Soul Train
Smokey Robinson/ Pretty Poison
TV Flash files “Smokey Robinson/ Pretty Poison” as hour 557 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 17, episode 14, aired 1988-01-16, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E14: listed hour 557 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 15 of 33 in season 17. It aired 1988-01-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Full Force/ Angela Winbush/ The Controllers” (S17E13). Next is “Ray Parker, Jr./ Shanice Wilson/ Miles Jaye” (S17E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Smokey Robinson/ Pretty Poison sit in the Soul Train guide?
S17E14 is listed hour 557 of 1134 — hour 15 of 33 in season 17, season 17 episode 14.
When did Soul Train S17E14 air?
Smokey Robinson/ Pretty Poison aired 1988-01-16 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
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- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…