For almost 37 years now, Hastings cable television customers have been able to tune into local public-interest programming of, by and for their own community, uninterrupted by commercials and untouche ...

Calvin Klein is reminiscing about his iconic 1980s jeans ads featuring Brooke Shields — and the 'commotion' they caused.

In 1975, Paul Anka appeared in a now-iconic TV commercial for Kodak. The advertising campaign, which focused on the special ...

Made up (for the most part) of the duo of James Robert Morrison (Jim Bob) and Leslie Carter (Fruitbat), they, all in all, had 12 Top 40 singles and 4 Top 10 ...

Michael Jackson's disastrous 1984 Pepsi commercial was the beginning of the end of his life, even though it took decades to play out.

Key points: The 1980s were a golden era for television advertising, when commercials were more than just product pitches. They […] ...