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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 708.4: How TV Covered the Death of Rock Hudson is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Posted on October 6, 2025 by admin

How TV Covered the Death of Rock Hudson Original Airdates: Oct. 3-6, 2024 TVC 708.4: From October 2015: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at how the print and television media covered the death of Rock Hudson. The legendary actor … Continue reading →

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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: “According to Hoyle,” Diane Brewster’s first appearance as Samantha Crawford, airs on Oct. 6, 1957. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 6, 2025 by admin

ACCORDING TO HOYLE Original Airdate: October 6, 1957 Synopsis. Bret loses more than $17,000 playing poker with Samantha Crawford, a con artist employed by George Cross—who once lost $50,000 to Maverick and is determined to get it back. Samantha claims … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Dean Stockwell stars in “The Quarry,” airing Oct. 6, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 6, 2025 by admin

THE QUARRY Original Air Date: Oct. 6, 1968 Synopsis. In the town of San Sebastian, California, numbers runner Mike Riley finds himself pursued by both mob boss Frank Williams, who wants him dead for failing to deliver betting slips for … Continue reading →

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This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Bo Hopkins makes his first appearance as John Cooper in “The Jersey Bounce,” airing Oct. 6, 1978. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 6, 2025 by admin

THE JERSEY BOUNCE Original Air Date: October 6, 1978 Synopsis. Rocky and his neighbors have been harassed by Eugene Conigliaro and Mickey Long, a pair of lowbrow hustlers who are anxious to ingratiate themselves with mob boss Artie Nodzak. Conigliaro … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Jeff Bridges and Carl Betz star in “Boomerang,” airing Oct. 5, 1969. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 5, 2025 by admin

BOOMERANG Original Air Date: Oct. 5, 1969 Synopsis. In El Paso, Texas, Terry Shelton (played by Jeff Bridges) fakes his own kidnapping and arranges for his girlfriend, Melinda Collier (played by Brooke Bundy), to mail a letter to his father … Continue reading →

This Date in MAVERICK TV History: “Alias Bart Maverick,” Richard Long’s first appearance as Gentleman Jack Darby, airs on Oct. 5, 1958. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 5, 2025 by admin

ALIAS BART MAVERICK Original Airdate: October 5, 1958 Synopsis. Outside Crescent City, Bart encounters Gentleman Jack Darby (played by Richard Long), a fugitive wanted for embezzlement by the Missouri Surety Company. Although innocent of that charge (a dishonest bank clerk … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: James Olson stars in “Escape to Terror,” airing Oct. 4, 1970

Posted on October 4, 2025 by admin

ESCAPE TO TERROR Original Air Date: Oct. 4, 1970 Synopsis. James Olson stars as George Breen, a certified public accountant with connections to La Cosa Nostra. Breen flees on the eve of his trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud … Continue reading →

This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Mills Watson guest stars in “Exit Prentiss Carr,” airing Oct. 4, 1974. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 4, 2025 by admin

EXIT PRENTISS CARR Original Air Date: October 4, 1974 Synopsis. Rockford’s old flame Janet Carr hires him to tail her philandering husband Prentiss. Rockford locates Prentiss at the Bay City Motel, but he finds the man dead—an apparent murder victim. … Continue reading →

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This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Part 2 of “Gearjammers!” airs on Oct. 3, 1975. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 4, 2025 by admin

GEARJAMMERS! (Conclusion) Original Air Date: October 3, 1975 Synopsis. Rocky’s life becomes endangered after he inadvertently witnesses an illegal business transaction between his trucker friend Johnny LoSalvo and LoSalvo’s ruthless boss Hammel, who has plotted to hijack six of his … Continue reading →

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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Gerald Mohr stars in “You Can’t Beat the Percentage,” airing Oct. 4, 1959. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 4, 2025 by admin

YOU CAN’T BEAT THE PERCENTAGE Original Airdate: October 4, 1959 Synopsis. Bart arrives in the town of Arroyo after receiving a letter Myra (played by Karen Steele), a saloon girl whom he met long ago in Missouri. Myra tells Bart … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: October 2025

TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 708.4: How TV Covered the Death of Rock Hudson is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

This Date in MAVERICK TV History: “According to Hoyle,” Diane Brewster’s first appearance as Samantha Crawford, airs on Oct. 6, 1957. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

This Date in THE FBI History: Dean Stockwell stars in “The Quarry,” airing Oct. 6, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Bo Hopkins makes his first appearance as John Cooper in “The Jersey Bounce,” airing Oct. 6, 1978. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press

This Date in THE FBI History: Jeff Bridges and Carl Betz star in “Boomerang,” airing Oct. 5, 1969. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

This Date in MAVERICK TV History: “Alias Bart Maverick,” Richard Long’s first appearance as Gentleman Jack Darby, airs on Oct. 5, 1958. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

This Date in THE FBI History: James Olson stars in “Escape to Terror,” airing Oct. 4, 1970

This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Mills Watson guest stars in “Exit Prentiss Carr,” airing Oct. 4, 1974. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press

This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Part 2 of “Gearjammers!” airs on Oct. 3, 1975. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press

This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Gerald Mohr stars in “You Can’t Beat the Percentage,” airing Oct. 4, 1959. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

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