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Tonight's Episode is the name of a tumblr blog that first began posting on May 10, 2016. Its posts consist almost entirely of parodies of the Police Squad! episode title card, done by inserting various phrases in the same font. In a show of commitment to the bit, the blog was updated on weekdays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time.

Interestingly, even though the blog is composed solely of episode titles, there does seem to be a cast of characters back there somewhere who occasionally are mentioned, including Captain Whetsone, Lieutenant Tad, someone named Steve, and just possibly Emily Brontë.

Sadly, the blog has not updated since October 28, 2019.

You can read it here.

Tropes used in Tonight's Episode include:

Alt Text: Occasionally appears in the tags of a given post, e.g. THE MADE-UP NEW DRUG (#what do YOU think it's called?)
Asshole Victim: IT'S STILL MURDER IF HE'S A JERK
Author Appeal: Currently provides the page image.
Blackmail: GIVE US AN EMMY OR WE RELEASE THE PICTURES
Blaxploitation: Presumably the theme of JIVE TURKEY AND SWEET MOMMA SNAPBACK.
Clip Show: CAPTAIN WHETSTONE'S COMA-INDUCED CLIPSHOWARAMA IV
Crossover: Some posts imply these with other celebs and figures such as The Harlem Globetrotters and Scooby-Doo.
Everything's Better With Triceratops
Fingertip Drug Analysis: WHY WE DON’T CHECK FOR DRUGS WITH FINGER-LICKING
Flashback: REMEMBER THAT TIME WHEN...
Joisey: HOBOKEN'S VERY OWN HOBO KEN
Let Us Never Speak of This Again: NOW LET US NEVER SPEAK OF THIS ORPHANAGE AGAIN
Loophole Abuse: THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS A DOG CAN'T COMMIT TAX FRAUD
Monochrome Casting: MAN OUR MAIN CAST IS REALLY, REALLY WHITE
The New Rock and Roll: POPULAR TEEN FAD IS SCARY/DANGEROUS PART 47
Noodle Incident: Common among its entries.
- THE ILLEGAL KOALA FIGHTING CAPER OF '76
- WHAT IT TAKES TO GET BANNED FROM THE SIZZLER
One Steve Limit: Averted in A SECOND, SLIGHTLY TALLER STEVE
Operation: Blank: OPERATION TACO
The Other Darrin: DIDN'T YOU USE TO BE A DIFFERENT ACTOR?
Recurring Character: There seem to be a few, including a group of cosmonauts and a family named Wafflebottom.
Theme Naming/Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The last few episode titles before the blog went dormant all had something to do with Triceratops.
Word, Schmord: MURDER, SCHMURDER
A Worldwide Punomenon: No small number of episode titles, including such groaners as PRESLEY, SAVE ROSEMARY IN TIME! and CHAKRA CON.

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-'''''Tonight's Episode''''' is the name of a [[Tumblr]] blog that consists entirely of posts parodying the title card of [[Police Squad!]] using various phrases.
+'''''Tonight's Episode''''' is the name of a [[tumblr]] blog that first began posting on May 10, 2016. Its posts consist almost entirely of parodies of the ''[[Police Squad!]]'' episode [[Title Sequence|title card]], done by inserting various phrases in the same font. In a show of commitment to the bit, the blog was updated on weekdays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time.
+Interestingly, even though the blog is composed solely of episode titles, there does seem to be a cast of characters back there somewhere who occasionally are mentioned, including Captain Whetsone, Lieutenant Tad, someone named Steve, and just possibly [[Emily Brontë]].
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+Sadly, the blog has not updated since October 28, 2019.
+You can read it [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/ here].
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+* [[Alt Text]]: Occasionally appears in the tags of a given post, e.g. [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/150422111159/ THE MADE-UP NEW DRUG] (#what do YOU think it's called?)
+* [[Asshole Victim]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/183082696839/tonights-episode-its-still-murder-if-hes-a IT'S STILL MURDER IF HE'S A JERK]
 * [[Author Appeal]]: Currently provides the page image.
+* [[Blackmail]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/148021551460/tonights-episode-give-us-an-emmy-or-we-release GIVE US AN EMMY OR WE RELEASE THE PICTURES]
+* [[Blaxploitation]]:  Presumably the theme of [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/187991267331/tonights-episode-jive-turkey-sweet-momma JIVE TURKEY AND SWEET MOMMA SNAPBACK].
+* [[Clip Show]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/186897205293/tonights-episode-captain-whetstones CAPTAIN WHETSTONE'S COMA-INDUCED CLIPSHOWARAMA IV]
+* [[Crossover]]: Some posts imply these with other celebs and figures such as [[The Harlem Globetrotters]] and ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby-Doo]]''.
+* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|Everything's Better With Triceratops]]
+* [[Fingertip Drug Analysis]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/170592692397 WHY WE DON’T CHECK FOR DRUGS WITH FINGER-LICKING]
+* [[Flashback (trope)|Flashback]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/184376657406/tonights-episode-remember-that-time-when REMEMBER THAT TIME WHEN...]
+* [[Joisey]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/185372366523/tonights-episode-hobokens-very-own-hobo-ken HOBOKEN'S VERY OWN HOBO KEN]
+* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/168061755494/tonights-episode-now-let-us-never-speak-of-this NOW LET US NEVER SPEAK OF THIS ORPHANAGE AGAIN]
+* [[Loophole Abuse]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/165097009741/tonights-episode-theres-no-law-that-says-a-dog THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS A DOG CAN'T COMMIT TAX FRAUD]
+* [[Monochrome Casting]]:  [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/164614482671/tonights-episode-man-out-main-cast-is-really MAN OUR MAIN CAST IS REALLY, REALLY WHITE]
+* [[The New Rock and Roll]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/175795600802/tonights-episode-popular-teen-fad-is POPULAR TEEN FAD IS SCARY/DANGEROUS PART 47]
+* [[Noodle Incident]]: Common among its entries.
+** [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/144526977223/tonights-episode-the-illegal-koala-fighting THE ILLEGAL KOALA FIGHTING CAPER OF '76]
+** [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/145229568830/tonights-episode-what-it-takes-to-get-banned WHAT IT TAKES TO GET BANNED FROM THE SIZZLER]
+* [[One Steve Limit]]:  Averted in [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/169753506145/tonights-episode-a-second-slightly-taller-steve A SECOND, SLIGHTLY TALLER STEVE]
+* [[Operation: Blank]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/173141826138/tonights-episode-operation-taco OPERATION TACO]
+* [[The Other Darrin]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/168980051424/tonights-episode-didnt-you-use-to-be-a DIDN'T YOU USE TO BE A DIFFERENT ACTOR?]
+* [[Recurring Character]]:  There seem to be a few, including a group of cosmonauts and a family named [[Inherently Funny Words|Wafflebottom]].
+* [[Theme Naming]]/[[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]:  The last few episode titles before the blog went dormant all had something to do with Triceratops.
+* [[Word, Schmord]]: [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/187453519798/tonights-episode-tonights-episode-murder MURDER, SCHMURDER]
+* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]:  No small number of episode titles, including such groaners as [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/186316164552/tonights-episode-presley-save-rosemary-in-time PRESLEY, SAVE ROSEMARY IN TIME!] and [https://tonights-episode.tumblr.com/post/162647562886/tonights-episode-chakra-con CHAKRA CON].
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