This will be the lineup for the sixth “season” of A Very Special Episode
The fifth round of “A Very Special Episode” wraps up tomorrow with the “Wild Card” episode of Nash Bridges, which means it’s time to announce the next ten episodes up for discussion. As usual, bear in mind that this column isn’t intended as a list of the greatest television episodes of all time, or even the greatest episodes of their respective series, but as a way to talk about aspects of TV history and TV aesthetics, using these episodes as case studies. With that in mind, and barring any last-minute changes or rearrangements, here’s what’s in store:
September 13th
Laugh-In, 9/16/68 (the Nixon episode)
October 4th
The Morton Downey Jr. Show, “Is Pro Wrestling Fake?”
October 25th
The Middleman, “The Flying Fish Zombiefication”