Andy Bassich, the Life Below Zero Survivalist Who’s Been There Since Day One
TLDR: Andy Bassich has been a fixture on Life Below Zero since the show’s 2013 premiere, spending over 40 years building a self-sufficient life on … Read more
Ricko DeWilde, the Life Below Zero Hunter Carrying His Family’s Traditions and Its Losses
TLDR: Ricko DeWilde joined Life Below Zero in November 2018, hunting alone near Huslia, Alaska in the Koyukon Athabascan tradition he learned from his own … Read more
Melanee Raney, the Raney Sibling Who Said No to Homestead Rescue
TLDR: Melanee Raney is Marty Raney’s eldest child and the older sister of Homestead Rescue regulars Misty and Matt, but she’s never appeared on the … Read more
Heather King, the Woman Who Kept Tanked’s Books and Its Family Together
TLDR: Heather King spent years as the accountant holding Acrylic Tank Manufacturing’s books together on Tanked, while also being Brett Raymer’s sister and Wayde King’s … Read more
Korie Koker, the Woman Running the Business Side of Danny Koker’s Empire
TLDR: Korie Koker rarely appears on camera at Count’s Kustoms, but she runs a real piece of the business empire behind Counting Cars. She’s the … Read more
Shannon Aikau, the Bike Builder Behind Danny Koker’s First Custom Ride
TLDR: Shannon Aikau has run the bike shop at Count’s Kustoms for roughly two decades, long before Counting Cars ever put cameras in the room. … Read more
The Real Friendship Between James Drury and Doug McClure
TLDR: James Drury and Doug McClure spent nine seasons riding side by side on The Virginian, and their off-screen bond turned out to be just … Read more
Doug McClure, the Real Trampas Behind The Virginian
TLDR: Doug McClure played the warm, mischievous ranch hand Trampas on The Virginian for all nine seasons, and off screen he was every bit as … Read more
James Drury, the Actor Who Was The Virginian for Nine Straight Years
TLDR: James Drury played the title role in The Virginian for all nine seasons and 249 episodes, the only actor to stay with the show … Read more
The Virginian: The Real Story Behind TV’s First 90-Minute Western
TLDR: The Virginian was the first weekly 90-minute Western on American television, and its hero never got a name across all 249 episodes. Behind the … Read more
Whatever Happened to the Great American Talk Show Hosts of the 60s and 70s
TLDR: Before Johnny Carson owned late night television, a handful of daytime and syndicated talk show hosts were just as big a deal. Merv Griffin … Read more
Pat Sajak’s Retirement From Wheel of Fortune Wasn’t as Amicable as It Looked
TLDR: Pat Sajak spent 41 years spinning the Wheel of Fortune, but his cheerful 2023 retirement announcement left out a lot. There was a health … Read more
Alex Trebek Wasn’t Always the Beloved Host Everyone Remembers
TLDR: Alex Trebek spent 37 years as the calm, authoritative voice of Jeopardy!, but the “beloved” label everyone gives him glosses over real contestant controversies … Read more
The Tiny Golfer on The Mike Douglas Show Was Tiger Woods
TLDR: On October 6, 1978, a two-year-old named Tiger Woods putted against Bob Hope on The Mike Douglas Show, and the clip has been rewatched … Read more
Dinah Shore and Burt Reynolds, the Romance Everyone Remembers Wrong
TLDR: Dinah Shore and Burt Reynolds fell into one of the most talked about romances of the 1970s, a twenty year age gap that scandalized … Read more
Merv Griffin, the Talk Show Host Who Became a Billion Dollar Mogul
TLDR: Merv Griffin turned a talk show career into a $250 million empire built on Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, then quietly held onto the … Read more