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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 in the future: 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.
Episodes

Monday Apr 17, 2023
Episode 369--Going Places
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
There’s an old saying in Hollywood: “Write what you know.” Two Hollywood writers did that & after that didn’t work, they turned it into a family sitcom. That didn’t work either. See what happens when four actors spend 19 weeks… “Going Places”.

Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Episode 368--A Home Run for Love
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
This Saturday marks 76 years since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. We mark the occasion by watching an afterschool special from 1978 about the bond a young boy makes with an older man over their shared love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson.

Monday Apr 10, 2023
Episode 367--I Had Three Wives
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
We've talked about this for over 3 years. Now we're finally talking about the extremely short-lived summer series about a detective and three of his ex-wives solving cases. I Had Three Wives ran for a month before it and CBS went their separate ways.

Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Live Show 40–Titanic II
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
This epic cinematic masterpiece from Dick Van Dyke's grandson comes from the same people who brought you those straight-to-video mockbusters! Titanic II!
Originally released by The Asylum back in 2010, Titanic II is set in the far-off future of 2012! A wealthy billionaire builds his own version of the Titanic (with blackjack and hookers!) but little do they know that history is about to repeat itself!
Can Brooke Burns and Bruce Davison save Greg and Chico from boredom in this movie? Just remember never to let go!

Saturday Apr 08, 2023
It Was a Thing on TV Instant Reaction--The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
This weekend Universal Pictures, Illumination and Nintendo released the long anticipated Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters. Chico finally got a chance to see it and gives his thoughts about it. Was it faithful to the game series? Let's a go listen!

Saturday Apr 08, 2023
Minisode 26--The San Francisco Giants Crazy Crab Commercial
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
In 1984, the San Francisco Giants needed something to get fans' attention away from their poor play on the field. Enter the first ever anti-mascot a crustacean mascot which drew heat from not only the fans, but the Giants and the opposing teams as well. It's all immortalized in one of the best baseball commercials ever.
Love that Crazy Crab!

Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Episode 366--Pushing Daisies
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
This Sunday is Easter and we're not talking about cutesy-wootsy bunnies this year?! We're talking about someone who can revive the dead. Pushing Daisies was a critical darling but it couldn't come back from a fate worse than the death of a scripted show in 2008.

Monday Apr 03, 2023
Episode 365--Homeboys in Outer Space
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Star Trek: Voyager was a success for UPN. So was Moesha. The powers that be thought, "Why not combine the two? It'll be a hit!" Spoiler: It wasn't. It did give us The Space Hoopty, for what it's worth.

Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Greg comes on for an instant reaction after a wild Saturday night with the Final Four and Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 as he talks about San Diego State's wild comeback and Rey Mysterio slapping hands with Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Episode 364--The Bad News Bears (1979 series)
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
The start of a new baseball season has arrived and we celebrate by looking back at the TV version of a movie from 3 years prior, about a rag-tag group of underdogs. The toughest competition for The Bad News Bears didn't come from opponents on the field, but from its competition on other networks.