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The 1990’s were a strange time for television. First Run Syndication programs were in decline (although a huge rebound was due in just a...
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The 1990’s were a strange time for television. First Run Syndication programs were in decline (although a huge rebound was due in just a...
Freakylinks was a half season FOX series from 2000 that has the unique distinction of being cancelled 3 times within 13 episodes and was...
Based on the EC Comics series, Tales From The Crypt was a monster success for not only HBO in 1989, but for the idea...
October 30th, 1938 was the date that changed the world. Orson Welles broadcast his now legendary radio invasion of Grover’s Mill, New Jersey… “shocking”...
It is Halloween and that means horror and what was the movie studio that made gothic horror cool again after the Universal Monsters faded...
With Halloween coming upon us faster than we might like I thought we would continue this with the two “name” TV series of the...
Oh, Halloween. That special time of year when television didn’t have to be corny or silly and have a moral message about family and...
This column is no longer Pilot Error. Why? Because I just signed a book deal with Schiffer publishing to write them a book on...
There has been a lot of old TV shows playing in my house lately. Our cable provider reshuffled the channels, and my wife now...
“In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.” – Dexter Gordon In this day and age of gore porn, where hack ‘em, slash ‘em...
Once upon a time, nudity on basic cable and naughty words during primetime was not only a no-no, but was enough to get your...
‘Tis the season for junk television. Especially on the two-hour movie front. If you are feeling even a little bit down around the holidays,...
On Nov. 25, Netflix returns to the world of Star Hollow as fans get to check in with the coffee-addicted, fast talking ladies known...
Fifteen years ago, Alan Ball introduced HBO audiences to the quirky Fisher family in the landmark series Six Feet Under. And for the years...
Thousands of die-hard Lost fans, including a few in authentic Dharma jumpsuits, packed the Dolby Theater Sunday night for a panel celebrating the show’s...
Ask anyone who was a kid in the 70s, and they’ll recount being scared by horror movies on television. What’s interesting is that the...
We all know that the last season of Homeland was below par — I’m not going to relitigate that. But what I find striking...
Twenty years ago today Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered for the first time. Not only is it my favorite Star Trek series, but...
As the holidays overtake the sights and sounds of our culture in a seemingly endless loop, there are those aspects of it that have...
Over the past week I got a chance to catch up with some friends who I hadn’t seen in a while. One of the...
When Rod Serling entered a Los Angeles party in 1959, a young writer named Charles Beaumont approached him and said that Serling’s most recent...
About a month ago Weeds ended its eight-season run. Despite being Showtime’s first hit series, helping the network to gain ground on rival HBO,...
The 1990s were a very interesting time for television, when the boundaries of content were tested and the role of the protagonist was redefined...
This week, we return to Bayside Hi–err, John F. Kennedy Middle School for another installment of Zack Attack! Noted Saved by the Bell expert...