Made-For-TV Movie Club Podcast

Knight Rider 2000 (1991) has Michael reuniting with  KITT five years after the series ended. KITT has been deactivated, cops may be selling black market weapons, and Knight Industries is at risk of losing funding. What will the future bring for KITT, Michael and Knight Industries? You don’t need to watch the movie. We do that for you! Join us in The Clubhouse! #mftvmcpodcast TV Tango http://w...

Sixteen-year-old Martha disappears after meeting a man in an online chat room, not knowing how dangerous the man is. Her mother, Connie, will stop at nothing to find out who kidnapped her. With the help of police, FBI and a recluse computer expert, she has to find the elusive Scanman before Martha’s time runs out. #mftvmcpodcast IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156839/ https://www.imdb.com/name/...

After failing to break up her daughter Laurel and her boyfriend, Ted, socialite Celeste hires a hitman to kill him. This tv movie from 1998 is based on a real story, which we talk about in our “Real Murders of the Made-For-TV Movie Club” segment. #mftvmcpodcast TV Tango http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1997/04/13 IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119710/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005088/?ref_=t...

Based on the non-fiction book of the same name, In Broad Daylight stars Brian Dennehy, Marcia Gay Harden and Chloris Leachman. After years of terrorizing the town with his bullying was and intimidation tactics, Len Rowan is finally convicted of attempted murder and freed on bond. While out, his threats and intimidation continue until July 10, 1981. While sitting his truck, shots rang out and Rowan...

David Graham and Diane Zamora were two high schoolers in love. Then David cheated on Diane and then they killed the girl he cheated with. It wasn’t until a year later, when both David and Diane went to military academies, that Diane confessed. Based on a true crime that we discuss in our final segment “The Real Murders of the Made-For-TV Movie Club Podcast.” (When released on DVD, this movie's tit...

Mazes and Monsters starring Oscar-Winner Tom Hanks, is the story of four close college students who play the fictional Mazes and Monsters game. Robbie (Hanks) begins to confuse reality with his character in the game. IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084314/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538485/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187724/...

The Burning Bed, starring Farrah Fawcett, was one of the major “television events” of the 1980s. After more than a decade of abuse, Francine Hughes seeks help to leave her husband. After an exceptionally brutal attack, Francine starts the bed on fire, with her drunk husband passed out in it. He dies, and she stands trial for murder. This movie is based on a true story. IMDB https://www.imdb.com/ti...

Here in the U.S., we celebrate love on February 14th! To celebrate Valentine’s Day (and month), we reviewed Someone I Touched (1975) starring Cloris Leachman. The movie follows an unfaithful married couple and their trail of infidelities . . .  and VD. IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073729/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001458/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647921/?ref_=tt_cl...

Writer Richard Thomas joins us in The Clubhouse for this episode! We review The Trilogy of Terror (1975) starring Karen Black, and talk about Richard's short story collection Spontaneous Human Combustion, which drops on 2.22.22! #SpontaneousHumanCombustion #MFTVMCPodcast #TrilogyOfTerror Find Richard Thomas https://whatdoesnotkillme.com/page/19/?app-download=ios https://storyvilleonline.com/ https...

A teenager entices her new boyfriend to kill her parents, so they can be together. Based on a true story. IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117995/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004997/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000838/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389374/?ref_=tt_cl_t_9 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298281/?ref_=tt_cl_t_5 The Murders of J.B. and Kathy Wiseman https...

Join us in The Clubhouse for our first tv movie review of 2022! When college freshman Lisa and Shelby pledge a sorority, Shelby dies in a hazing incident. Lisa must fight through a conspiracy of silence to find out the truth about what happened that night in the clocktower. Will she and her journalist boyfriend be able to find the truth? Of course they do, it’s a made for tv movie! TV Tango: http:...

Join us in The Clubhouse for our review of A Very Brady Christmas! This movie needs no introduction. This is the feel-goodiest of all the feel-good made-for-tv Christmas movies!  IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096376/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001341/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001658/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930064/?ref_=tt_cl_t_7 Wikipedia: https...

Benny, played by Mr. T, is a street corner Santa who takes charitable donations in NYC, meets Billy, a kid who has lost his Christmas spirit. Benny decides to introduce him to his friends David Copperfield, Maureen McGovern and Willie Tyler and Lester. Will Benny help Billy get back his Christmas joy? The American Boyschoir and Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner make special appearances. TV Tango htt...

In 1946, ten-year old Addie Mills wants a Christmas tree, but her stubborn father refuses to celebrate the holiday. He is still grieving the loss of Addie’s mom. We review this low-budget movie from 1972 that became a classic during the 70s. Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_Without_a_Christmas_Tree IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068720/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001673/?ref_=tt_...

For our first episode of November (2021), we decided to do a little something different! Join us in The Clubhouse to listen to our review of Season 5, Episode 8 of The A-Team : “Family Reunion.” This episode consistently makes the “Best Of” Thanksgiving tv episodes of the 1980s. We’d rather hang with The A-Team than watch a boring Thanksgiving tv movie. It’s totally tubular! Wikipedia https://en.w...

After her sister Martha, dies by suicide, Elizabeth Sayers enrolls in her sister’s school, The Salem Academy for Women,  to uncover the truth about what really happened. This one went a little off the rails with our shenanigans. Have fun!  IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070633/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291512/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000462/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2 ht...

Rockstar Gary Straihorn buys an isolated home and moves in with his nurse as he recuperates from exhaustion. Turns out, the house is haunted. But why? This movie stars our other favorite Hardy Boy, Parker Stevenson! TV Tango & IMDB http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1981/02/06 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_House_Possessed https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083192/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt https://www.imdb...

In 1982, Lawrencia Bembenek was convicted of murdering her husband’s ex-wife. But, was she really guilty? This 1992 tv-movie, also known as Heart of the Lie ,  tries to answer that question as it follows a journalist trying to find out the truth. TV Tango: http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=5&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bday%5D=18&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Byear%5D=1992&...

This episode is a review of The Amy Fisher Story starring Drew Barrymore! This movie tells the “real story” of the events leading up to and the messy aftermath of events on May 19, 1992, when Amy Fisher shot her married lover’s wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the face. TV Tango: http://www.tvtango.com/movie/beyond_control_the_amy_fisher_story http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5...

Dorothy Stratten was August 1979’s Playboy playmate, who was subsequently named Playmate of the Year in 1980. She was pursuing a career as an actress, as well, when she decided to leave her estranged husband, Paul Snider. Snider murdered her and killed himself on August 14, 1980. This movie was inspired by these events. TV Tango: http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=11&...

Kevin, a nerdy engineer, makes a bet with his boss that he will meet and fall in love with Debra, a Centerfold model. Will they fall in love after she learns the truth about the bet? IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087448/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004857/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178746/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002663/?ref_=tt_cl_t_3 https://www.imdb.c...

After getting hurt in a shootout, a trucker has no way to pay for his new truck, a superliner. His wife, Sweetiepie, desperate to pay the mounting debt for the new truck, turns to help from a seasoned trucker named Flatbed Annie – a trucker without a truck. They join forces, and together they are chased by both an expert in truck repossession and a group of men who want cocaine that was unwittingl...

Join us for our “Christmas in July” episode! Dolly Parton stars in Unlikely Angel, which aired on CBS on December 17, 1996. Dolly stars as a down-on-her luck nightclub singer who dies in a car accident. To get her wings and go to Heaven, where she can sing in the choir, she must bring a fractured family together before the end of Christmas Eve. Spoiler Alert: We loved this movie, because we love D...

Deadly Whispers , which aired on CBS on May 10, 1995. After 19-year old Kathy Acton goes missing, her parents launch a desperate search for her. But, after she is found murdered, the investigation turns to her father, Tom Acton, as the primary suspect. Did he murder her, or was it one of his supposed six personalities? IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112831/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001103...

Betty Jeanne Solomon’s murder created a national sensation when her husband’s lover, Carolyn Warmus was arrested, tried twice, and convicted of second degree murder in the early 1990s. A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story , starring Virginia Madsen, aired on ABC Sunday Night at the Movies on September 12, 1992. TV Tango: http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=9&fi...