The original Dallas ran for fourteen seasons, and changed the television landscape forever. The show developed the cliffhanger, which has become standard fare for most television dramas. As a fan of the original series, when TNT launched a Dallas reboot…
Based on a series of short stories by Walter R. Brooks, an unaired pilot shot in 1958, and extensive recasting, Mister Ed debuted in syndication in 1961, sponsored by Studebaker, because executives at the three networks had little faith that…
A mockumentary about the life of “Weird Al” Yankovic, The Compleat Al premiered in an abbreviated form on Showtime in August of 1985, before the entire film was released on video that September. The film loosely follows his life and…
A former World Light-heavyweight Kickboxing Champion, it’s a bit surprising that Gary Daniels isn’t a bigger action star than he is. Graced with chiseled features, he looks like a cross between Daniel Craig and Vinnie Jones, and fills out a…
Well known for his work in commercials as well as music videos for stars such as Des’ree, Freddie Jackson, Marc Cohn, Metallica, and Shania Twain, German writer/director Markus Blunder makes his feature film debit with Autumn Blood, a kind of…
Created by Hugh Wilson, WKRP in Cincinnati remains a cult favorite more than thirty five years after its 1978 network debut, due in large part to sharp writing, a perfect cast, and smart comedy. Besides, if you’re anything like me…
Premiering after the Super Bowl XXII in 1988, The Wonder Years was unlike anything on television at the time. A single camera series, equal parts comedy and drama, it was set twenty years earlier, unfolding in real-time as Kevin Arnold…
Over thirty years after it originally aired on network television in May of 1983, Time-Life/StarVista is releasing the classic TV special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever on DVD. They are offering the release in a simple 1-DVD edition, a special…
ABC’s Revenge begins its fourth season on September 28th, so now is the perfect time to refresh are memories as to the events of last season in this twisty tale of scandal and retribution in the Hamptons. After getting slightly…
It seems hard to believe now, but there was actually a time not so long ago that none of the Big Three television networks had programming on after 1:00 a.m., simply signing off after the final program of the day….