Around the dial

We're off on another week's journey through the classic TV blogosphere (or at least the part of it to which I'm privvy) we'll start with David's journey through 1970s TV at Comfort TV. Today it's Tuesday, 1977, a truly blockbuster night, with ABC's powerhouse lineup of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Three's Company, the three highest-rated shows of the season. What's it up against? Check and find out.

At Cult TV Blog, John's appraisal of roles by character actor Tony Wright continues with a series I've actually seen (and enjoyed): Colonel March of Scotland Yard, starring Boris Karloff in the title role. Write appears in the episode "The Case of the Lively Ghost," and it's lively, indeed.

A two-part episode of The A-Team is the fodder for Roger's review at The View from the Junkyard. The episode in question is "The Bend in the River," and if you can make it through the slower first part, you're in for jungle fighting, outlaws, neo-Nazis, nuclear power plants, and more.

At the start, I mentioned Laverne & Shirley, and at A Shroud of Thoughts, Terence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the program, one of the most successful-spin-offs in television history, as well as one of the most influential.

Cult TV Lounge looks at the inaugural season of a show I very much like, Peter Gunn. The sophisticated detective series stars Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, and Hershel Bernardi, and if you search through the blog, you'll find I've written about it a few times.

We'll end on a video note, as our favorite YouTube channel, FredFlix, starts a new series this week: a look at the 1950 Fall lineup, complete with opening credits and bumpers for many of them. This was almost 80 years ago, and the fact that so many of them actually exist is pretty impressive stuff. TV

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