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With all the different types of programming the television brought, fund raising played a part and so entered the telethon. Addressing many charitable causes including medical research, support for arts and culture, and hunger relief, BAF explores how the televised appeal to masses began.

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In the 1950s, awards shows started being televised. Beginning with the Academy Awards (or Oscars) and continuing with the Emmys, Grammys, and ultimately Tonys these programs celebrating achievement in Cinema, Television, Music, and Stage laid the groundwork. BAF welcomes back James Lott, Jr. of JLJ Media, who has produced and hosted several podcasts of the history of awards shows in addition to great stories of the Hollywood scene, movies, and television. The discussion centers on how different awards shows emerged and how television played a part in capturing memorable, trend-changing, and sometimes unprecedented moments an d the many personalities involved.

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Revisiting bonus coverage through The Prime Time Players introduced last year, BAF presents special bonus content from last year's Super Bowl history episode that covers the evolution and emergence of America's championship game. The episode includes further details on how it came to be named the Super Bowl, some game highlights through the years, the importance of Budweiser and other significant commercialsl, early halftime show perfomers following the change in format of the early 1990s, and different versions of lead-out programming.

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