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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

Monday Mar 18, 2024
The Best of It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 235–Mr. Bogus
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Starting on Mondays during the one-a-week's until August we will be airing some of our best episodes from our back catalog.
We look back in this "Best of" on when we met Mr. Bogus and hilarity ensued. Seriously how did this show last three seasons?!?!

Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Episode 461--Iron Chef USA
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
In the late 90s and early 2000s, one of the surprise cult classic hit TV shows was the original Iron Chef from Japan. Naturally, an American network had to take their stab at a domestic version. The end result was two episodes where William Shatner got more screen time than the food itself. Unfortunately, the charm of the original version was lost in translation when it originally went across the Pacific.

Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Episode 460--Days Like These
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
The annual Lost in Translation episodes start with another British adaptation of a beloved American sitcom. Despite American scripts being localized for a UK audience, Days Like These didn't click. Maybe it needed a catchy phrase in its opening like "Hello Luton!"

Monday Mar 04, 2024
Episode 459--Easy Street
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Hugh Wilson and Loni Anderson worked together on a popular series in the late 70s and early 80s, WKRP in Cincinnati. They tried to parlay that magic into another series four years after WKRP's end, one where a former showgirl, played by Anderson, married her wealthy husband, who died. When you're battling family members who want that money, life isn't so easy on Easy Street.

Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Episode 458--The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Mike's birthday is this weekend and he played his Money in the Bank on this short-lived cartoon that, while absolutely hilarious, aired at the wrong time slot and/or aired either a few years early or a few years late. Celebrate Mike's birthday by getting completely mental with Ed Grimley and those in his universe.

Monday Feb 26, 2024
Episode 457--Charlie & Company
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Black History Month 2024 concludes with a comedy starring a comedic legend, trying to capitalize on the success of a similar show on another network. Despite pulling the stops to make it popular including adding a familiar face later in its sole season, Charlie & Company is just a footnote in history.

Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Episode 456--Baby...I'm Back!
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Demond Wilson's first post-Sanford and Son role was in this series, as a husband who abandoned his wife and family for seven years and was legally declared dead. Not only was Wilson back on TV after a short time away, but baby, he's back for his family.

Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
It Was a Thing on TV Delayed Reaction--The 2024 NHL Stadium Series
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Greg is 48 hours removed from attending the 2024 NHL Stadium Series game between crosstown NY rivals the Rangers and Islanders at MetLife Stadium. Greg shares in the first-ever It Was a Thing on TV Delayed Reaction his experience at the game along with some of the exciting action including a fight and a wild late comeback.

Monday Feb 19, 2024
Episode 455–Melba
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Broadway legend Melba Moore was given a starring vehicle for her own CBS sitcom in Early 1986. Sadly, it had the misfortune of premiering the same day as a tragic news story.
However, was the news story the reason the show failed or something else entirely?

Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Episode 454--Cleghorne!
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Ellen Cleghorne was a groundbreaking talent when she was on Saturday Night Live. The WB gave her her own show, which was gone in months. Was the problem that Cleghorne! was on The WB, or was it something else?