Curated playlist
American television series revived after cancellation
- Perfect Hair ForeverPerfect Hair Forever aired on Adult Swim in place of the expected Squidbillies premiere.
- Twin PeaksSheryl Lee was hired to play Twin Peaks' dead girl, Laura Palmer. Lynch saw her in a picnic scene and kept her on.
- NBA on ESPNESPN's first NBA deal in 1982 ended after only two seasons. Nearly two decades passed before the league returned.
- NBA on ABCABC first broadcast NBA games in 1965 for only $650,000 a year. Baseball's NBC deal was worth $16.5 million in 1969.
- Jeopardy!A quiz show idea came to Merv Griffin's wife on a flight: give contestants the answers and ask for questions.
- NBA on NBCNBC lost the NBA in 2002 after its own bid was outdone. It returned in 2025 after 23 years away.
- NFL on CBSCBS interrupted an NFL playoff game to show Apollo 8 live on its way to the Moon. It got approximately 3,000 complaints.
- NFL on NBCNBC once cut away from a close football game to air the film Heidi.
- NFL on ABCThe NFL on ABC once carried news that had nothing to do with football. During a game between the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots on the 8th of December 1980, announcer Howard Cosell told the audience that former Beatle John…
- Saturday Night's Main EventSaturday Night's Main Event was taped on the 10th of May 1985 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. NBC broadcast the taped show the next night, headlined by champion Hulk Hogan against Bob Orton for the WWF…
- Battlestar GalacticaBattlestar Galactica made its American television debut on the 17th of September 1978, and the first broadcast did not run smoothly. About 30 minutes before the scheduled end, the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Camp David Accords…