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Remember the sitcom Angie? I do, although I'd have to be prompted for it; it's not the kind of show I'd think about casually. But David remembers it, and at Comfort TV, he gives us five reasons the show didn't last longer, despite having a lot going for it.

At Cult TV Blog, the Tony Wright Season continues, with John looking at the 1968 Avengers episode "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?" I just saw this episode a couple of weeks ago, in fact; it has some very funny lines about treating a computer like a human.

At RealWeegieMidget Reviews, Gill remembers Catherine O'Hara and Bud Cort with a pair of "cautionary tales with a twist," with O'Hara in "I'll Die Loving," from Really Weird Tales; and Cort in the Twilight Zone revival episode "The Trunk." 

Now, this isn't television related, but you don't think I'm going to pass up a post titled, "Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting...Vampires!" do you? That's the brilliant header for Rick's post on The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, aka The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula, at Classic Film & TV Cafe.

Roger continues his look at The A-Team at The View from the Junkyard, with "Trouble on Wheels," which finds our heroes dealing with a stolen car parts ring that quickly escalates into kidnapping, torture, and more. 

Another of our beloved figures from the past has passed on: Lauren Chapin, Kitten from Father Knows Best, who died of cancer aged 80. At A Shroud of Thoughts, Terence looks back at a career that may have been short, but also made her a lot of fans.

Martin Grams looks at the comic book series Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, based on the radio series, which itself wound up moving to television. Ah, for the days of simple adventures like this on television!

The Winter Olympics may be over for another four years, but they're not forgotten: Garry Berman gives us a brief history of the winter games on American television, starting with 1960 and the broadcasts from Squaw Valley. I don't watch them anymore, but back in the day, they were great fun, especially on ABC. TV

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