
64.3K
Downloads
454
Episodes
Partially an oral history of obscure TV shows, partially an oral version of MST3K, and partially a thorough episode guide, It Was a Thing on TV is an anthology podcast about obscure, forgotten, and odd TV shows, commercials, televised events, and almost anyone and anything else that was on television. For the most part, the subjects we cover are from the United States and Canada. We’re just three guys with a love for television. New episodes are generally every Monday and Thursday, sometimes more often.
Episodes

16 hours ago
Episode 346--Superdome
16 hours ago
16 hours ago
We're nearing The Big Game and we're talking about a made-for-TV movie about a serial killer who takes out people associated with the two teams playing for it all. A star-studded cast struggles to make it to Super Sunday in the 1978 flick Superdome.

Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Episode 330--MacGruder and Loud
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
It's 1985 and ABC wants to capitalize on Cagney & Lacey and Hill Street Blues, which were big hits on other networks...but let's make them married! MacGruder and Loud premiered after "The Big Game" in 1985, but barely made it to Spring 1985.

Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Episode 319--Mr. President
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
It's the start of November and election time is around the corner. We felt it was appropriate to visit this relevant dramedy turned comedy with George C. Scott from FOX's early days.

Monday Sep 26, 2022
Episode 309--Half Nelson
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
NBC might have made a big comeback in the mid-1980s, but there was one huge weakness for them--Friday nights at 9 PM against shows like Benson and Dallas. Half Nelson was another Friday at 9 victim, succumbing after a month and a half. But it had a lot of big names!

Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Live Show 21–Friday Night Lights: Season 1, Episode 1
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
In honor of the start of High School and College Football, Greg and Chico look at the Pilot episode of "Friday Night Lights" from 2006 as they look at and examine the cast of characters that surround the Dillon Panthers football team.
Also, we're here for that Mack Brown cameo in the middle of the episode with Coach Taylor.

Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Episode 300--Automan Revisited
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
This is it! We have reached another milestone, this time looking back at the show covered in the second half of episode 3. Unlike the first time, Chico is with us this time and thankfully can make the trip with us to Zippers?!?! Also, Greg has a major announcement which is truly a game changer. What is the major announcement? You have to listen to Episode 300 and find out!

Monday Aug 22, 2022
Episode 299--Manimal Revisited
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
In our second 'revisited' episode, we go back to the first half of episode 3 and take a second look at the short-lived NBC perennial bomb Manimal. We get deeper into the show, the guests, and we have Chico present this time around.

Monday Aug 01, 2022
Episode 293--A League of Their Own (1993 series)
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
In anticipation of the upcoming Amazon Prime series, this episode takes a look at the "blink and you'll miss it" television version of one of the breakout movie hits of 1992. A League of Their Own had a handful of characters reprising their roles in one-off appearances and its TV fate may have been set in stone by a certain organization.

Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
In our second of two entries related to the upcoming Thor movie release, this episode looks at a TV movie from 1988 where Thor appears in the same universe as The Incredible Hulk...but that's not the Thor we know or remember. Listener discretion is advised, as this was treated like a live watch.

Monday Jun 27, 2022
Episode 283--Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Another Marvel movie will be released soon as we celebrate the return of Thor, so it's time for more entries related to actors and actresses in the MCU. We go back to 1980 for Stephen J. Cannell's first series, with Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen playing detectives in the short-lived but fondly remembered Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.