Once upon a time in 1960, an era for TV which FCC Chairman Newton Minnow famously declared to be “a vast wasteland,” America weekly, avidly, watched a whole hour in glorious black-and-white depicting two guys riding around the U. S. in a two-seater Corvette. Viewers’ passion for the adventures of this anthology show’s winsome duo [...]

 

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It’s rare that I watch a pilot episode of a new show on television. In fact, it’s rare that I watch TV at all; I much prefer downloading videos off of iTunes or getting the season DVDs (I’ve actually never seen an episode of “Lost” on TV). Justin and Allen persuaded me to check out [...]

And now for something completely different. In the Spring of 1963, when ABC was the upstart ugly stepsister (read: FOX network) of broadcast TV, its programming heads would try anything to garner ratings away from venerable NBC and CBS, all to try to get their meager affiliate base off of UHF channels. Someone very groovy [...]

Doesn’t this look strangely like a certain Heroes cast image? If I ever use the “life is a marathon not sprint” sentiment EVER in my movies or TV scripts, you have the right to punch me in the face as hard as you can without repercussion. This is a good deal for you because punching [...]

Garth Marenghi was way ahead of his time. Britain’s prolific horror novel writer akin to Stephen King took a stab at BBC television in the 1980′s. He created a spoof-horror show in Britain about evil and hospitals and stuff called Darkplace. You will find the YouTube of the first half of the pilot episode listed [...]