March 12, 2015: Why I Like TV

There are ten more ads today from the March 15-21, 1997 issue of TV Guide Magazine starting with two additions, both for sports programming, to the ABC gallery. There's a 3/15/97 color ad for World Figure Skating Championships and a Sunday, 3/16/97 ad and listing for Passion to Play: The Making of a Champion (Tara Lipinski). There are also two additions to the PBS gallery, starting with a 3/15/97 full-page color ad for their children's shows like Barney & Friends, Lamb Chop's Play-Along, and Theodore Tugboat (Why I Like TV). There's also a Saturday, 3/15/97 full-page WBGU-TV27 ad (Look What's Special) for Delectible Deserts, Andre Rieu: The Vienna I Love, Great Performances, "Peter, Paul & Mary: Lifelines," Caesar's Writers, Stevie Ray Vaughn: A Tribute, and Andre Rieu with the Strauss Orchestra. There are also six additions to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery starting with a 3/15/97 full-page color ad for Blue's Clues on Nickelodeon. Next is a Saturday, 3/15/97 full-page ad for "Salute to Texas Week" on TNN, hosted by Mark Chesnutt, Little Texas and Tracy Byrd, with shows starring Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and George Jones, followed by another 3/15/97 ad, for The Women's 1997 State Farm Evert Cup on ESPN (Gives a whole new meaning to Court TV).

There's also a 3/15/97 full-page ad for "The Second Civil War" on HBO, a Sunday, 3/16/97 ad for The Ultimate Guide, "Snakes" on the Discovery Channel, and a 3/16/97 full-page ad for Sports on the Silver Screen (HBO salutes 100 years of sports in film).

More March 1997 ads, from the March 15-21, 1997 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...