1) Autumn: Emotional Fall started weeks ago, of course, but tomorrow begins "official" Fall. This used to be an exciting time, what with new seasons, new shows, the TV Guide fall premiere, etc., but now it's not so much of a big deal.
2) Jean Smart: Congratulations to the former Designing Women star for yet another Emmy win for Hacks.
3) The Wizard of Oz: All this talk about the butchered version of the movie playing at the Sphere makes me think it should be seen the way so many of us watched it growing up: on TV. Then again, they edited the heck out of it there, too. But still!
4) The NFL on CBS: Today, the pregame show celebrates the original incaranation of The NFL Today. Also, the author of a book about that show, Rich Podolsky, has a new book out about the netwrok's iconic broadcast team, Madden & Summerall.
I ask once again, where the heck is that documentary about The NFL Today that premiered on CBS at the beginning of the year but was never rerun nor made available on demand?
5) Bill Murray: Happy birthday to the SNL star, who turns 75--still sory enough to sock Chevy Chase if it came down to it.
6) Bronk: 50 years ago tonight, CBS premiered this police detective series starring Jack Palance, I know these are troubled times. If things get to you, sit down, close your eyes, and say "Bronk!" over and over again. It works.
7) Perry Mason: The classic series, which we covered here, debuted on this night in 1958. Perry won the case.
8) The Beatles: Something interesting happened in the New York area on this date in 1985. At 8:00 P.M., Channel 9 and Channel 11 aired The Compleat Beatles, an excellent documentary; and I Wanna Hold Your Hand, the Robert Zemeckis 1978 movie about Beatlemania, respectively.
9) Lime Street: Robert Wagner's ill-fated series premiered 40 years ago tonight. Should have just kept Hart to Hart, ABC.
10) R.I.P. Robert Redford: Seems odd not to mention him despite his lack of TV presence in the BOTNS era, but AHA! He was on an episode of Perry Mason!
Pat Crowley starred in Please Don't Eat the Daisies and appeared in many BOTNS-era shows, including Joe Forrester.
John Masius won two Emmys for writing St. Elsewhere.
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