1) The NFL Draft: It's quite a spectacle, but there wasn't much drama since the first pick was a foregone conclusion. It's kind of like if we had a Genius draft and everyone was speculating on who would go second after Robert Pine.
2) The Jackson 5ive: As a huge movie hits theaters this weekend, I feel like celebrating the original band before who knows what happened.
3) Wide World of Sports: 40 years ago tonight, the 25th anniversary special of the sports anthology program aired in prime time on ABC. Check out our podcast talking Wide World (we talk about that special) right here.
4) AFI Salute to Billy Wilder: NBC aired this special 40 years ago tonight at 9:30. I bet the great director was thrilled to be headlining an evening after Gimme a Break, The Facts of Life, and The Golden Girls.
5) National Poetry Month: It's always a good time to celebrate the Poet Laureate Emeritus, the immortal Nipsy Russell.
6) David Cassidy: This week I wrote about the pop icon's autobiography, a gripping but saddening read.
7) Carol Burnett: Happy 93rd!
8) National Pretzel Day: I kind of miss these giant Snyder's pretzels that were dry and like biting into a rock. I don't know; I just liked 'em!
9) Square Pegs: One of the most Eighties-ish of Eighties sitcoms, this series is now on Tubi, and hopefully this means more Sony stuff will show up there.
10) HBO: Another book I wrote about this week: It's Not TV, It's HBO, a fine effort that in some ways surpasses the more widely known Tinderbox.
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