Television

The Mattel hovercraft was a figment of imagination, but that didn't stop kids (and their parents) from demanding where to buy one.

These shows did way more than just provide entertainment.

In the pantheon of SNL sketches-turned-feature films, there are good ideas (‘Wayne’s World’), bad ideas (‘It’s Pat’), and batted-about ideas that never made it to the silver screen.

In its very first season, ‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ created the greatest Thanksgiving special about a misguided turkey delivery ever made.

Now’s your chance to become part of your favorite game show.

'Mad TV' brought the magazine's satirical bent to the small screen.

The humor magazine transitioned to TV in 1995, hoping to unseat NBC's sketch comedy dynasty.

1984 Cable Music Channel "It's live it's 24 hours a day" TV Commercial

With the Cable Music Channel, Ted Turner tried to take on MTV and failed—but somehow still managed to win.

1984 was a banner year for movies and music.

From ‘Ghostbusters’ to Madonna’s VMA performance, 1984 was a memorable year for pop culture.

You have Tinseltown to thank for phrases like ‘cut to the chase’ and ‘jump the shark.’

R.L. Stine—the father of children’s horror lit.

Series like R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps introduced '90s kids to horror at a young age.

“And then, yada yada yada, I made a movie about Pop Tarts.”

The ’90s catchphrase was made famous by ‘Seinfeld,’ but Jerry and company didn’t coin it.

Margaret Chase Smith and Eleanor Roosevelt duked it out for their political parties.

In 1956, two highly-regarded party figures stepped in for candidates Eisenhower and Stevenson to tackle election issues.

The shelf-sized mammoth comes with three sets of tusks, including one with battle damage.

For some people, the “Countdown to Christmas” really is the most wonderful time of the year.

The Hallmark Channel’s annual Countdown to Christmas kicks off every October. But the channel's reputation for producing feel-good holiday films began years before the annual event.

Viewers hoping to gain deeper insight into the show’s mysteries could get some clues from Lost’s episode titles.

This is your chance to buy some of Daenerys Targaryen’s possessions.

The upcoming ‘Game of Thrones’ auction features over 2000 items from the series.

Harry Potter is returning to the screen.

The open casting call for HBO’s rendition of the original Harry Potter series has officially begun.

Howard Hughes, the original rich and eccentric guy.

The reclusive billionaire couldn't sleep and didn't have anything to watch. His solution was to buy a TV station.

Items from one of your favorite sitcoms will be auctioned off soon.

Julien’s Auctions and Warner Bros. will be there for you during the Friends Memorabilia auction on September 23.

Before it became a cultural phenomenon, Budweiser’s “Wassup” ad started as a short film.

Before there was ‘Heat,’ there was ‘LA Takedown,’ a TV pilot-turned-TV movie that aired on NBC in 1989.

“God” and “Jesus” are the only Simpson characters that have five fingers.

It‘s normal for cartoon characters to be missing a digit, but how did the style originate?

The show shot its cast—including Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, and Matt LeBlanc—to mega-stardom.

In honor of its 30th anniversary, discover even more fun facts about NBC’s hit sitcom, ‘Friends,’ which helped turn its cast—including Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, and Courteney Cox—into household names.

The boogying baby animation from ‘Ally McBeal’ was one of the internet's first viral memes, and was alternately charming and horrifying.

When People Thought the ‘Back to the Future II’ Hoverboard Was Real

11 TV Shows That Changed the Course of History

9 ‘Saturday Night Live’ Movies That Were Never Made

How ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ Made Holiday TV History With “Turkeys Away”

Calling All Trivia Nerds: Jeopardy! Hiring a New Researcher

When ‘Mad TV’ Challenged ‘Saturday Night Live’ for Sketch Comedy Supremacy

How MTV’s First Rival Became Cable TV’s Biggest Flop

7 Reasons Why 1984’s Pop Culture Is the Gift That Keeps On Giving

6 Words and Phrases Brought to You by Hollywood

It Came From the Kid Lit Section: Remembering the Children’s Horror Boom of the 1990s

Where Did ‘Yada Yada Yada’ Come From?

The First-Ever Televised Presidential Debate Was Between Two Women

PBS’s Woolly Mammoth Action Figure Recreates the Majestic Beast at 1:18 Scale

How Schmaltzy Hallmark Christmas Movies Came to Rule the Holiday Season

The Meta Storytelling of ‘Lost’ in 6 Episode Titles

Daenerys’s Dragon Egg, Arya’s Dagger, and More ‘Game of Thrones’ Props Are Being Auctioned Off

Calling All Wizards: HBO Is Holding Open Casting for Its New Harry Potter Series

When Howard Hughes Bought a TV Station Because He Had Insomnia

Props and Memorabilia From ‘Friends’ Are Headed to Auction for the Show’s 30th Anniversary

‘Wassup?’: The Origins of the Famous Budweiser Ad

How An Unsuccessful TV Pilot Spawned One of the Greatest Films of the 1990s

Why Do So Many Cartoon Characters Have Four Fingers?

40 Surprising Facts About ‘Friends’

‘Ooga Chaka’: How Dancing ‘Baby Cha’ (Briefly) Took Over the ’90s