30 years ago FOX shook up the TV landscape when they grabbed the NFL's NFC television package from CBS. In the process, several CBS stations in NFC markets not wanting to lose out on football jumped ship to FOX and set up a domino effect around the country changing many TV viewers' habits. Some of these changes are still being felt in various markets years later.

KCNC/KUSA/KMGH packages (including the Big Switch on KCNC)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSzqDUOqv75_35MMJd0I4WXyn0TjKg3uK&si=yFrpwVnQ7C6hJpdH

KUSA story on The Big Switch featuring Denver Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCbThe00R3k

Virgil Dominic explains WJW's switch to FOX. https://youtu.be/LNnezBc9Kfk

FOX coming to WJW. https://youtu.be/-mZr3EkhBVs

WOIO switches to CBS. https://youtu.be/1hmNZALP6sY

WCIX/WFOR swaps with WTVJ (with a wild Letterman) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvbbUTw-Ipy-iKzqb9z24uN4Ftxe_DbK&si=aZlGyRm2b4ePnug8 https://youtu.be/f1UYwDQIDjo?si=DS2AVMp5-5pjqvrt

(full playlist) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvbbUTw-Ipy-iKzqb9z24uN4Ftxe_DbK&si=9Co39ZbA5OIk61tZ

CBS comes to WGPR, Fox comes to WJBK, including credits for “The New Dance Show” - https://youtu.be/73n7LdMpIzY?si=XB5RimBb79mTDU-c

Fox comes to WGHP, ABC comes to WNRW, UPN comes to WUPN.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrGrNOGRw2-8T5xcCw1SardvoPhdlkcWn&si=UpZ6VoA3ddrbvwLl

WTVW Affiliation Switch from ABC to FOX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O48lNDnjqSE

WNDU segment on WSJV and WBND switching between FOX to ABC (ft. Tom Rinaldi) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baxpw1cNeWY

NBC comes to WCAU https://youtu.be/5SBdyozNvJM?si=3AY7Ncl0F-L9PISx

WCAU “25 Years After the Big Switch Some Viewers Still Confuse NBC10 With CBS” (2020) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiPhJJfp1wM

We've talked about this in some past episodes and in this special edition of "It Was a Thing on TV Presents" before the week we celebrate out 500th episode we talk about TV Guide's 50 Worst Shows of All-Time List from 2002.

We talk about why some shows deserved or didn't deserve to be on the list and we add some shows that were either neglected or should be added since TV Guide published the original list back in '02.

We'll revisit this topic again in a few weeks when we rerank the shows and stay tuned throughout the episode because we might ask you listeners to help us out in the rerankings.

In 1988, the film Alien Nation was a theatrical release. That spawned this televised adaptation of that film. While only running for a single season, the franchise showed it had popularity and staying power, as televised movies and other forms of media appeared after this show's demise.