Video: 'Carl Perkins, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, Rosanna Cash - 1985'
(Monday, October 21, 1985) — Former Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr performed with Carl Perkins today at Limehouse Studios in London for his TV special Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session before an audience of 250 specially invited guests. Continue reading Harrison, Starr join Carl Perkins for TV special in London taped 50 years ago today (Oct 21 1985)
Video: 'Miami Vice: Out Where the Busses Don't Run'
(Friday, October 18, 1985, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Crockett and Tubbs question the sanity of a retired vice cop who wants them to chase after a coke dealer thought to be dead on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV crime drama television series Miami Vice.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 90 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
Video: 'Moonlighting S02E04 The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice'
(Tuesday, October 15, 1985, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Dave and Maddie each dream their own solutions to an unsolved 1946 murder case after hearing the story while finishing an investigation on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV comedy-drama Moonlighting.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 34 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
(Saturday, October 12, 1985, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Andy Warhol is on board the Pacific Princess, and he wants to paint a portrait of Kansas housewife Mary Hammond on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV sitcom The Love Boat.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 82 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
Video: 'Season 3 Episode 03 - Golden Anniversary'
(Thursday, October 10, 1985, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Russell and Anna celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary and are entertained by Cliff, Clair and the kids with a special song and dance routine on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom The Cosby Show.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 54 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
Video: 'The Real Thing Pt. 2'
(Thursday, October 3, 1985, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — As Ellen prepares to leave town to marry her fiance Dennis, both she and Alex must decide whether or not they really care about each other on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Family Ties.
In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode #76 among the “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.”
Video: 'Macgyver S1 E01 - Pilot'
(Sunday, September 29, 1985, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — MacGyver, an action-adventure television series that follows secret agent Angus MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson), debuted tonight on ABC.
Video: 'Emmy Awards '85'
(Sunday, September 22, 1985, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Cagney & Lacey picked up four awards at the 37th Primetime Emmy Awards tonight at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Continue reading ‘Cagney & Lacey,’ ‘The Cosby Show’ big winners at Emmy Awards 30 years ago this hour (Sep 22 1985)
Video: '45 85 Part 16'
(Monday, September 16, 1985, afternoon EDT; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan was interviewed today by Ted Koppel and Peter Jennings for the Sept. 18, 1985, ABC-TV special “45/85,” a three-hour program on post-World War II history, focusing especially on the Cold War.
Video: 'Death of a Salesman (1984)'
(Sunday, September 15, 1985, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Death of a Salesman, a made-for-television film about a an aging traveling salesman who recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it, premiered tonight on CBS.
Based on the 1949 play of the same name by Arthur Miller, it was directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starred Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang and Charles Durning.
