There are thirteen more ads today, from the November 20-26, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from November 20 and 21, 1999 editions of The Blade. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Tuesday, 11/23/99 ad for the movie, "Scream," with Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell and
Courteney Cox. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery, a Saturday, 11/20/99 ad for Saturday Night Live, hosted by Jennifer Aniston, with musical 
guest, Sting. There are three additions, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, starting with a Monday, 11/22/99 ad for Frontline,
"Apocalypse." Next is a Wednesday, 11/24/99 ad for American Masters, 
"Norman Rockwell: Painting America," which also includes a "close-up" description and some 7:00 pm listings that were also on that page. There's also a Friday, 11/26/99 ad for American
Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith. There are three additions, from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery. The first one is a Saturday, 11/20/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for a University of Toledo vs. Michigan State basketball game, on Mon
day 11/22/99. The next two are scans from the Sunday, 11/21/99 issue of TV Week, another "TV5 Millennium Moment" ad (The number of cable channels you have
avaialable in your home today has grown dramatically...), followed by a color full-page back cover ad, for a Tuesday night "All New WB Crossover Event," featuring Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, "Pangs" and 
Angel, "I Will Remember You," with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michael Boreanaz. There are two additions, from 
TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Tuesday, 11/23/99 ad for Reba McEntire on A&E's Live by Request, followed by a Thursday, 11/25/99 (Thanksgiving) full-page ad for The X-Files 
3rd Annual 
Secret Ballot Marathon, on FX. The last three ads today are additions, from TV Guide, 
to the TBS gallery, all for "The Wizard of Oz." There are two full-page color ads, on back-to-back pages, page one, and page two. There's also a Sunday, 11/21/99 full-page ad (There's no place like TBS). More ads, from the November 27-December 3, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
May 18, 2017: On TV...And The Internet!
You'll find fifteen more ads today, from the November 13-19, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from November 14 & 17, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, from The Blade, a
Wednesday, 11/17/99 Peach Section s
tory, "TV5 Program to Shine Light on Local Restaurants," about the show, Let's Eat, Toledo! The Northwest Ohio Dining Show. There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery, a Saturday, 11/13/99 full-page ad, for the movie, "Come On 
Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story," followed by a Wednesday, 11/17/99 ad for The Drew Carey Show, "Drew Cam" and Norm,
"Norm vs, Norm." Also included is the "close-up" description for Drew Carey's show. There is one addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Saturday, 11/13/99 full-page ad for Cops, from Forth Worth, and America's Most Wanted (Wanted! Present Day B
onnie & Clyde!). There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery, a Thursday, 11/18/99 ad for the ER episode, "Humpty Dumpty" (Goran Visnjic, Alex Kingston, Julianna Margulies). There's one addition, from
TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, too, a Sunday, 11/14/99 ad, on two pages, for "New York: A Documentary Film" on The American Experience. There's also a larger version of that ad, here. The next four ads are all from Peach Sections 
of The Blade. There's one addition to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Wednesday, 11/17/99 ad, for Cops on Court TV. There are three additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, starting with
a Saturday, 11/13/99 ad, for Baywatch Hawaii, "Father of the 
Groom." Next is a Sunday, 11/14/99 ad, scanned from "TV Week." It's another "TV5 Millennium
Moment" ad (The cable converter you have...has gone through some major changes in the past 20 
years...). There's also a Wednesday, 11/17/99 ad, for Caroline in the City. There are five additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, starting with a
Sunday, 11/14/99 ad for the movie, "Hostage Hotel" on TNT (Burt Reynolds). 
Next is a Monday, 11/15/99 ad for "Body Slam Week," on A&E's Biography. Also included is a "close-up" description and some 7:30 -
8pm 
listings. It's followed by another 11/15/99 ad, for The Brady Bunch Marathon on Nick-at-Nite (Marcia Marcia Marcia...). The next two are for NYPD Blue on FX, a Monday, 11/17/99 ad with Rick Schroder (FX has the new
blood), followed by a Tuesday, 11/18/99 ad with Dennis Franz (Missing your Blue?). Today's last ad is an addition, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Wednesday, 11/17/99 full-page ad for "Kroger For Kids." Ther Children's Miracle Network Telethon and Keebler were co-sponsers. More ads, from the November 20-26, 1999 issue of TV Guide, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
May 17, 2017: Let's Eat Toledo
There are eleven more ads today, from the November 6-12, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from November 
9-12, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, from The Blade, a Monday, 11/8/99 Peach Section column by Chris Borelli, "Conklin, Johan Swap Newscasts at Ch. 13." There are two other items, too, about local coverage of the end of the millennium, and about 100.7 FM
in Waterville, a satellite of KAWZ-FM. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the Channel 24 gallery, a Sunday, 11/7/99 ad for Relic Hunter, "Transformation," starring Tia Carrere. 
There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery, starting with a Wednesday, 11/10/99 page-and-a-half ad for Two Guys and a Girl, "Berg's New Roomate," Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, The Drew Carey Show, "Drew Live" and Norm, "Gambling Man." Also in
clude are the listings for the 8:00, 8:30 and 9:30 shows plus a "close-up" description for The Drew Carey Show. You can also find a larger version, here. There's also a Friday, 11/12/99 ad for Politically 
Incorrect with Bill Maher, featuring former child stars, Gary Coleman, Barry Williams, Danny Bonaduce and Lisa Whelchel. There are also two additions, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, both
Tuesday, 11/10/99 ads. The first ad is for Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth and the second ad is for Nova, "Decoding Nazi 
Secrets." There are three additions, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, starting with a Wednesday, 11/10/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for
Comedy Central's The Daily Show with John Stewart. Next are two Thursday, 
11/11/99 Peach Section ads, the first ad for a Six Million Dollar Man / Bionic Woman Chain Reaction Marathon, on Sci-Fi Channel, the second ad for Veterans Day Choral Performance on the Community Channel. Choirs from Springfield, Libbey and Clay high schools were featured. There are two more
ads from T
he Blade, both additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, from the Wednesday, 11/10/99 Living Section. The first ad is for Family Feud, hosted by Louise Anderson. The second ad is for Let's Eat Toledo, sponsored by the Northwest Ohio Restaurant Association, The Blade, and The Andersons. Today's last ad is an addition to the Other Vintage ads g
allery, a Tuesday, 11/9/99 half-page ad, on The Blade's Weather Page, for Buckeye Express High-Speed Internet Service, with Maumee resident, Justin Olman. More ads, from the November 13-19, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
May 6, 2017: All New Episodes...Kids' WB
There are fourteen
more ads today, from the November 6-12, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from November 6-7, 1999 editions of The Blade. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery, a Sunday, 11/7/99 full-page ad for Who Wants to be a Millionaire, hosted by Regis Philbin (Guess which hit show is back...Is that your final answer?). There are five additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, starting with a three-page fold-out color ad for The X-Files season
seven 
premiere episode, "The Sixth Extension." I've split it into to files: page one and pages two and three, with a larger
version, here. Next is a Saturday, 11/6/99 ad for Mad TV (100 episodes...and still tasteless!). There's 
also a Sunday, 11/7/99 two-page ad for The Simpsons, "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" and Futurama, "When Aliens Attack" (Welcome to Tomacco Country, Smooth and Mild...). There's also a larger 
version, here. And there's a 11/7/99 page-and-a-half ad and "close-up" description for that week's episode of The X-Files starring David Duchovny. You 
can find a larger version, here. There are two additions to the NBC gallery, both color ads for a Sunday
night NBC Hallmark Entertainment Event, "The Magical Legend of Leprechauns," inserted into the Saturday night listings. The first ad featured pics of stars Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Colm Meany and Ro
ger Daltry. The second ad was on the back side of the first (Click on NBC.com to win $125,000 in gold...the Kodak Pot o' Gold
Sweepstakes...). There next five ads are from The Blade. The first one is an addition to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Saturday, 11/6/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for "Tales From the Hood" on Sci-Fi
Channel. The next four are additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery starting with a Saturday, 11/6/99 ad, in the Peach
Section, for all-new episodes of Kids' WB shows. Next is a Sunday, 11/7/99 ad, in the Arts & Entertainment Section, for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, "Honey, I'm Kung-Fu Fighting." The next two are scans from the Sunday, 11/7/99 issue of TV Week. 
There's one more "TV5 Millennium Moment" ad (Buckeye CableSystem brought cable to Toledo in 1966...), followed by a full-page color ad from the back cover. It's for Detroit Pistons and Big Ten basketball games on TV5 and other Buckeye channels. Today's last ad is an addition, from TV Guide
, to the TBS gallery, a Sunday, 11/7/99 ad for the movie, "Batman & Robin" with George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. More ads, from the November 6-12, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
April 28, 1999: A New Way to Start Your Day
You'll find ten new ads today, from the October 30 - November 2, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from November 2, 4 & 5, 1999 editions of The Blade. T
here's one addition, from TV Guide, to the CBS gallery, a Sunday, 10/31/99 full-page ad for the premiere of The Early Show, "A new way to start your day," hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Clayson, with a live perform
ance by Mariah Carey. There's also one addition, again from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Thursday, 11/4/99 full-page ad, for the premiere of Greed. There's also one addition, from TV Guide
, to the PBS gallery, a Monday, 11/1/99 ad for American Masters, "Hitchcock, Selznick & the End of Hollywood." There's one addition,
from The Blade, to Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Friday, 11/5/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for 
Cinema Secrets on AMC. There are three additions, also from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 galle
ry, starting with a Tuesday, 11/2/99 half-page ad, in the Sports Section, for Detroit Pistons and Big Ten Basketball games. Next is a Thursday, 11/4/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for Leeza (You Can't Touch Life Without Asking Tough Questions). There are also two more Friday, 11/5/99 side-by-side ads, in the Sports Section, for a Northwestern
at Michigan B
ig Ten football game and a Detroit Pistons at New Yorks Knicks Basketball game. The last two ads today are additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. There's a Monday, 11/1/99 full-page ad for "Howard Cosell: Telling it Like it Is" on HBO's Sports of the 20th Century, followed by a Wednesday, 11/3/99 ad, on 
two pages, for The Man Show (Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla) on Comedy Central. You'll also find some 9-10 pm listings, inside the ad, and there's a larger version, here. More ads, from the November 6-12, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
April 22, 2017: The First Local Independent Cable Television Station in the United States
There are eight more ads today, from the October 
30-November 5, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the Sunday, 10/31/99 edition of The Blade. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a full-page color ad for Digimon: Digital Monsters, seen on the Fox Kids
Network. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery. It's another full-page color ad, for Dragon Tales. There's also one addition, from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Sunday, 10/31/
99 ad. It's another "TV5 Millennium Moment" ad with TV5 host, Teresa Pollick, for TV5's 10th Anniversary (In August 1989, TV5 became the first local independent
cable television station in the United States). I scanned this ad from an actual paper copy of "TV Week." There are four additions, 
from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, starting with a two-page color ad, inside the front cover, 
for Nickelodeon Nation (If you're a kid, you're in!), followed by a full-page color ad, on the back cover, (Nickelodeon Nation: We pledge 
allegiance to kids). There's a larger version of the two-page ad, here. There's also a color ad for Gordon Elliot's Door Knock Dinners on Food Network, followed by a one more full-page color ad, for the 
new cable network from Nickeloden called Noggin. Today's last ad is an addirion, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery. It's a full-page ad, in the Real Estate Section, for toledoblade.com (have you seen it?). More ads, from the October 31-November 5, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
April 18, 2017: Century in Toledo
There are twelve more ads today, from the October 23-29, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from October 23 & 
29, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, a Saturday, 10/23/99 TV Guide Magazine page with some 7-8
pm listings and a "local focus close-up" for a WTVG-TV 13 special, Century in Toledo. There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, starting with a Sunday, 10/24/99 full-page ad for Fox NFL Sunday with Terry, Howie, JB & Cris on the pre-game show, live from Dallas, followed by the Lions vs. Panthers on channel 36. Th
e Lima station carried the Redskins vs. Cowboys game. There's also a Monday, 10/25/99 ad, on two pages, for the Time of Your Life series premiere epsiode, "The Time She Came to New York" and the Ally McBeal season three
premeire episode, "Car Wash." There's also a larger version, here. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, a 
Monday, 10/25/99 ad and "editor's choice" for Wonders of the African World with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to The WB gallery, a Thursday, 10/29/99 full-page ad for The WB Radio Music Awards ('N Sync, Kid Rock, Christna Aguilera, Ginuwine, Sugar 
Ray, Smash Mouth). There are two additons, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery. The first one is a Saturday, 10/23/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Marathon. There's also a Sunday, 10/24/99 full-page ad, scanned from that week's "TV Week." The ad was for Ju
lia Roberts Sunday on TBS, featuring "Steel Magnolias," "Sleeping with the Enemy" and "Pretty Woman," Inside the Actor's Studio: Mary Tyler Moore, on Bravo, and for Buckeye CableSystem Night at a Toledo Storm vs. Louisiana Gators game. There are three addition
s, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, starting with a Saturday, 10/23/99 full-page ad for Showtime Championship Boxing. The fight was s
cheduled for after game one of the World Series and featured Mike Tyson vs. Orlin Norris. Next is a Wednesaday, 10/27/99 full-page ad for The New York Friars Club Roast of Jerr
y Stiller on Comedy Central (Booze. And cruelty. And humiliation, Like any celebrity gala...Hosted by Jason Alexander). There's also a 
Thursday, 10/28/99 ad for Headliners and Legends, on MSNBC (Mary Tyler Moore, Jackie Onassis, Ricky Nelson, host Matt
Lauer). The last three ads today are additions, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery, starting with a Sunday, 10/24/99 ad, in the Sports Section, for TheMetroNet.com (UT 
Football Pictures. More of them in color, too!). Next are two more 10/24/99 ads from the "Toledo: A Century of News" section. The first ad is for Access Toledo (Making news for the next 100 years,) the second one is a full-page ad for the University of Toledo (127 Years of Quality). More ads, from the October 30-November 5, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
April 11, 2017: The Definitive Story
There are nine more ads today, from the October 16-22, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the October 21, 1999 edition of The Blade, plus two Rand
om Pages gallery additions. The first one is from TV Guide, a J. Max Robins' story on Boomerang, "Animate This! Cartoon Network Launches a Sister Channel." There's also a
Monday, 10/18/99 Peach Section story in The Blade, by Chris Borrelli, "TV 
News Ponders Partnership Ethics." There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery, a Sunday, 10/1/99 a
d for "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" on The Wonderful World of Disney. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery, a Sunday, 10/1/99 full-page ad for the movie, "Mr. 
Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story," starring Judd Nelson. There's one addition, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Thursday
, 10/21/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for Tobacco Wars on TLC. The rest of today's ads are additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a full-page color ad for
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" on Odyssey Network, followed by a Sunday, 10/17/99 full-page ad for "Speed" with Kean
u Reeves and Sandra Bullock, on Fox Family Channel. There's also another 10/17/99 full-page ad, for Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster on 
TNT. It's followed by a Monday, 10/18/99 ad for A Conversation with Gregory Peck on TCM, and another 10/18/99 ad, for On the Inside,
"Friends" on Discovery Channel. Today's last ad is a Friday, 10/22/99 full-page ad for The 
World Magic Awards on Fox Family Channel. More ads, from the October 23-29, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
April 7, 2017: Real Sports...Springfield at Anthony Wayne
There are seven more ads today, from the October 9-15, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from October 12 & 15, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gal
lery additions. The first one is a Monday, 10/11/99 Peach Section story, in The Blade, by Chris Borrelli, titled "Beutien Loves the
Opportunity to Teach." The other one is from TV Guide, two Friday, 10/15/99 pages with some 7:30 - 9:00 pm listings and two "close-ups," for shows on Fox. There's also an "ad" for "'TV's 50 Greatest Characters,' 
next week in TV Guide." A larger version can be found, here. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Friday, 10/15/99 ad, on two pages for the "Pilot" epsiode of Ryan Caufield: Year One, and the Harsh Realm episode, "Levia
than." The "close-ups" for those two shows were in the previous image, above. You can also find a larger version of the Fox ad, here. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, 
to the PBS gallery, a Tuesday, 10/12/99 ad for American Photography: A Century of Images. Also included is the "close-up" description. There are three additions,
from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, starting with a Tuesday, 10/12/99 ad, in the Sports 
Section, for HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Next is another 10/12/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for "Rebel Without a Cause," starring James Dean, on AMC. There's also a Friday, 10/15/99 ad, in the Sports Section, for another High School Football game, on the Community Channel.
This one had the Springfield Blue Devils playing the Anthony
Wayne Generals. Today's last two ads are additions to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Monday, 10/11/99 ad for the Lifetime Original Movie, "My Little Assassin," with Gabrielle Anwar and Joe Mantegna, followed by a 10/11/99 full-page ad, for "Men at Work Week" on Modern Marvels. More ads, from the October 16-22, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
April 3, 2017: Tune In and Snuggle Up!
There are nine more ads today, from the October 9-15, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from October 9 & 10, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, two Sund
ay, 10/10/99 TV Guide Magazine pages with some 9-11:00 pm listings and a "close-up" for CNN's Millennium: A Thousand Years of History. There's also a larger version, here. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to
the PBS gallery, a Sunday, 10/10/99 ad for "Arisocrats" on 
Mobil Masterpiece Theatre. There's one addition, from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Sunday, 10/10/99 full-page ad, scanned from the back cover of TV Week, for Tuesday night shows on The WB, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, "Living Conditions" and Angel, "Lonely Hearts." There are three additions, from TV Guide, to 
the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, starting with a full-page color ad for Blue's Clues on Nick Jr. (Tune in and snuggle up!...Blue's Big pajama party!) Next is a Sunday, 10/10/99 full-page ad for A&E's Biography (
We're about to start the argument of the century...Biography of the millennium). And there's another 10/10/99 full-page ad, for Riddle of the Desert Mummies, 
on the Discovery Channel. There's also one addition to the TBS gallery, a Sunday, 10/10/99 ad for "Michael," starring Joh
n Travolta, Andie MacDowell and William Hurt. The last three ads today are additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery. The first one, from TV Guide, 
is a color ad for Ask,com (Where can I get a list of past Emmy winners? Ask Jeeves). The ad was shown sideways on the far ride side of page 31. You can find a larger version, here. The next two are from The Blade, a Saturday,
10/9/99 full-page ad (Every Day, Your Blade Carrier Brings You One of the Stronest Weapons of Democracy.), followed by another 10/9/99 full-page ad, for Buckeye TeleSystem in Toledo Public Schools (From Learning Evolution to Learning Revolution). More ads, from the October 9-15, 1999 edition of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
March 30, 2017: Live on TV5
There are eleven more ads today, from the October 2-8, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit edition) and from 
October 7 & 8, 1999 editions of The Blade. The first seven ads are from TV Guide, starting with an addition to the ABC gallery, a Tuesday, 10/5/99 full-page ad for the Sports Night second season premiere episode, "Special Powers" (Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Josh Charles, Robert Guillaume, Sabrina Lloyd, 
Joshua Malina). There's also one addition to the CBS gallery, a Thursday, 10/2/99 ad for 48 
Hours, "Why Did Josh Kill?" There are two additions to the FOX gallery, a Tuesday, 10/5/99 full-page ad for the Party of Five sixth season premiere episode,
"Don't Let Go," and a Friday, 10/8/99 full-page ad, for the series premiere "Pilot" episode of Harsh Realm. Next is an 
addition to the UPN gallery, a Friday, 10/8/99 full-page ad, for "Batman Returns" on the UPN premiere of Shockwave Cinema, with Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito.
There are two additions to The WB gallery, a Wednesday, 10/6/99 page-and-a-half ad for the Dawson's Creek 
episode, "Homecoming" and the Roswell series premiere "Pilot" episode. There are some 7-7:30 pm listings, too, and
you can find a larger version, here. There's also a Friday, 10/8/99 ad for the Mission Hill series premiere episode, titled, "Pilot Episode (or the Douchebag Aspect)." The next two ads are from The Blade. There's an addition to Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Th
ursday, 10/7/99 ad from the Peach Section, for "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" on Cinemax, followed by an addition to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Friday, 10/8/99 ad, in the Sports Section, for a Penn State at Iowa Big Ten
Football game. The last two ads are additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, both for Fox Family Channel shows, a Wednesday, 10/6/99 ad for 
World Gone Wild with Steve Santagati, and a Friday, 10/8/99 ad for Random Acts of Comedy, with David Allen Grier. More ads, from the October 9-15, 1999 edition of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
March 26, 2017: Spend Your Mornings With TV5
There are eleven more ads today, from the October 2-8, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit edition), and from October 4 and 5, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, from The Blade, a
Monday, 10/4/99 Peach Section story by Chris Borrelli, "Clothes Can't Dress Up TV News Ratings." There are several other items as well, one 
about early morning news on Toledo TV, one about college football on channel 13, and one about channel 48. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery, a Sunday, 10/3/99 full-page ad for the NBC World Premiere Movie, "Road Rage," with Yasmine Bleeth. There's also one addition, again from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, a Sunday, 10/3/99 ad for In the Wild, "Zoo
Babies," with Whoopi Goldberg, on Detroit's WTVS. There's 
one addition, from TV Guide, to the UPN gallery, too, a Tuesday, 10/5/99 full-page ad for the series premiere of Shasta McNasty, starring Carmine Giovinazzo, Jake Busey, and Dale Godboldo. The "Pilot" episode
also featured Cindy Margolis and Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer. There are two additions, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery. The first 
one is a Monday, 10/4/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for Lifetime's Intimate Portrait, "Linda Ellerbee." It's followed by a 
Tuesday, 10/5/99 ad, also in the Peach Section, for HGTV's Decorating Cents, with Joan Steffend. There's one addition, from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Monday, 10/4/99 ad for weekday 
morning shows, Martha Stewart Living, Leeza, and Queen Latifah (Spend Your Mornings With TV5). The next four ads, all from TV Guide, are additions to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. There's a
Sunday, 10/3/99 full-page ad for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Episodes of the NBC series were also being shown on USA Network. Next is a M
onday, 10/4/99 ad, for Design at 9 on HGTV, followed by another 10/4/99 ad, for MSNBC's Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer
(Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Andy Kaufman, Ricky Nelson). There's also a Tuesday, 10/5/99 full-page ad for The Sentinel (Richard Burgi) on Sci-Fi Channel. Today's last ad is an addition 
to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Tuesday, 10/5/99 ad from The Blade's Business Plus Section (Fly Toledo Express). More ads, from the October 2-8, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit edition), and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
March 22, 2017: The Good, The Badass, The Ugly
There are ten more ads today, from the October 2-8, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit edition), and from the 
October 2 & 3, 1999 additions of The Blade. There's also one Random Pages gallery addition, a Sunday, 10/3/99 TV Guide page with some 5:30-6:30 pm listings and a "close-up" for the season opener for the Detroit Red Wings, hosting
the Buffalo Sabres on Fox Sports Detroit. The first four ads are all from TV Guide. There are two additions to the Channel 20 WDWB gallery, a 
Saturday, 10/2/99 ad for Relic Hunter, "Smoking Gun," with Tia Carrere (Beauty. Brains. Black Belt.), followed by a Sunday, 10/3/99 ad for Baywatch
Hawaii, "Mahalo, Hawaii" (Can Sean still create the best team ever?). There are also two additions to the NBC gallery, starting with a Saturday, 10/2/99 ad for the 25th season premiere
of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Jerry Seinfeld, with musical guest David Bowie. There's also a "close-up" description included. Next is a Sunday, 10/3/99 full-page ad for Third Watch, "Patterns" (It's the eight hours when every breath is life-and-
death.) The next three ads are the only ones from The Blade. There's one addition to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Saturday, 10/2/99 ad, i
n the Peach Section, for "Practical Magic," with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, on HBO. There are two additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Sat
urday, 10/2/99 ad for Great Moments of the 25th Century, followed by a Sunday, 10/3/99 TV Week ad, another "TV5 Millennium Moment" ad, 
this one for the Lucas County Courthouse. The rest of today's ads, from TV Guide, are additions to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. There's a Sunday, 10/3/99 ad, on two pages, for
"Animal Farm," a TNT original presentation from Hallmark Entertainment. You can find a larger version, here. Next is a 10/3/99 full-page ad, for Animal
Planet's "World Animal Day," hosted by Kelsey Grammer. There's also another 10/3/99 full-page ad, for the series premiere of G vs. E, also known as Good vs Evil, on USA Network (The Good, The Badass, The Ugly). The first episode was called "Choose Your Own Evil." More ads, from the October 2-8, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit edition), and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
March 18, 2017: Got Time For a Quickie?
There are eight more ads today, from the September 25 - October 1, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit 
edition), and from 9/28/99 & 9/30/99 Peach Sections in The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions, from The Blade's
front page, a Wednesday, 9/29/99 story by Sam Roe, "Blade Sues WSPD for Theft of News," and a Thursday, 9/30/99 follow-up story by 
Michael D. Sallah, "WSPD Denies 'Intentionally' Stealing News." The first six ads today are all from TV Guide. There's one addition to the Channel 62 WWJ gallery, a Monday, 9/27/99 "Big Time Fun!" ad for Seinfeld. There's also one
addition to the FOX gallery, a Tuesday, 9/28/99 ad, on two pages, for the Ally series premiere episode, "Once in a Lifetime" and the season two premiere of That '70s Show, "Garage Sale." Th
ere's also a larger version, here. There's one addition to the NBC gallery, too, a 
Thursday, 9/30/99 ad, on two pages, for the ER sixth-season premiere, "Leave it to Weaver." You can also find a larger version of that ad, here. Next is an addition to the UPN gallery, a 
Wednesday, 9/29/99 full-page ad for the season two premiere of 7 Days, "The Football." There are two additions to The WB gallery, starting with a Wednesday, 9/29/99 ad, on two pages, for the season 
three premiere of Dawson's Creek, "Like a Virgin" and the Popular series premiere episode, "Popular, Round One." You can find a larger version, here. There's also a Thursday, 9/30/99 ad, on two pages, for Popular, "Mo' Menace, 
Mo' Problems" and the Charmed season two premiere episode, "Witch Trial." There's also a larger version, here. Today's last two ads are additions, from Peach
Sections in The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Tuesday, 9/28/99 ad for Hollywood Real to Reel, "Censored," on AMC, followed by a Thursday, 9/30/99 ad for "Twelfth Night" on Bravo. More ads, from the October 2-8, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit edition), and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
March 14, 2017: Big Time Fun!
You'll find ten more ads today, from the September 25 - October 1, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (Detroit edition), and one Random Pages gallery addition, from 
The Blade, several Monday, 9/27/99 items from Chris Borelli's column, one about WBGU's Patrick Fitzgerald, one about changes to WNWO's news programming, one about Kareen Wynter joining WTVG's
news team, one about WGTE's Cornerstones, and one about Toledoan Geoffrey Ammer's Disney promotion. There's one addition 
to the Channel 2 gallery, a Monday, 9/27/99 ad for National Enquirer TV, hosted by Mike Walker. There are two additions to the Channel 62 WWJ gallery, starting with a Monday, 9/27/99 ad for the 62/CBS
"Court Block," with Judge Judy at 3:00 and 5:00 pm, Judge Joe Brown at 3:30, and Judge Mathis at 4:00. Next is a 9/27/99 two-part "Big-Time Fun!" ad, on adjacent pages, for Grace Under Fire at 5:30, Caroline in the 
City at 6:00, and Mad About You, at 6:30 pm. There are some 4:30-6:00 pm listings included, too. There's also a larger version, here. There's one addition to the ABC gallery, a Sunday, 9/26/99 full-page ad for the series
premiere of Snoops, with Paula Marshall and Gina Gershon (They're gonna getcha.) There's also one 
addition to the CBS gallery, a Monday, 9/27/99 ad for the Family Law episode, "Damages." There are two additions to the FOX gallery. The first one
is a Sunday, 9/26/99 ad for the season premiere of King of the Hill, "Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall." The other one is a 9/26/99 two-page ad, for 
two more Sunday season premieres. The Simpsons, "Beyond Blunderdome" and Futurama, "A Flight to Remember." There's also a larger version, here. There's one addition to the NBC gallery, a Sunday, 9/26/99 page-and-a-half ad for The Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary special. 
A larger version of that ad can be found, here. There's also one addition to the TBS gallery, a Monday, 9/27/99 ad for The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (
Will Smith, Alfonso Ribeiro, Tatyana Ali). And there's one addition to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Monday, 9/27/99 ad for JAG (David James Elliott) on USA Network. More ads, from the September 25 - October 1, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
March 9, 2017: Pre-pregame Ritual 15
There are eleven more ads today, from the Detroit edition of the September 25 - October 1
, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the Saturday, 9/25/99 
edition of The Blade, and the Sunday, September 26 issue of The Blade's TV Week. There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the Channel 2 gallery, a Saturday, 9/25/99 ad for Stargate: SG-1 (Richard Dean Anderson), followed by a 9/25/99 full-page ad, for V.I.P., 
"Return of the Owl" (Pamela Anderson Lee). There are three additions to the Channel 20 WDWB gallery, starting with a Saturday, 9/25/99 ad for The Outer Limits (newer, colo
r episodes). Next is a 9/25/99 full-page ad for 
Relic Hunter (Tia Carrere), followed by a Sunday, 9/26/99 ad for Baywatch Hawaii (David Hasselhoff). There's one addition to the Channel 62 WWJ gallery, a Saturday, 9/25/99 ad for 
the premiere of Your Big Break. There's one addition to the FOX gallery, a
Sunday, 9/26/99 full-page ad for Fox NFL Sunday (Pre-pregame ritual 15...Terry always wears his cleats from the '79 Super Bowl. The games that day featured the Detroit 
Lions vs the Kansas City Chiefs and the Minnesota Vikings vs. the Green Bay Packers. There's also one addition to the NBC gallery, a Saturday, 9/25/99 full-page ad for the
Freaks and Geeks series premiere epsiode. There are two additions, from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery. The 
first one is from the Sunday, 9/26/99 issue of TV Week, another "TV 5 Millennium Moment" ad (1965 Palm Sunday Tornado). There's also a full-page color ad from the back cover of TV Week, for the Sunday night premieres of Felicity, "Sophomoric" and Jack and Jill, "These are the Days."
The last ad today, is an addition, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Saturday, 9/25/99 ad for a contest in The Blade (Catch the Millennium Bug!). More ads, from the September 25 - October 1, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
March 5, 2017: Scripts? We don't need no stinking scripts.
There are eleven more ads today, all from the September 11-17, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, a Saturday, 9/11/17 TV Guide page, with 
some 5-6pm listings and a "close-up on a classic" for the Gilligan's Island e
pisode, "The Producer," starring Phil Silvers. There are two additions to the ABC gallery, a full-page color ad for Good Morning America with Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer 
(Meet us in Times Square at the crossroads of America), and a Thursday, 9/16/99 ad for the season premiere of Whose Line is it, Anyway
? (Drew Carey, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles). There are also two additions to the FOX gallery. The first one is a Sunday, 9/12/99 full-page ad for the Fox NFL 
Sunday season premiere doubleheader of Dallas vs. Washington and Detroit vs. Seattle. That ad is followed by a Tuesday, 9/14/99 full-page American Express ad for 
the special, Central Park in Blue featuring Sheryl Crow, David Bowie, Eric Clapton. Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan, and Chrissie Hynde. There are 
four additions to the NBC gallery, actually four pages of a single color fold-out ad for "NBC Premiere Week," inside the front cover. Page one is for The West Wing. Page two is for Law & Or
der Special Victims Unit. Page three is for the Tuesday line-up of Just Shoot Me, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Will & 
Grace, and The Mike O'Malley Show, and the Thursday line-up of Friends, Jesse, Frasier, Stark Raving Mad, and ER. Page four is for Third Watch. There's one addition to the PBS gallery, a Sunday, 9/12/99 ad for
"An American Love Story" on American Playhouse. There's one addition to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a 
Monday, 9/13/99 ad for the season premiere of Leeza (Return to the Yosemite Murder Scene). The other four ads are additions to 
the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a Sunday, 9/12/99 full-page ad for "Striptease" 
with Demi Moore. Next is a Monday, 9/13/99 ad for the A&E Original Movie presentation of "P.T. Barnum" (Beau Bridges). There's also a Tuesday, 9/14/99 ad for The Sissy Duckling on HBO, and a 
Friday, 9/17/99 full-pge ad, for the season premiere of The Chris Rock Show on HBO. More ads, from the September 25 - October 1, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from The Blade's Sunday, 9/26/99 issue of TV Week, are on the way...
March 2, 2017: 9 | 9 | 99
There are sixteen more ads today, all from the September 4-10, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, plus one Random Pages gallery a
ddition, a Tuesday, 9/7/99 TV Guide Magazine page with some 6:30-7:00 pm listings and a
half-page "sports close-up" for The ESPN 20th Anniversary Special. There's one addition to the Jerry Lewis Telethon gallery, a Sunday, 9/5/99 full-page ad for The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, which was seen in this area o
n WTVG-TV 13. There's also one addition to the NBC gallery, a Monday, 9/6/99 ad, on two pages, for Today (Al Roker, Katie Couric
, Ann Curry, Matt Lauer) and for the day-after-Labor Day premiere of Later Today (Asha Blake, Jodi Applegate, Florence Henderson). A larger version of 
that ad can be found here. The remaining fourteen ads are additions to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a full-page color ad for The MTV Video Music Awards, sponsored by Ford (9I9I99). The next five ads, for that
same event, are all in one image. Each ad appeared on a different day's listings, Saturday through Wednesday (5,4,3,2,1 days until...). Next is a Thursday, 9/9/99 ad and "music 
close-up," again for that same event (Chris Rock, Ricky Martin), followed by a 9/9/99 full-page ad (mtv rocks the met...live from the metropolitan opera 
house). Next are two more full-page color ads, for It's Itsy Bitsy Time on Fox Family Channel. The first ad features "Charley & 
Mimmo," the second ad features "The Animal Shelf." Next is a Sunday, 9/5/99 ad for a marathon of "the 11 sexiest episodes ever" of Beverly 
Hills, 90210 on FX ("Hot. Hotter. Hottest. 90210 Swimsuit Issue"). There's also a 9/5/99 full-page ad, for William Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
on TNT. It's followed by a Monday, 9/6/99 full-page ad, for a marathon of nine NYPD Blu
e episodes on FX ("the Best of Blue"). Next is a Monday, 9/6/99 ad for A&E's Biography, featuring child stars Ron Howard, Kurt Russell, Drew Barrymore, The Osmonds, and H
ayley Mills. More ads, from the September 11-17, 1999 "Fall Preview" issue of TV Guide Magazine, are on the way...
February 26, 2017: ...And Again
There are twelve more ads today, from the September 18-24, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from the September 24, 1999 edition of The Blade. There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery starting with a Tuesday, 9/21/99 full-page ad for the Once and Again series premiere (Sela Ward, Billy
Campbell). There's also a Wednesday, 9/22/99 "Fold and connect Point A to Point B' ad for the Norm episode, "Norm vs. Love" (Norm MacDonald, Faith Ford). For a look at how the ad looke
d after folding, click here. There are three additions, from TV Guide, to the CBS gallery starting 
with a Tuesday, 9/21/99 full-page ad for the Judging Amy episode, "Short Calendar" (Amy Brenneman, Tyne Daly). Next is a Friday, 9/24/99 full-page ad for the
second "...and Again" series to premiere that week, Now and Again, "Origins" (Eric Close, Dennis Haysbert, Margaret Colin). There's also another 9/24/99 ad, for the Nash 
Bridges fifth season premiere, "Truth and Consequences" (Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Yasmine Bleeth). There are four additions, to the NBC gallery starting
with a Wednesday, 9/22/99 ad, on two pages, for the series premiere of The West Wing. There's a larger version of that ad, here. Next 
is a Thursday, 9/23/99 two-page ad for the Friends sixth season opener, "The One After Vegas" and the Jesse second-season premiere, "Jesse's New Job" (Christina Applegate), followed by another 9/23/99 two-page ad, for the Frasier seventh season premiere episode, "Momma Mia" and
the series premiere of Stark Raving Mad (Neil Patrick Harris, Tony Shalhoub). There are larger versions of those two ads, here and here. And there's a 9/
23/99 full-page ad for the first episode of Third Watch, "Welcome to Camelot." There's just one addition, also from TV Guide, to The WB gallery, a 
Friday, 9/24/99 ad, for two episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show, "Just Fancy" and "Mr. Bo-Jingles," The Steve Harvey Show, "Detention Peddler," and For Your Love, "The 
Thanks You Get" (Tonight, the groove moves to Fridays.) There's one addition, the only one today from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Friday, 9/24/99 ad, in the Peach Section
, for The Jersey, on the Disney Channel. Today's last ad, is an addition, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Tuesday, 9/21/99 full-page ad for Reverb on HBO. I just found the the two "missing" TV Guides (September 4-10 & 11-17, 1999 issues), so more ads, from the September 4-10, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine are on the way...
February 21, 2017: Romance Classics
There are fourteen more ads today, from the September 
18-24, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from September 19-21, 1999 editions of The Blade. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery, a two-page color ad for "America's best new shows in a handy six-pack," Wasteland, Then Came You, Once and Again, 
Oh, Grow Up, Snoops & Odd Man Out. There's a larger version of that ad, here. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the CBS gallery, too, a Tuesday, 9/21/99 ad for the 
JAG fifth season premiere episode, "King of the Greenie Board." There are four additions, also from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery starting with a
Monday, 9/30/99 two-page ad for the Suddenly Susan fourth season premiere episode, "The New Gate," and the Veronica's Closet third-season opener, "Veronica's New Boss. A larger version can be found, here. It's followed by a 9/30/99 full-page ad for the 
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit series premiere episode, "Payback" (Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni). Next is a Tuesday, 9/21/99 two-part, page-and-a-half ad for the Just Shoot Me season four premiere, "A Divorce to Remember"
and the 3rd Rock From the Sun season five premiere, "Episode I: The Baby Menace." There are some 5-6pm listings included, too, and a larger version can be found, here. There's also another 9/21/99 two-part, page-and-a-half ad, for the Will & Grace second season opener, "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" and the series premiere of The Mike O'Malley Show. Also included are 
some 8pm listings and a "close-up" for the Once and Again "Pilot." There's also a larger version, here. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to The WB gallery, a Monday, 9/20/99 ad, on two pages, for the 7th Heaven fourth-season premiere episode, "The Tattle Tale Heart" and the series premiere episode of Safe Harbor, "One More Time:
The Great Escape." Larger version, here. There are two additions, both from Peach Sections in The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery. The first one is a Monday, 9/20/99 ad for The 
Fresh Prince of Bel Air on TBS. The second one is a Tuesday, 9/21/99 ad for Everyday Elegance with Colin Cowie, on Romance Classics, the channel that
would later become We TV. There's one addition, scanned from The Blade's "TV Week," to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Sunday, 9/19/99 ad, one more "TV5 Millennium 
Moment" ad, this one about the "Blizzard of '78." Today's last four ads are additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. There 
are three Monday, 9/20/99 ads (from the bottoms of three different pages), in one image, for Married...With Children on FX (Share your feelings,,,Spend quality time...Make time for intimacy...Bundy Monday Marathon). There's also another 9/20/99 ad, for From Martha's Kitchen with Martha Stewart, new on Food Network. More ads, from the September 18-24, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
