38th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Celebration.

2) National Black Cat Appreciation Day: My personal favorite is Felicia Hardy, but how about some love for Salem and--Wait, he was like reddish-brown in this series?

3) Suburban Beat: 40 years ago, NBC aired this unsold pilot about a group of moms who band together to solve the murder of a prostitute. The creators of Scarecrow and Mrs. King produced this one, which starred Shelley Fabares, Dee Wallace, and Patti Austin. BOTNS fave Joe Santos is in this somehow, too.



4) Back to school: All over the country, kids go back to school this week even though it's way too early.


5) WWE on ESPN: So-called "Premium Live Events" are coming to ESPN next year in a huge deal. Maybe they'll put them in that classic 4pm afterschool weekday time slot! Or if they really want to get fancy, they can bring back that Tuesday night AWA showcase:


6) Mark Malkoff: I'm very much looking forward to the podcaster's forthcoming Tonight Show book

7) MTV's The Cutting Edge: Now that MTV is almost dead as a "brand," it's especially fun to look back at when it aired stuff like this:



8) Quincy: The show left Get TV, and now it's being booted off FETV for The Jeffersons. Why am I including it here? Because it's finally time. Bring it to Peacock! 

9) National Sandwich Month:


10) R.I.P. Danielle Spencer, Tristan Rogers:




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