The original post: /r/television by /u/Complex_Object_2116 on 2025-07-07 00:21:00.
Here’s To Yesterday- The Morton Downey Jr. Show
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If you’re nostalgic for the good old days of television when chaos ruled the airwaves, then let’s take a trip down memory lane to the era of The Morton Downey Jr. Show. This raucous talk show, which aired from 1987 to 1989, was the grandmaster of making a spectacle out of discourse. Forget polite conversation; Downey didn’t just push boundaries, he shattered them, creating a format that would later be dubbed ‘trash TV.’