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  Banned by 'SNL'!   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In 2014 'Saturday Night Live' began its 40th season. Of hundreds of hosts and musical guests most have performed well. But a few made themselves unwelcome, have been banned and will never appear on the show again. Here are some of them.
Easier, 10 Qns, wilbill, Jan 20 15
Easier
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816 plays
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  Be Very Afraid! Early TV Cold Warriors   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Commies were coming! In the early '50s The Red Scare was very real, but you didn't learn about it in network entertainment programs. If you wanted to know about Red agents, you had to watch syndicated spy shows in non-prime time.
Average, 10 Qns, wilbill, Sep 29 12
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699 plays
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  TV Talkers Stir Up The Controversy   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In the 1970s television's talk show format spread from nighttime into daytime. It wasn't long before the content expanded from celebrity interviews to paternity testing. What do you know about TV's more controversial talk shows?
Easier, 10 Qns, wilbill, Aug 08 19
Easier
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Aug 08 19
546 plays
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  ZIV Television: Syndicated Memories Of The '50s   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In TV's infancy, stations had lots of time to fill and very little programming available with which to fill it. Frederick Ziv saw the need and began producing half hour dramas for syndication. Early baby boomers will recall these "ZIV" productions.
Average, 10 Qns, wilbill, Jul 01 13
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927 plays
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  You Call That Reality? Failed Reality Shows    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Like 'em or not, reality shows are part of the television landscape and seem destined to remain there. Here are some that didn't catch on. These shows either lasted only a season or never made it to the air at all.
Average, 10 Qns, wilbill, Sep 17 14
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465 plays
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  Swashbucklers & Shoot 'Em Ups: Early TV Adventures   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A lot of early television aimed at kids in both the US and Britain involved either swordplay or gunplay. How many of these potboilers do you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, wilbill, Jun 05 21
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wilbill
Jun 05 21
705 plays
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  ZIV Television & Beyond: More Classic Syndication   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
In the late 1950s, TV networks began producing their own syndication and selling reruns of primetime shows for syndication. Frederick Ziv sold his company to United Artists but other producers continued to produce programs for first-run syndication.
Average, 15 Qns, wilbill, Sep 28 12
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wilbill
827 plays

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