Bernie’s Time Machine: The Boob Tube

Covering lowbrow syndicated television shows at the NATPE conference in 1989.

“What we’re seeing is the lunatic-fringe joining the mainstream — becoming the mainstream.”

In part three of my 48 Hours report from the NATPE convention in 1989, I covered the most outrageous syndicated television shows of the era, from American Gladiators, to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to the attempted revival of Jackpot.