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Falling Skies: Noah Wyle Goes from ER to E.T.s
Paging Dr. Carter. Paging Dr. John Carter. Please come to the ER where you will be…battling aliens! Dr. John Carter, brandishing a rifle and leading a militia against marauding extraterrestrials? What in the world is going on? Hell, what has…
Read more →Briefed on Franklin & Bash by Breckin Meyer & Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Breckin Meyer grabs a handful of hard candies and begins chucking them at Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who tries to swat them away with his hands. You don’t expect to see this in the conference room of the posh Rittenhouse Hotel, located…
Read more →TV Poll: What’s the Best Classic TV Miniseries?
The Umbrella TV Series of the 1970s
Guest blogger Rick 29 presents this look at the saga of The Bold Ones, the NBC Mystery Movies, and Others: In 1955, U.S television launched one of its most interesting experiments: the umbrella series, in which different TV shows were…
Read more →Toon TV Top 50, Part One: 1949-1985
It sure is heartening to know that I’m not the only Ruff and Reddy fan out there. That’s the lesson I learned from the responses to last month’s article on new DVD collections of 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, where I mentioned how my…
Read more →Kimble Meets Mrs. Gerard in a Classic Episode of The Fugitive
Guest blogger Rick 29 writes: Generally regarded as one of the best—if not the best—TV series of the 1960s, The Fugitive set a high standard for well-crafted, exceptionally well-performed drama. Although there are many outstanding episodes, my favorite remains the…
Read more →On the Road Again: The Great “Road” TV Shows of the 1960s
Guest blogger Rick29 writes: What’s a “road” TV show? Well, it’s a TV series where the protagonist travels from place to place—sometimes because he’s being chased, sometimes because he’s chasing someone (or something), and sometimes because he’s trying to find…
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