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Podcasts within The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network include: * It Was a Thing on TV--the original podcast, well over 500 episodes strong, covering the short-lived and forgotten events in television history. * The Squared Circle Time Machine--Greg Diener and Dane Woychuk take you on a journey about some of the more memorable events in the history of pro wrestling. Coming September 2025: What is a Podcast?: An Unofficial Jeopardy! Podcast. Mike Klauss and 4-time Jeopardy! champion Brian Henegar look back at the week that was on Jeopardy!, in an analytical manner. More podcasts may come in the future.
Episodes

Monday Oct 03, 2022
Episode 311--The Baseball Network
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
In 1994 and 1995, both ABC and NBC had a joint venture where they'd air primetime baseball. It went sideways after some markets did not get regional coverage. It didn't help there was a strike which cut short both seasons, including no World Series in 1994.

Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Episode 304--The T.Ocho Show
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Tonight (September 8) is the start to the National Football League season and we mark the occasion with a look at a short-lived reality/discussion show starring the two biggest diva football players of the early 2010s. Also, Mike tries taking their Twitter handle and...hilarity ensues.

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.

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 11, 2022
Episode 287--The 1990 MLB All-Star Game
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Our journey to this year's All-Star festivities continues with the 1990 edition, one with great pitching, first appearances by several baseball legends, and a lengthy rain delay. We'll continue talking about the rain delay on Thursday.

Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Episode 286--The 1st Annual Cracker Jack Old Timers Classic
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
We're rounding the halfway mark in the baseball season and we have three special episodes lined up for the occasion. First, we watch dozens of legends participate in an old timers game whose participants span almost 50 years of Major League Baseball, the oldest of whom pulls off the highly improbable.

Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Episode 254--The Grudge Match
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
In the early 90s, if you had a beef with someone, you couldn't necessarily take them to a TV courtroom. Enter a show with boxing, trash cans, and feather dusters, where combatants took their issues to the ring. The Grudge Match is a show we have wanted to cover for some time and thanks to another podcast, a full episode made its way online recently.

Sunday Feb 13, 2022
It Was a Thing on TV Presents (02.13.22)
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
It's Super Bowl Sunday! You could sit and listen to bunch of so-called "experts" tell you who's gonna win between the Rams and the Bengals or you could listen to Greg and Mike talk about who they think will be the key players in Super Bowl LVI. And also they talk about if the Bengals can win this game for the sweet prince Harambe!
They also discuss in the second half of the show the David Letterman YouTube channel, the NFL Draft and the Puppy Bowl!

Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Live Show 13–Cool Runnings
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
In honor of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Greg and Chico do a special live show on Stream Lounge as they watch the 1993 Disney classic "Cool Runnings".
Enjoy as we learn the fine art of bobsledding from John Candy while Sanka tries to keep that lucky egg in check. We can only hope to one day live in Buckingham Palace like Yul Brenner which is the dream for all of us.
Be sure to start your stream of Cool Runnings on Disney+ by hitting play right after Greg gives the five second countdown.

Monday Feb 07, 2022
Episode 239--The Super Bowl XX halftime show with Up With People
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
"The Big Game" is coming up in less than a week. Therefore, it's time for our annual look at different happenings related to the game. First up is a halftime show so bad and disjointed, Pete Rozelle said he never wanted to see Up With People again. He got his wish and Up With People never did another halftime show after 1986.