Earlier this week actor Michael Cole, best known for playing rich kid-turned-undercover cop Pete Cochran on The Mod Squad, passed away at the age of 84. Since the 2021 death of co-star Clarence Williams III, Cole had been the last…
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Kung Fu, Cavemen, and Cars: Hanna-Barbera’s 1974-75 Saturday Morning Shows
As anyone who’s ever watched Baggy Pants and the Nitwits can tell you, the 1970s were a strange time in the half-century history of kids’ Saturday morning television. The late ’60s superhero craze, brought on by the popularity of ABC’s…
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Favorite 1970s Cop Show?
The 1970s were a golden age for cop shows. From Kojak to CHiPs, Columbo to Barney Miller and beyond, the airwaves were packed with shows about law enforcement officers and detectives. For this week’s poll, we want you to get…
Read more →In Search Of: The Perfect Show for the Warped Mind
When I was a kid/young man in the late 70’s I was into the concepts of anything that bordered on the bizarre. I read with avid interest anything I could get my hands on on UFOs, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness…
Read more →The Future, Long Ago: “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” Turns 40
“In the year 1987, at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA launched the last of America’s deep space probes. The payload, perched on the nose cone of the massive rocket, was a one-man exploration vessel – Ranger 3. Aboard…
Read more →Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Character from the Original Battlestar Galactica?
Although overshadowed by its remake series in terms of pop culture appreciation, the original Battlestar Galactica contains plenty of sci-fi thrills of its own. Led by Lorne Greene as the heroic Captain Adama, the 1978-79 series was, during its original…
Read more →“The Love Boat” Has the Greatest Opening Credits Sequence of All Time
Okay, so maybe we are being hyperbolic due to all the love that’s in the air today, but you have to admit that the credits to The Love Boat are pretty great. From 1977 to 1987, this hit ABC comedy…
Read more →The 1970s TV Favorite “S.W.A.T.” Storms Its Way Onto DVD This Week
Spun off from The Rookies, ABC’s 1975-76 cop drama S.W.A.T. was noted for its hit theme song and intense action, and starred Steve Forrest as Lt. “Hondo” Harrelson, head of an elite Special Weapons And Tactics unit that took on…
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