Television in the 1970s could turn a show into something almost everyone watched. The next morning, people discussed it at work, at school, and pretty much anywhere else two human beings happened to meet. But for every massive hit, another show was quietly sinking to the bottom of the ratings. Some disappeared so completely that even their titles now sound made up.
Before she was old enough to attend school, Baby Peggy was living in a Beverly Hills mansion, receiving mountains of fan mail and earning more money than most adult movie stars could dream of. But before she was old enough to understand what any of it meant, the whole thing began to fall apart.
Charles Bronson became Hollywood’s ultimate tough guy in Death Wish, but his private life revealed a devoted husband and father navigating fame, family bonds, cancer, grief, and lasting love offscreen.
If you watched The Price Is Right anytime between 1972 and 1985, you knew Johnny Olson’s voice. That iconic booming voice could turn an ordinary contestant’s name into the greatest news anyone had ever received.
For four seasons, Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner mixed espionage, comedy, suburban family life, and one very slow-burning romance. Millions watched it. Then, somehow, we all stopped talking about it. I can’t be the only one who remembers this show...right?
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Discover how Jacqueline Bisset became a 1970s screen siren while facing family illness, difficult relationships, Hollywood typecasting, and a lifelong struggle to prove she was more than a beautiful face.
While America was falling in love with that smile, Mary Typer Moore's real life was becoming much more complicated. And just a few years after The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended, she received a phone call no parent is ever prepared to get.
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