Video: 'The Creation of Venus' (part 1)
(Wednesday, March 31, 1982, 8:30 p.m. ET) — When Venus lets it slip that he was a schoolteacher before he came to WKRP, Andy has to tell Mama Carlson the truth about how he hired Gordon Sims as a DJ and how they came up with the persona of Venus Flytrap on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Continue reading ‘The Creation of Venus’ episodes airs on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ 30 years ago this hour (1982)
(Thursday, March 25, 1982, 9:00 p.m. EST) —Cagney & Lacey, a police procedural series that featured Tyne Daly and Meg Foster (later, Sharon Gless) as New York City police detectives, debuted tonight as a regular series on CBS-TV.
Video: 'Dear Liar'
(Wednesday, March 24, 1982, 8:30 p.m. ET) –When Bailey writes a news story on the Northside Children’s Clinic, Les steals it and reads it on the air on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
(Thursday, February 25, 1982, 10:00 p.m. ET) –Goldblume finds a witness in the Gilliam case who seems too good to be true on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Hill Street Blues.
Video: 'Circumstantial Evidence' (part 2)
(Wednesday, February 24, 1982, 8:00 p.m. ET) –Venus’s latest date gives him an expensive diamond earring as a gift and then runs out on him on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
(Thursday, January 28, 1982, 10:00 p.m. ET) — Bates plays in the interdepartmental poker finals on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Hill Street Blues.
(Monday, January 25, 1982) — Paul McCartney appeared briefly in a short videotape introduction (shot recently in Jamaica) for Stevie Wonder during tonight’s American Music Awards presentation on ABC-TV.
(Wednesday, January 20, 1982) — Paul McCartney was filmed today for the 40th anniversary edition of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs at the BBC Studios at 201 Egton House in London. Continue reading Paul McCartney filmed guesting on ‘Desert Island Discs’ 30 years ago today (1982)
Video: 'The Consultant " (clip)
(Wednesday, December 30, 1981, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Mama Carlson hires a professional radio consultant to evaluate WKRP on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
(Sunday, December 27, 1981, 7 p.m. EST) — Entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, still celebrating her sexuality at age 64, was interviewed by Ed Bradley on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV news magazine 60 Minutes.
