tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post3803144807292943988..comments2024-03-29T11:16:07.637-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Sunday, December 25, 1966Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-51111517182381132952017-01-09T18:15:54.399-05:002017-01-09T18:15:54.399-05:00A few stations still do "Year In Review"...A few stations still do "Year In Review" specials. Some stations in small markets (or up in Canada) tape these shows a couple of days before Christmas and air them on Christmas Day in place of live local newscasts, giving the station's entire news and program production staffs the Holiday off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-1671753436786680382016-12-28T17:48:18.273-05:002016-12-28T17:48:18.273-05:00The thing about the AFL season in '66 was the ...The thing about the AFL season in '66 was the decline of the Buffalo Bills defensive juggernaut at the hands of the new look offense of the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFL championship game. The Chiefs steamrollered the Bills 31-7 in a cold, snowy, drizzly game played at War Memorial Stadium, thus depriving the Bills the chance to be the first AFL representative in SB I.Melanie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011856660252330616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-77963605824166635592016-12-27T02:49:35.156-05:002016-12-27T02:49:35.156-05:00A few things. One of them is that football is mis...A few things. One of them is that football is missing. The AFL & NFL concluded their regular seasons on December 18 and will not play their championship games until New Year's Day. Super Bowl I was two weeks later. The NFL is still reluctant to schedule games on a Sunday Christmas even though there were two this year. One of the teams that played, the Kansas City Chiefs, lost a double-overtime AFC playoff game on Christmas 1971 that delayed a lot of Christmas dinners. The second one is that I noticed that a couple of the Minnesota stations had noon news on Sunday. I don't think that I ever saw that in Nebraska, even in the 60s. As for local choirs on TV, the only stations that air that kind of stuff anymore are the local ABC affiliate on Christmas Eve and the local Fox affiliate on Christmas morning. They are owned by the same company.timdub70https://www.blogger.com/profile/09891461198896930029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-45557493263264637902016-12-26T11:05:16.232-05:002016-12-26T11:05:16.232-05:00Merry Christmas, Mitchell and thanks for another g...Merry Christmas, Mitchell and thanks for another great year. Nothing more "Christmasy" than an late night dose of that surly elf, Joe "Go Gargle With Razor Blades" Pyne....Melanie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011856660252330616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-80362935242437355852016-12-26T10:29:36.371-05:002016-12-26T10:29:36.371-05:00It surprises me that outside of Ch.11 religious an...It surprises me that outside of Ch.11 religious and Christmas programming is limited mostly to the morning hours. Does anybody remember if Christmas night programming was holiday focused in these years, or did shows move on to the rest of the year?<br />Plus were all these news programs live? It's unusual to see so many stations with noon newscasts on Sundays back then.Al Leosnoreply@blogger.com