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Jul 8, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: July 8, 1989 - Knight and Daye Premiered on NBC.

On this day July 8, 1989, Knight and Daye premiered on NBC, introducing a sitcom centered around the uneasy reunion of two former radio hosts who had not spoken in years. The series starred Jack Warden and Mason Adams as Hank Knight and Everett Daye, a once successful broadcast duo brought back together by a radio station hoping to revive their on air magic.

The show explored their personal differences, unresolved tensions, and awkward attempts to recapture their former chemistry in a...

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