Season 1985

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

Hollywood as nightly news, invented before social media could do the job for free. Mary Hart's durability, red-carpet stand-ups, and the grammar of the entertainment newsmagazine — tease, clip, smile, next — still run every awards-season broadcast. Appointment gossip infrastructure: the industry talking about itself, on purpose, every weeknight.

TV Flash files Season 1985 of Entertainment Tonight (1981–present) on Syndication as a mid listed season (1985; 3 of 36) — 10 listed hours, 1985-09-09–1985-10-18 from “David Hasselhoff and his wife Catherine Hickland” (S1985E01) to “David Carradine” (S1985E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S1985E01 David Hasselhoff and his wife Catherine Hickland

   David Hasselhoff and his wife Catherine Hickland is the 1985 booking: the industry talking about itself on purpose, every weeknight, already infrastructure.