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80 Reasons to Love the Big Ten - No. 34 - Thursday Nights on NBC

No. 34 - Thursday Nights on NBC

 

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For almost twenty years, the Peacock Network dominated the ratings wars on Thursday nights.  Part of the reason why?  Northwestern Wildcats.  Take a look through four of the most dominant television shows of the last thirty years and you'll see that stars on each of them attended what is considered by most to be the best drama program not on a coast.

CHEERS

Cheer U Northwestern: Shelley Long

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Don't blame her Drama Instructor for:

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SEINFELD

Cheer U Northwestern: Julia Louise-Dreyfus

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Don't blame her Drama Instructor for:

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FRIENDS

Cheer U Northwestern: David Schwimmer

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Don't blame his Drama Instructor for (something I saw in the theater):

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ER

Cheer U Northwestern: Noah Wyle

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Don't blame his Drama Instructor for:

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