June 25, 2015: The Good, the Bad and the Generic

You'll find eight more ads today, from the November 29 - December 5, 1997 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from November 29 and December 5, 1997 issues of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, a Monday, 12/1/97 Blade Peach Section story by Chris Borrelli, "The Good, the Bad, the Generic Sweeps Shows" which also includes another item on who's leaving and who's coming to WNWO's newsroom. There's one addition to the ABC gallery, a Saturday, 11/29/97 TV Guide ad for The Skins Game (Tiger Woods). There's also one addition to the FOX gallery, another 11/29/97 TV Guide ad, for The Primestar Skate International of France. There are two additions, both from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Saturday, 11/29/97 Peach Section ad for the movie, "Toy Story," on the Disney Channel, followed by a Friday, 12/5/97 Sports Section ad for High School Hockey (Sylvania Northview at St. John's) on the Community Channel. There's one addition to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, another Friday,12/5/97 Blade Sports Section ad, a "clip & save" schedule of Big Ten Basketball games on TV5. There are three additions, all from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a full-page color ad for Disney's "Toy Story," which was airing for the first time on the Disney Channel. Next is a Sunday, 11/30/97 full-page ad for David Halbertstam's The Fifties, on the History Channel. Today's last ad is a Sunday, 11/30/97 two-part ad for Shoot the Clock, hosted by Sherry Stringfield, on Lifetime. Also included on the two pages are some 9:15-11:00 pm listings. There were also some holiday ads from this TV Guide and from The Blade that I'll be adding in December of 2015. More December 1997 ads, from the December 6-12, 1997 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...