There are 19 more ads today, from October 1999, all additions to the Halloween Ads gallery. The first five are from pages of The Blade, starting with a Friday, 10/1/99 ad for HalloWeekends at Cedar Point (Another reason to scream at the park.), followed by another 10/1/99 ad, a half-page
ad for Planet Horror at Parkway Plaza, sponsored in part by TV5. It's followed by a 
Tuesday, 10/5/99 full-page ad, for Face Pumpkins at Food Town. There are also two 10/5/99 
Peach Section ads, the first ad for the The Famous Jett Jackson Halloween 
episode, "Ghost Dance," on the Disney Channel, the second ad for Terrortown at the Lucas County Fairgrounds. The next two ads are from the October 16-23, 1999 issue of TV Guide. The first 
one is a 3-page color fold-out ad, for Fox Family Channel's 13 Days of Halloween. There's also a larger version of that ad, here. The other one is a Tuesday, 10/19/99 full-page ad for "Addams Family Reunion"
with Daryl Hannah and Tim Curry. The next ad is from the October 23-29, 1999 issue of TV Guide, a full-page color ad for AMC's 
Monsterfest, "The biggest scariest movie marathon ever!" It's followed by a Sunday, 10/24/99 full-page ad in The Blade for "Halloween Central" at Kroger. The next five ads are
also from the October 23-29, 1999 issue of TV Guide, starting with a Sunday, 10/24/99 full-page ad for "Casper Meets 
Wendy" on Fox Family Channel. Next are four "Halloween close-ups," for The 
WB's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Fear Itself," That '70s Show, "Halloween" on Fox, the syndicated Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, "Darkness Visible," and AMC's Attack of the 50 ft. Monster Mania. There's also a 
Tuesday, 10/26/99 ad for AMC's Attack of the 50 ft. Monster Mania, followed by another 10/26/99 ad, for the Fox animated special, The Night of the Headless 
Horseman, followed by a Friday, 10/29/99 ad for two CBS Halloween specials, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and Garfield's Holiday Adventure. There's another 10/29/99 ad, too, for AMC's Big Scream TV
Monster Movie Marathon. The last four 
ads are from the October 30-November 5, 1999 issue of TV Guide, starting with a Saturday, 10/30/99 ad for AMC's Godzilla Marathon. Next are two more "Halloween close-ups," for Freaks and
Geeks, "Tricks and Treats" on Saturday, and The Simpsons, "Treehouse of Horror X" on Sunday. The 
last two ads are both for Fox shows on Sunday, 10/31/99, the first ad for The Simpsons, "Treehouse of Horror X" and the second ad for a replay 
of The X-Files, "Home." Also check out the Sci-Fi & Horror Movies gallery. More ads, from the June 26-July 2, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
October 23, 2016: Just Think
There are eleven more ads today, from the June 19-25, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the June 21, 
1999 Peach Section, in The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, a Monday, 6/21/99 Peach Section story by Chris Borrelli, "Channel 24 Sees Increase in
News Ratings." There's one addition, from The Blade's Peach Section, to the the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Monday, 6/21/99 ad for "Kids and Family 3" programming, including Just Think with James Brown, seen on Cartoon Network, Fox Family Channel, Disney Cha
nnel, TV Land, Nickelodeon and History Channel. There's also one addition from that same Peach Section, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, another 6/21/99 ad, for Indians and Reds games on
TV5 and alternate channels. Next are eight additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, starting with a full-page color Fox News Channel ad for Fox Report with Paula Zahn, followed by a full-p
age color TNN ad, for their coverage of NASCAR's Winston Cup Pocono 500. There's also a full-page color Fox Family Channel ad, for
the movie, "Michael Jordan: An American Hero," followed by Garth Brooks Live from Central Park. Next are three full-page color "Kids and
Family 3" ads, a Nickelodeon ad (20 years of putting kids first. How slime flies!), a Disney Channel ad for the 
movie, "Smart House" with Katey Sagal, and an HBO ad for Tama Janowitz's The Three Little Pigs, an animated special featuring the voices of Tyra Banks, Courteney Cox, Loretta
Lynn, Sandra Oh, and Sinbad. There's also a Sunday, 6/20/99 ad for A&E's Biography of Brian Wilson, "A Beach Boy's Tale," followed by another 6/20/99 ad, for E! True Hollywood Story, "Farr
ah Fawvett." Today's last ad, from
TV Guide, is an addition to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a full-page color ad for Richard Karn's post Home Improvement book, "House Broken."
This year's (1999) Halloween ads, from TV Guide Magazines and the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
October 19, 2016: The Man Show: Oprahization
There are twelve more ads today, from the June 12-18, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from June 
12, 14 & 17, 1999 editions of The Blade. The first two are additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery. There's a Monday, 6/14/99 ad for That '70s Show, "Water Tower." A
lso included with the ad are the program listing and a "close-up." It's followed by a Tuesday, 6/15/99 ad for 
the special, From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. There's one addition
, again from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, a Monday, 6/14/99 ad for People's Century: 1900-1999. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the UPN gallery, a Monday, 6/14/99 full-page ad for the UPN 
premiere of the Canadian (CTV) series, Power Play, "Perambulate Me Back to My Habitual Abode." They only aired two episodes before cancelling it
. There are three additions, from Peach Sections in The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, starting with a Saturday, 6/12/99 ad for 
"The Little Mermaid" on the Disney Channel. Next is a Monday, 6/14/99 ad for The TNN Music City News Country Awards, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, followed by a Thursday, 6/17/99 ad, for "The Country Girl" on AMC, with William Holden and Grace
Kelly. There are four additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, starting with a two-page color ad for Strangers with Candy, Upright Citizens Brigade, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, Comedy Central Presents, South Park, the premiere of The Man Show, Bob and Margaret, and
Vs. with Greg Proops, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Win Ben Stein's Money (All new large type comedy premiere week, this week on Comedy Central). You can find a larger version of that ad, here. Next is a Saturday, 6/13/99 full-page ad, for
the second season premiere of Showtime's Linc's, "Lovers and Other Traitors." There's also a Monday, 6/14/99 ad for the Lifetime original 
movie, "Jackie's Back," followed by another one for Comedy Central, a Wednesday, 6/16/99 ad for South Park, "Jakovassaurs," The Man Show, "Oprahization," 30 Minutes of
Beer Commercial Fun, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Win Ben Stein's Money. Today's last ad is an addition, from TV Guide, to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a full-page color ad, on the back cover, for M&M's "Crispy" candy (Do not eat this new product!...The view's of the spokescandy do not represent those of the manufacturer). More ads, from the June 19-25, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
October 16, 2016: All-Star Father
There are twelve more ads today, from the June 5-11, 1999 issue
of TV Guide Magazine, and from June 5, 7 & 9, 1999 editions of The Blade. The first ad is an addition, from The Blade, to the Channel 36 gallery, a Saturday, 6/5/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for the Children's Miracle Network Telethon, hosted by KC, Laura Emerson, Rebecca Fondessy, Jack Mitchell, Bill Harris, Jill Olmsted, Bill Stewart and Orris
Tabner (on Fox 36) and Radio-thon (on WSPD-AM and The River, WIOT-FM, WCWA-AM and KISS-FM). 
There are two additions, also from Peach Sections in The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery. The first one is a Saturday, 6/5/99 ad for "Dr. Dolittle" on HBO
(Eddie Murphy). The other one is a Monday, 6/7/99 ad for a Leave it to Beaver Marathon on Nick-at-Nite (Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Barbara Billingsley, and as "All-Star 
Father Ward Cleaver," Hugh Beaumont). There are seven additions, all from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, starting
with a Sunday, 6/6/99 full-page ad for the Showtime Original Picture, "That Championship Season" (Vincent D'Onofrio, Terry Kinney, Tony Shalhoub, Gary Sinise, and Paul Sorvino). Next is another 6/6/99 full-page ad, for 
"Lone Star" on TNT (Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson), followed by another 6/6/99 ad, for E! True Hollywood Story, "The
Brady Bunch." There's also one more 6/6/99 full-page ad, for the second season premiere of Sex and the City, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (Sarah Jessica Parker). There's another 
HBO ad, too, a Wednesday, 6/9/99 full-page ad for encore presentations of The Sopranos, Arliss, Sex and the City, Oz, and Todd McFarlane's Spawn. Next is another 6/9/99 full-page ad, for the premiere of 
Crusade, "War Zone" on TNT, followed by a Thursday, 6/10/99 full-page ad, for The MTV Movie Awards 99, hosted by Lisa Kudrow. There's one addition to the 
TBS gallery, a 6/10/99 ad for the premiere of the 13-episode TBS series, The Chim
p Channel, "Timmy's First Day."
Today's last ad is and addition, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Wednesday, 6/9/99 full-page ad for The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, at the Toledo Sports Arena (No other place can make this face.) More ads, from the June 12-18, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
October 12, 2016: Lack of Opportunity
You'll find twelve more ads today, from the May 29 - June 4, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from May 31 & June 1-3,1999 editions of The Blade. There are also three Random Pages gallery additions, starting with a Saturday, 5/29/99 TV Guide page with some 2:00 - 3:00 pm 
listings and a "close-up" for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "What You Leave Behind," part one of the two-part series finale. There are also two Peach Section stories in The Blade by Chris Borrelli
, starting with a Monday, 5/31/99 story, "Lack of Opportunity Costs WTVG a Co-Anchor" which also includes some other items cocerning
local TV awards. The other one is a Thursday, 6/3/99 story, "Ch. 24 
Fires Anchor Lissa Guyton." There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, a Sunday, 5/30/99 ad for The National Memorial Day Concert. There are five additions, all from 
The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a Monday, 5/31/99 ad, in the Sports Section, for ESPN's 
SportsCenter, sponsored locally by the White Family Dealerships. Next is another 5/31/99 ad, in the Living Section, for AMC's Memorial D
ay Marathon of films, including "The Fighting Seabees" with John Wayne and Susan Hayward. There's also, a Tuesday, 6/1/99 Peach Section ad, for AMC's 
Marilyn Monroe Birthday Trubute, which included the films, "Niagara" and "River of No Return," followed by a Wednesday, 6/2/99 full-page ad, for Showtime's "earth-shattering summer," featuring "Bonino," "Godzilla," "The Truman Show," and "The Mask of Zorro." And there's
a 6/2/99 Peach Section ad, for Snap Judgment (Lionel), on Court TV. There are also five
additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a full-page color ad for Cavuto Business Report on Fox News Channel, followed by another full-page color ad, for 
Behind the Music on VH-1. Next are two Monday, 5/31/99 ads for FX, the first ad for a M*A*S*H marathon (sex. war. cocktails. and that's 
an order), and the second ad, for NYPD Blue, The X-Files, and The X Show (in order...from the beginning). There's also a Monday, 5/31/99 full-page ad
for the A&E Original Movie Presentation of "Dash and
Lily" with Sam Shepherd and Judy Davis. Today's last ad is an additio
n, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Sunday, 5/30/99 full-page ad for weekly ground passes to the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. More ads, from the June 5-11, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
October 8, 2016: The End
There are nine more ads today, from the May 22-28, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazin
e, and from May 24, 25 & 28, 1999 editions of The Blade. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery, a Tuesday, 5/35/99 full-page ad for H
ome Improvement, "The Long and Winding Road" (series finale) and "Backstage Pass" (Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Zachary Ty
Bryan, Jonathon Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith). There are two additions, also from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery, a Monday, 5/24/99 full-page ad for the series finale of Mad About You, "The Final
Frontier" (Helen Hunt, Paul Reiser), followed by a Wednesday, 5/26/99 full-page ad for Law & Order, "Refuge" (Benjamin Bratt's last episode). 
There are also two additions, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery. a Monday, 5/24/99 ad for The American Experience, "Fly Girls," and
a Tuesday, 5/25/99 ad for Frontline, "The Long Walk of Nelson Mandella." There are two additions, from Peach
Sections of The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Tuesday, 5/25/99 ad for TNN's The Life and Times of..., "Gene Autry," followed by a Friday, 5/28/99 ad for the 
movie, "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story," on USA. There's also one addition, also from The Blade's Peach Section, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Monday, 5/24/99 ad for Roseanne (Take a ride 
on the wild side!). Today's last ad is an addition, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Monday, 5/25/99 full-page ad for the History Channel's Modern Marvels (Dive!). More ads, from the May 29-June 4, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
October 1, 2016: Mascara
There are nine
more ads today, from the May 22-28, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from May 22-24, 1999 editions of The Blade. There's one addition, from The Blade, to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Monday, 5/24/99 ad for 13 Action News at 5:00 & 11:00 pm, with Diane Larson and Greg Johans (The secret to finding the tight MASCARA). Next is an addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a three-page color fold-out ad, from inside the front cover,
for the series finale of Melrose Place, "Ashes to Ashes" (Heather 
Locklear) and the season finale of Ally McBeal, "I Know Him By Heart (Calista Flockhart). There's a larger version of that ad, here. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery, a Saturday, 5/22/99 full-page ad for the
season three finale of The Pretender, "Donoterase." There's one addition, from TV Guide to The WB gallery, too. a Sunday, 5/23/99 two-part ad, on two 
pages, for two series finales, Sister, Sister, Fly Away Home" (Tamera and Tia Mowry), and Unhappily Ever After,
"Le Morte D'Floppy" (Nikki Cox). You can find a larger version of that ad, here. There are two additions, from The Blade's Saturday, 5/22/99 Sports Section, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, the first ad, for NHL Playoffs, on ESPN (Pass the Puck), the second ad
, for WWF: Over the Edge, on Impulse Entertainment. Next is an addition, again from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Sunday, 5/23/99 TV Week ad for three shows
, Rebecca's Garden, "Crafts from the Garden" (Rebecca Kohls), Mi Gente, My People (Fredy Correra, Angel DeLeon), and National Geographic: On Assignment, "The Battle of Midway." Today's last two ads are 
additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a full-page color ad for The Crier Report on Fox News Channel, and a Saturday, 5/22/99 full-page ad, for TNN's coverage of The Winston, NASCAR's all-star...Banzai run. More ads, from the May 22-28, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
September 27, 2016: Season Finales!
There are eleven more ads today, from the May 15-21, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from May 19-21, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions.
The first one is a Wednesday, 5/19/99 Peach Section story by D
avid Bauder, "TV Land Offers a Different Universe for Jaded Viewers." The other one is a Thursday, 5/20/99 TV Guide page with two "close-ups," one for the 11th annual World Music Awards (Cher) and one for NBC's Thursday night se
ason-finales (Matt LeBlanc). There are also some 7:30 pm listings. There's one
addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Tuesday, 5/18/99 two-page ad for the season finales of King of the 
Hill, "As Old as the Hills," and Futurama, "Hell is Other Robots." There's also a larger version, here. Next are three additions, from T
V Guide, to the NBC gallery for three Thursday, 5/20/99 one-hour season finales, all full-page ads. The first ad is for Friends, "The One in Vegas," the second ad is for Frasier, 
"Shutout in Seattle,"and the third ad is for ER, "Getting to Know You." There are two additions from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, a
Monday, 5/17/99 ad, on two pages, for The American Experience, "MacArthur," and a 
Wednesday, 5/19/99 ad, on two pages, for Voyage to the Milky Way. You can
find larger versions of those two PBS ads, here and here. There are three additions, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a Wednesday, 5/19/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for Crime 
Stories on Court TV, followed by Thursday, 5/20/99 ad, also in the Peach Section, for All in the Family on TV Land. Next is a Friday, 5/21/99 half-page ad, on the Weather page, for Farscape on the Sci-Fi Channel. There's one addition, again from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5
gallery, a Wednesday, 5/19/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for Extra with Maureen O'Boyle (Would you go head to head with a wild animal?...). Today's last ad is an addition
, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Monday, 5/17/99 ad for Biography on A&E (Farrah Fawcett). More ads, from the May 22-28, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
September 16, 2016: Double Your Money
There are eleven more ads today, from the May 15-21, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from May 15-17, 
1999 editions of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions. There are four Sunday, 5/16/99 TV Guide "close-ups" for May sweeps programming, one for "Joan of Arc" (Leelee Sobieskie) on CBS, "Double Platinum" (Brandy, Diana Ross) on ABC, "Atomic Train" (Rob Lowe) on NBC, and The X-Files, "Biogenesis" (David Duchovny) on Fox. The other one, from The Blade, is a 
Monday, 5/17/99 Peach Section column by Chris Borrelli, "Schaffer Nominated for National Recognition" and also includes other radio items and one on Fox 36 News at 10. There's one ad
dition, from The Blade, to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Monday, 5/17/99 ad for Good Morning America and 13 Action News (Double Your Money...Ri$ky Bu$ine$$). Lee Conklin, Diane Larson, Diane Saywer, Charles Gibson, Keith Jones, Kelli Wiese are in the ad. There's also a larger
version, here. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the CBS gallery, a Monday, 5/17/99 page-and-a-half ad for Cosby, "War Stories," The King of Queens, "Maybe Baby," Everybody Loves Raymond, "Robert Moves Back" and Becker, "Regarding Reggie" (All new episodes. Meet them before you met them...
Prequel Monday. May the farce be with you). You can also find a larger version, here. There are three additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery. The first
one is a two-page color ad for The X-Files, "Biogenesis." There's also a larger version, here. Next is a full-page color ad for 
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, followed by a Sunday, 5/16/99 two-page ad for the season ten finale of The Simpsons, "Thirty
Minutes Over Tokyo" and the season one finale of Family Guy, "Brian: Portarait of a Dog." You can also fin a larger version, here. There's one addition, from TV 
Guide, to The WB gallery, a Sunday, 5/16/99 full-page ad for the Smart Guy s
eries finale, "Never Too Young." There are two additions, from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Saturday, 5/15/99 Peach Section ad for Baywatch, "Galaxy Girls," followed by a scan of a Sunday, 5/16/99 TV Week ad for three shows on The WB, 7th Heaven "There Goes the Bride" (pt.1), Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Graduation D
ay" & Charmed, "Love Hurts" (Holly Marie Combs). The last three ads are additiions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. The first one is a full-page color ad for Special Report with Brit Hume, on Fox News Channel. Next is a Saturday, 5/15/99 ad for QVC's Cure by the Shore (Frasier's Kelsey Grammer and Moose, as Ed
die), followed by a 5/15/99 full-page ad, for Showtime Saturday night programs, the movie, "Rocky," starring 
Sylvester Stallone, the Showtime Original Picture, "Rocky Marciano," starring Jon Favereau, Showtime Championship Boxing, featuring Austin v. Dotse and Akinwande v. Shaheed, and the movie, "Raging Bull," starring Robert DeNiro. More ads, from the May 15-21, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
September 10, 2016: The WB Tuesday - All New in May
You'll find thirteen more ads today, from the May 8-14, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from May 9, 10, 11 & 13, 1999 editions of The Blade. There's also one Random Pages gallery addition, from The 
Blade, a Monday, 5/10/99 Peach Section story by Chris Borelli, "WTOL, WTVG Get Emmy Nods for the Same Show: "Zoo Today'." There's one addition, from page 2 of The Blade,
to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Monday, 5/10/99 half-page ad for Good Morning America (Diane Sawyer, Charles Gibson) and 13 Action News, at 5pm (Lee Conklin, Diane Larson). The highlighted story was 
about too much lead in our drinking water ("Flitering Out Danger"). There's a larger version, here. Next is an addition to the ABC gallery, a Wednesday, 5/12/99 ad for The Norm Show, "Drive, Norm Said" (Norm MacDonald, Laurie Metcalf). There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Tuesday, 5/11/99 ad, on two pages
, for King of the Hill, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," Futurama, "A Big Piece of Garbage," The PJs, "House Potty," and another, rerun episode of King of the Hill, "Peggy's Pageant Fever." Also included 
are some 6:00-7:00 pm listings. There's a larger version of that ad, here. There are two additions, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Sunday, 5/9/99 full-page "TV Week" ad. It was for a Buckeye/Toledo Zoo "Go On Safari" subscription promotion and for Intimate Portrait: Donna Reed on Lifetime and Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry on Discovery. You can also find a larger
version, here. There's also a Thursday, 5/13/99
half-page ad in the "Neighbors-South" Section (Get the Local Service You Deserve from the Local Company...Clear Choice...Buckeye CableSystem). There are three addition
s, from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, all scanned from the Sunday, 5/9/99 "TV Week." There's a "Coming up this week on TV5" ad for three shows on The WB, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, "The Prom," Felicity, "The Force," and Dawson's Cr
eek, "Ch,,,Ch...Ch... Changes." Next is a "Coming Attractions on TV5" ad for three movies, "Flatliners," "Misery," and "Silence of the Lambs." There's also a full-page color ad from the back cover for The WB Tuesday shows, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, "The Prom" and Felicity, "The Force." There are also three additions, from TV 
Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. The first one is a Sunday, 5/9/99 ad for two Mother's 
Day "Brady Bunch" presentations, the movie, "The Brady Girls Get Married" followed by six episodes of The Brady Brides. Next is a Monday, 5/10/99 full-page ad for a week of 
"History's Greatest Hoaxes" on the History Channel's In Search of History. There's also a Friday, 5/14
/99 full-page ad for Showtime's The Outer Limits. They showed a rerun of the reboot's first episode, "The Sandkings," Inside The Outer Limits: 100th Episode Special, the 100th episode, "Tribunal" and two more reruns, "Human Operators" and "Valerie 23." Today's last two ads are additions, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery. There's a Sunday, 5/9/99 full-page ad from
the Sports Section for "Tribute to Daffy Duck Night" at Ned Skeldon Stadium, where the Mud Hens played the Richmond Braves, sponsored by TV5 and the United States Postal Service. There's also a Tuesday, 5/11/99 full-page ad for Buckeye TeleSystem (Learning, crica 1963: Reel Time...Learning, circa 1999: Real Time...Education Technology comes of age). More ads, from the May 15-21, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
August 24, 2016: Start Smarter
There are thirteen more ads today, from the May 1-7, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from May 3-7, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, a Monday, 5/3/99 Peach Section column by Chris 
Borrelli, in The Blade, "Incoming Anchors Do Their Homework," about Jon Clark at WNWO-TV 24 and Shelby Croft at WTOL-TV 11
. There are two additions, both of them half-page ads from The Blade's Pages of Opinion, to the Channel 13 News gallery. The first one is a Monday, 5/3/99 ad for 13 Action News Good Morning, Good Morning America, and 13 Action News (at 
6:00 and 11:00 pm). The other one is a Thursday, 5/6/99 ad, again for 13 Action News Good Morning, Good Morning America, and 13 Action News (at 5:00 and 6:00 pm). The stories covered were "Talk to the Dead with John Edward," "Dealing with Grief," and "Easing the Pain." Diane Sawyer, Charles Gibson, Diane Larson, Greg Johans, Keith Jones and Kelli Wiese were in the ads. There are larger versions of those two ads here an
d here. Next is an addition, from TV Guide, to the CBS gallery, a Monday, 5/3/99 ad, on two pages, for Cosby, "The VerseyMethod," The 
King of Queens, "Where's Poppa?," Everybody Loves Raymond, "Be Nice," and Becker, "Drive, They Said" (Even more shameless crossover Monday!). A larger version can be found here. There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery starting with a full-page color ad for Fox NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. There's also a Saturday, 5/1/99 ad, on two pages, for the 400th. episode of Co
ps and America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back! (Lured into sex slavery!). There's a larger version of that ad, here. There are 
also two additions, from TV Guide, to the NBC gallery starting with a full-page (color) back cover ad for an NBC Hallmark Entertainment Event, "Noah's Ark." There's also a Wednes
day, 5/5/99 full-page ad for the 200th episode of Law & Order, "Empire" (Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, Sam Waterson, Angie Harmon). Next is an 
addition, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery, a Sunday, 5/2/99 ad for Wild Europe. There are three additions, from Peach Sections of The Blade, to 
the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a Tuesday, 5/4/99 ad for "The X-Files" on H
BO. Next is a Wednesday, 5/5/99 ad for Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy, followed by a Friday, 5/7/99 ad for 
"Sci-Fi Prime" on the Sci-Fi Channel, featuring Poltergeist: The Legacy, Farscape, Sliders, and First Wave. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Saturday, 5/1/99 ad, on two pages, for The Beltway Boys and Judith Regan Tonight, on Fox News Channel. You can find a larger ver
sion of the ad, here. Today's last ad is an addition, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gall
ery, a Tuesday, 5/4/99 half-page ad, in the Sports Section, for Corporate Protection Services (Your Connection for Serious Business Security). More ads, from the 8-14, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
August 17, 2016: Weekend with the Duke
There are eleven more ads today, from the April 24-30, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from April 24 & 27-29, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions
. There's a Monday, 4/26/99 Peach Section story in The Blade, "Ch. 24 Hires New Anchor," about Jon Clark joining Lisa Guyton to co-anchor WNWO's 6 and 11 pm newscasts. There's also a Tuesday, 4/27/99 TV Guide page with some 8:30 - 9 pm listings
and a half-page "movie close-up" for "The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights" with Patty Duke and other original castmembers. The lyrics to 
the show's theme song are also included. The next four ads are all from TV Guide. There's one addition to the ABC gallery, a full-page color ad for Disney's One Saturday Morning. There's also one addition to the FOX gallery, too
, a Sunday, 4/25/99 ad and "close-up" description for The X-Files, "The Unnatural," written and directed by 
series star, David Duchovny. Next is an addition to the PBS gallery, a full-page color ad for Zoboomafoo with the Kratt Brothers. And there's also one addition to 
the UPN gallery, a Thursday, 4/29/99 full-page ad and "close-up" description for the premiere of WWF Smackdown! There are three additions, 
all from The Blade's Peach Section, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, starting with a Saturday, 4/24/99 ad for Weekend with the Duke on TBS, which
included the movies, "Big Jake," "Rio Lobo," "McClintock!" and "Cahill, 
U.S. Marshal." Next is a Wednesday, 4/28/99 ad for The Brady Bunch on Nick-at-Nite, followed by a Thursday, 4/29/99 ad for AMC's Swing Special Featuring the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, There
are two additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a full-page color back-cover ad for Kids Choice Awards 99 on 
Nickelodeon (Rosie O'Donnell), and a Sunday, 4/25/99 full-page ad for Titanic Answers from the Abyss on the Discovery Channel. The last two ads today are additions 
to the Other Vintage ads gallery. The first one is a full-page color ad, from TV Guide, with the cast of 
Frasier (got milk?). The second one is a Tuesday, 4/27/99 full-page ad from The Blade (Everybody's Chatting about Access Toledo).
More ads, from the May 1-7, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
August 10, 2016: Coast to Coast
There are six more ads today, from the April 17-23, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from April 20, 21 & 23, 
1999 editions of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions from TV Guide. The first one is a Sunday, 4/18/99 page with some 10-11 pm listings and a "series finale" description
for the last episode of USA's Silk Stalkings, "Noir." The other one is a Tuesday, 4/20/99 page with some 8:30-9:00 pm listings and two "close-ups," one for the CBS movie, "The 
Rockford Files: If It Bleeds...It Leads," with James Garner and Hal Linden, and one for Felicity, "Assassins," with Keri Russell. There are
three additions, all from Peach Sections of The Blade, to the the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a 
Tuesday, 4/20/99 ad for Confronting the Crisis: Child Care in America on Lifetime. Next is a Wednesday, 4/21/99 ad for Daria on MTV, followed by a Friday, 4/23/99 ad for Space Ghost Coast to
Coast on Cartoon Network. There are also three additions, all from TV Guide, 
to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. The first one is a Sunday, 4/18/99 ad for E! True Hollywood Stories: Anissa Jones. The second one is a Monday, 4/19/99 full-page ad for the History Channel's The Century: America's Time with Peter Jennin
gs. Today's last ad is a Friday, 4/23/99 ad for two Don Knotts movies on Fox Family Channel, "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" and "The Reluctant Astronaut." More ads, from the April 24-30, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
August 3, 2016: Bionic Double Feature
There are nine additional ads today, from the April 10-16, 1998 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from April 12, 13 & 16, 1999 editions of The Blade. There's also one addition, from The Blade, to the Random Pages galle
ry, a Monday, 4/12/99 Peach Section story by Chris Borrelli, "Gill Shifts Musical Formats," about the retirement of WGTE-FM's Bill Gill. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Sunday
, 4/11/99 two-page ad for The Simpsons, "Mom and Pop Art" and the series premiere of Family Guy, "I Never Met the Dead Man." You can 
find a larger version of that ad, here. There's also one addition, from TV Guide, to the UPN gallery, a Thursday, 4/15/99 ad and "editor's choice"
description for Scared Straight! 20 Years Later, hosted by Danny Glover. There's one addition, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, too, a Friday, 4/16/99 ad in the Peach Section, for Farscape
on the Sci-Fi Channel. There are three additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a Monday, 4/12/99 ad for The Century: America's Time with Peter
Jennings, on History Channel. Also included are two "close-ups," one from the previous Saturday for the conclusion of The 
Century on ABC, and one for the History Channel series premiere. Next is a Thursday, 4/15/99 ad for Homicide: Life on the Street,
"Crosetti," on Court TV. There's also a Friday, 4/16/99 ad for Fox Family Channel's "Bionic Double Feature" of "The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" and "Bionic Showdown" (Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner). Today's last three ads, from The Blade, are additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery. There's a Monday, 4/12/99 full-page ad for the "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive, spons
ored by Food Town. There are also two half-page ads for Access Toledo, a 4/12/99 ad (Access Toledo Salutes National Library Week) and a 
Tuesday, 4/13/99 ad (Plug into Total Communications Solutions Over Any Distance). More ads, from the April 17-23, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
July 27, 2016: Going On Safari!
There are ten more ads today, from the July 10-16, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine (all in color) and 
fro
m the Saturday, April 10, 1999 edition of The Blade. There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, starting with page one of a three-page fold-out ad, inside the front cover, for the premiere of Family Guy, "I
Never Met a Dead Man" (So a fat guy and a talking dog walk into a bar...), followed by pages two and three (Series Premiere!...Family Guy). You can find a larger version of pages two and three, here. There are three additions, all from the Saturday, 4/10/96 edition of The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a full-page ad on page
26 for The Disney Channel (Buckeye CableSystem is Going on Safari with
Disney Channel...Going Wild with Jeff Corwin). Next is a Peach Section ad for Sylvia Browne: Adventures of a Psychic, on Impulse Entertainment, followed 
by another Peach Section ad for "Titanic" on HBO. There are four additions, all full-page color ads from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, 
starting with three for The Century: America's Time with Peter Jennings, on History Channel. Ad one
has WWI veteran, Winston Roche, followed by ad two with young boy scout Mickey Spillane, and ad three with former hostage, Barry Rosen. There's also a back cover ad for "Titanic" 
on HBO. Today's last ad, also from TV Guide, is an addition to the Other Vintage ads gallery. 
It's another full-page color ad, for Hershey's (Change is Bad).
More ads from the April 10-16, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
July 19, 2016: Get the Quality Service You Deserve
There are eight more ads today, from the April 3-9, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the April 7 & 8, 1999 editions of The Blade. 
There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the ABC gallery, a Tuesday, 4/7/99 ad for NYPD Blue, "I H
ave a Dream" (Dennis Franz, Kim Delaney, Rick Schroeder). There are two additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, both
Tuesday, 4/6/99 full-page "New Fox Tuesday" ads. The first ad is for King of the Hill, "Hank's Cowboy Movie" and Futurama, I, Roomate." The second ad is fo
r The PJs, "Boyz in the Woods" and a rerun of the Family Guy pilot, "Death Has a Shadow." There are three additions, from The Blade, to the Buckeye Cable
System gallery starting with a Wednesday, 4/7/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network. Next is a Thursday, 4/8/99 ad, also in the Peach Section
, for Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream on TBS. There's also a 4/8/99 half-page ad, in the Neighbors-South Section (Hear what your Waterville neighbors are saying about Buckeye CableSystem...Get the Quality Service you deserve from the local company.) The last two ads today a
re additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. The first one is a Monday, 4/5/99 ad for The Ultimate Guide, "Ants" on Discovery Channel. The other one is a Wednesday, 4/7/99 ad, on two pages, for South Park, "Rainforest Schmainforest" and the premiere of 
Strangers with Candy, "Old Habits / New Beginnings" (Amy Sedaris), on Comedy Central. There's a larger version of that ad, here. More April 1999 ads from the April 10-16, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
July 13, 2016: Ohio Baseball
There are seven more ads today, from the April 3-9, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the April 4, 1999 edition of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions
from The Blade. The first one is a Sunday, 4/4/99 Sports Section story by John Gugger, "Just Right for Radio," about Ernie Harwell. The other one is a Monday, 4/5/99 Peach Section column by Chris Borrelli, "Toledo Native Finds Sunny Sk
ies," about former Toledoan Sharon Resultan on The Weather Channel. There's also another item, about Fox 36 News at 10. There are two 
additions, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, The first one is a Sunday, 4/4/99 2-page color ad for Futurama episodes, "Episode Two: The Series Has Landed" & I, Roomate." These ads were on an insert with the left ad on the front and the right ad on the back. There's a larger version, here. The second one i
s another 4/4/99 2-page ad, for The Simpsons, "Simpsons Bible Stories" and Futurama, "Episode Two: The Series Has Landed." A larger version can be found here. There are also two additions, from 
the Sunday, 4/4/99 edition of The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery. The first one is a Sports Section half-page ad for Ohio Baseball on Buckeye CableSystem. It listed all the scheduled Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds games on TV5 and alternate channel 30B/96B or 28. The second one is
a "TV Week" ad for "Coming Attractions" on TV5, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Wild! Life Adventures, and The 17th Annual Country Showdown. The last three ads are additions, from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. There's a two-page color ad for
six programs on Fox News Channel, Special Report with Brit Hume, Fox Report with Paula Zahn, The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, The Crier Report, and Cavuto Business Report. You can find
a larger version, here. Next is a Sunday, 4/4/99 full-page ad for The Sopranos season one finale, "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano." There's also a Monday, 4/5/99 ad, on two pages, for The Crier Report and Cavuto Business Report on 
Fox News Channel. Larger version, here. More ads from the April 3-9, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
July 7, 2016: The Television Event of the Future
You'll find fourteen additional ads today, from the March 27 - April 2, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from March 27 and April 1, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions. The 
first one is a Monday, 3/29/99 column by Chris Borelli, "Ch. 13 Suffers Ratings Plummet" and also includes an item on the arrival of Shelby Croft at WTOL-TV. The second one is an image of two Tuesday, 3/30/
99 TV Guide pages with some 10pm-12:30 am listings and a "close-up" for the premiere of The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on C
BS. There's a larger version, here. There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the FOX gallery, a Sunday, 3/28/99 two-page ad for The Simpsons, "Maximum Homerdrive," and Futurama, "Space Pilot 3000." There's also a 
larger version, here. There's also one addition to the PBS gallery, a Tuesday, 3/30/99 ad for Facing the Truth, hosted by Bill Moyers. There are two additions, from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Saturday
, 3/27/99 ad, in the Peach Section, for "Balto" on Cartoon Network, and a Thursday, 4/1/99 ad, in the Sports 
Section, for a Pistons vs. Bulls game on Fox Sports Detroit. There's one addition, also from The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Sat
urday, 3/27/99 ad for Hollywood Salutes Easter Seals. There are five additions, all from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting 
with a full-page color ad for Hannity & Colmes on Fox News Channel. Next is a Saturday, 3/27/99 ad for "The Molly McGuires" (Sean Connery) and "Th
e Prince and the Showgirl" (Laurence Olivier) on AMC (From Fisticuffs to Cufflinks...Watch Hollywood's Grittiest Men Back-to-Back With Its Most Graceful). There's also a Monday, 3/29/99 ad, on two pages, for Special Report with Brit Hume and Fox Report with Paula Zahn, on Fox News C
hannel (larger version, here), followed by three ads, in one image, for The New Addams Family, on Fox Family Channel. There's a Monday,
3/29/99 ad (Cara Mia!), a Tuesday, 3/20/99 ad (You Rang?) and a Wednesday, 3/31/99 ad (Nobody's allowed to hurt my brother--except 
me!). And there are three more Friday, 4/2/99 Fox Family Channel ads, in one image, one for Radio Active, "Fraudcast," one for Big Wolf on Campus, "Pilot" and one for two movies, "Airplane II" and "Biodome." More April 1999 ads, from the April 3-9, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
June 9, 2016: Kid's Block
There are eight more ads today, from the March 20-26, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from March 23 & 24, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus two Random Pages gallery additions
, starting with a Monday, 3/22/99 Peach Section story by Chris Borrelli, "Former Anchor is Fishing, Writing Memoirs" and also includes three other items, about Jacor's Mike Wheeler
, the Lake Erie West People's Choice Awards and former Toledoan George Sylak's Daytime Emmy nomination. There are also two Friday night (3/26-27, 1999) TV Guide Pages with some 11:35 pm - 2:35 am listings and a "close-up" for Tom Snyder's last CBS show. You can find a larger version, here.
There's one addition, from TV Guide, to the PBS gallery for WBGU-TV27's "Kid's Block" of the shows, a Sunday, 3/21/99 ad for Arthur, Barney's Big Surprise and Legend
of Sleeping Bear. There's also one addition, from The Blade's Peach Section, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Tuesday, 3/23/99 ad for
Lifetime's Intimate Portrait of Marilu Henner. Next are five additions, all from TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with two ads for movies on AMC. The first one is a Saturday, 3/20/99 ad for
"Pocket Money" with Paul Newman and "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" with William Holden (From Punching Cattle to Planting Kisses). The second one is a Sunday, 3/21/99 ad for "Firecreek" with James Stewart and "The Ma
n in the Gray Flannel Suit" with Gregory Peck (From Dirty Ol' Boots to Well-Tailored Suits). Next is a Monday, 3/22/99 ad, on two pages, for Fox News Chan
nel's The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes (Power Confrontation...Powerful Debate). There's a larger version of that image, here. Next is a 3/22/99 full-page ad, for the History Channel's "The Wild Bunch," on In Search of History. That week's shows were about "Hell's Angels" on 
Monday, "Quantrill's Raiders" on Tuesday, "The Headhunters" on We
dnesday, "River Pirates" on Thursday and "Five Points Gangs" on Friday. There's one more 3/22/99 ad, for Discovery Channel's The Ultimate Guide, "Crocodiles." Today's last ad is an addition, from The Blade, to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Wednesday, 3/24/99 full-page ad for Buckeye TeleSystem (The Sky's the Limit at Toledo Public Schools). More ads, from the March 27-April 2, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
May 10, 2016: TV5 Salutes...
There are seven more ads today, from the March 13-19, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from March 15, 17, 18, & 19, 1999 editions of The Blade, plus one Random Pages gallery addition, a Monday, 3/15/99 Peach Section story in The Blade by Chris Borrelli, "Anderson
is an Immediate Hit," about WTVG's Jala Anderson. There are two other items as well, about new WTOL 
sports Reporter Joe Rychnovesky and new Defiance station WGDE-FM. There are two additions from The Blade, to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Wednesday, 3/17/99 ad in the Peach Section, fo
r Mysteries and Scandals on E!, hosted by A.J. Benza, followed by a Thursday, 3/18/99 half-page ad in the Neighbors-South section (Hear what your Waterville neighbors are saying about Buckeye CableSyste
m). There are also two additions, from the Thursday, 3/18/99 Peach Section of The Blade, to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, the first ad (TV 5 Salutes the 3rd Annual Lake Erie West Awards for the Performing Arts), and 
the second ad (Seasme Street Live...Elmo's Coloring Book...Seagate Centre). The last three ads today are additions, from
TV Guide, to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a Monday, 3/15/99 ad for A&E's Biography (Oscar nominees Nick Nolte, Tom Hanks, Steven
Spielberg, Gwynth Paltrow, and host Harry Smith). Next is a Friday, 3/19/99 ad for MTV Spring Break, followed by another 3/19/99 ad, a two-part ad on t
wo pages, for the Sci-Fi Channel's "Sci-Fi Prime," featuring Poltergeist: The Legacy, "Song of the Raven," Farscape, "Premiere," Sliders, "Data World," and First Wave. There's also a larger version of that ad. There are also some 4:35-6:00 pm listings included. More March 1999 ads, from the March 20-26, 1999 issue of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...
