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I was writing a post about who I would consider to be worthy of the television equivalent of Mount Rushmore when I heard about the passing of Ted Turner on May 6, 2026. He would definitely be on that hypothetical monument (which I will get back on later), so I do have a reason to say a few words about a man who changed television and, in a way, the world as a whole. Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III was probably one of the most important figures of the 20th century whom more people should respect more than they do.  He was man of peace.  A man of vision.  A creative man.  An arrogant man.  An imperfect man. A humbled man.  I didn't know Ted Turner personally as many of my peers have, but I know what he had accomplished in his life and what he had created and achieved. He transformed his late father's advertising company into a radio and television operator and took a hell of a gamble and transmitted WTCG TV-17, a small Atlanta-based independent station, into s...

I'll admit it. I was just a casual viewer of Nickelodeon when I was a kid. I got more satisfaction watching other channels like the USA Network, Superstation TBS, TNT, The Disney Channel on the occasions when they had free weekend previews and that time my folks actually subscribed to the channel for a while, and the Cartoon Network. Plus, network syndication was still a thing when I was in the peak Nick viewership demographic growing up, so I found a lot of entertainment outside of that channel.  But I can say I enjoyed Nickelodeon when it was really worth watching at its first real peak period of the early to mid-1990s.  Then again, that's the era I appreciated the network. Your mileage may differ depending how old you are.  I felt this particular subject was something I needed to talk about since it came up in a casual conversation that was sparked by a Bluesky post from Pop Arena , who produces one of the best, though slightly biased, oral histories of any media outl...