1978 on TV
895 curated clips across 6 categories.
Disco dominates the charts, Grease tops the box office, and the first test-tube baby is born.
1978 as a channel is heavy on music videos, movies and TV, and sports moments. The clips were chosen by a human reading old TV schedules, old chart positions, and old release calendars. The shuffle is blind. The library is not. Nothing reaches the screen that did not actually exist in 1978.
Quick context
- Top movie: Grease
- Top TV show: Laverne and Shirley
- Billboard #1 song: Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
- Major event: First baby conceived by IVF is born
- Cultural debut: Garfield comic strip debuts in newspapers
- Total clips on this channel: 895
What's on the 1978 channel
- Movies and TV225
- Commercials21
- Video games8
- News16
- Sports62
- Music videos563
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About the curation
Everything on the 1978 channel had to pass one test: did this exact clip air, release, or broadcast in 1978? If not, it does not go in. That cuts out the montages, the 1970s retrospectives, the reaction videos, and the lyric edits. To pitch a clip or get one pulled, email hello@timesurf.tv. Full rules on the About page.