This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa

Tony remembers The Greatest American Hero , which premiered 40 years ago (Mar. 18, 1981) this week in TV history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Tony commemorates the 90th birthday of actor Gavin MacLeod ( The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Love Boat, McHale's Navy ). MacLeod was born on Feb. 28, 1931. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Figueroa remembers the premiere of Laverne & Shirley in January 1976. Topics include why both Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days are still master classes in physical comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Figueroa discusses some of the many ways in which All in the Family changed network television after it premiered on CBS on Jan. 12, 1971. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donna Allen-Figueroa joins Tony this week to share some of their favorite Christmas-themed TV episodes. Among the shows discussed in this segment are "The Draft Dodger" episode of All in the Family (which originally aired in December 1976) and "Sisters at Heart," an episode of Bewitched that originally aired in December 1970. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donna Allen-Figueroa joins Tony this week to discuss some of their favorite Christmas-themed TV episodes or Christmas specials, including the episode of WKRP in Cincinnati in which everyone is trying to get home for the holidays, and Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol from 1961 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donna and Tony share some more of their favorite Christmas-themed TV episodes or holiday specials, including The House Without a Christmas Tree (CBS, 1972)..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Tony takes us back to Dec. 14, 1970, the night when Santa Claus is Comin' to Town aired for the first time on ABC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donna Allen-Figueroa joins Tony Figueroa this week as they go back to Dec. 9, 1965, when A Charlie Brown Christmas aired for the first time on CBS-TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Figueroa remembers "Turkeys Away," the famous Thanksgiving episode of WKRP in Cincinnati (original airdate: Oct. 30, 1978) that remains the most discussed episode of the show's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Figueroa remembers the 40th anniversary of "Who Done It," the episode of Dallas that not only resolved the Who Shot J.R. cliffhanger, but remains one of the most watched episodes in TV history. Other topics this segment include the milestone episodes of Sesame Street that discussed the death of the Mr. Hooper character, as well as the one that marked the debut of Mr. Snuffleupagas. Learn more...