A Special Episode of PSACOT: Reruns

If your mind, like mine, is a wastebasket, you’ll recall the days when TV had a fall and spring season that added up to 39 weeks. Then they turned out the lights and went home for 13 weeks while playing reruns. This, among other things, set them up for the extinction event of the Internet.

I fondly remember NBC’s 1998 campaign: “If you haven’t already seen it, it’s not a rerun.”

That’s the way I feel about this week’s column. That, and a desire to insure continuity while I recover from my hip operation. I recognize it seems like I am duplicating my year-end double issue feature, “the most-clicked links.” But this week I’m saving you the trouble of clicking.