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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Shout! Factory and Decades TV Network Announce Broadcast Distribution Deal for the Iconic The Dick Cavett Show". MultiChannel News. January 19, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Decades Binge Calendar - 03/05/2015 Archived 2015-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)