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Each week, hosts Rick Brooks and Mike Cowgill explore the TV of the '70s and '80s through hand-picked episodes.... more
FAQs about Battle of the Network Shows:How many episodes does Battle of the Network Shows have?The podcast currently has 218 episodes available.
December 16, 2021Season 9 BATTY AwardsLive on tape from Jim Rockford's trailer in beautiful Malibu, California, the Season 9 BATTY Awards honor the best from season 9 in categories ranging from outstanding non-human and best facial hair to outstanding lead actor and actress and best show! Join us for the excitement as we determine the winners on air!...more1h 45minPlay
September 09, 2021Episode 9-13: Battlestar Galactica (1978)In a "rag-tag fleet," the remnants of humanity flee the robotic Cylons and search for a new home...Earth! For our season finale, we discuss the series finale of the original Battlestar Galactica "Hand of God," a show perhaps not remembered as fondly as it should be....more1h 14minPlay
September 02, 2021Episode 9-12: Thundarr the BarbarianIn the short-lived but ambitious cartoon "Thundarr the Barbarian," sword and sorcery meet superscience as Thundarr and his companions wage battle against the forces of evil in the ruins of civilization. With scripts by a bevvy of veteran comics and animation writers and deigns by comics legends Alex Toth and Jack Kirby, just about anything can and will happen! We discuss the episode "City of Evil," an episode where almost everything happens!...more50minPlay
August 26, 2021Episode 9-11: Killdozer!In this season's look at a TV movie, we take on the deadly menace of the Killdozer! You heard right! An alien consciousness takes over a bulldozer, and six brave men try to stop it before it...killdozes them! Will they prevail, or will the Killdozer?...more59minPlay
August 19, 2021Episode 9-10: Fantasy Island "The Devil and Mandy Breem, Instant Millionaire"Join us on a far-away tropical paradise that may or may not also have a freeway infrastructure, an industrial area, banks, pawn shops, and more as Tattoo tries to help a man become a millionaire and Mr. Roarke does battle with...SATAN!...more1h 15minPlay
August 12, 2021Episode 9-9: The Munsters vs. the Mini-MunstersWe had big plans to compare The Munsters Today to the original classic Munsters, but in a blow to John Schuck fans everywhere, our plans went awry. Luckily, we discovered the one-off 1973 animated Mini-Munsters, so we look at it, then travel back to 1966 to join Herman and Grampa on a treasure hunt....more1h 12minPlay
August 05, 2021Episode 9-8: The Soul Train The Emotions and Maze Featuring Frankie BeverlyOur listeners have spoken again and voted for us to take a ride on The Soul Train. We ride it all the way back to 1977 for a bit of funk, a bit of disco, the Soul Train Scramble, the Soul Train Line, plus performances by The Emotions and Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly. Get on board!...more59minPlay
July 29, 2021Episode 9-7: The Master "Fat Tuesday"Nothing says New Orleans like Mardi Gras, and nothing says Mardi Gras like ninjas, and nothing says ninjas like Lee Van Cleef and Timothy "Salami" Van Patten facing off against a BOTNS favorite in a shocking heel turn! Join us as we look back at NBC's short-lived attempt at cashing in on the eighties ninja craze The Master....more1h 19minPlay
July 22, 2021Episode 9-6: The Baseball Bunch "Chet Lemon"Summer in America means baseball, so break out the peanuts and Cracker Jacks. For a few years in the eighties, Major League Baseball made an educational baseball show for kids--The Baseball Bunch. Johnny Bench, the Famous Chicken, the Dugout Wizard, and guest Chet Lemon teach the Bunch about shagging flies, eating right, and more....more41minPlay
July 15, 2021Episode 9-5: Alice "Mel's Recession"In a season two episode of the long-lived Alice, diner owner Mel receives bad news from his accountant and decides he has to give one of the waitresses "the sack." In the ensuing struggle to keep their jobs, the ladies all end up at Mel's fortress of slobitude. We dive into this, the characters' transition from the big screen to the small screen, and Rick's mild obsession with the show....more1h 4minPlay
FAQs about Battle of the Network Shows:How many episodes does Battle of the Network Shows have?The podcast currently has 218 episodes available.