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In 1987 pay cable was in a war with not only itself, but with the rise of First Run Syndication and VCR’s becoming integral...
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In 1987 pay cable was in a war with not only itself, but with the rise of First Run Syndication and VCR’s becoming integral...
Last time we looked a mostly lost and obscure spin-off from a hugely popular series… lets do that again. 21 Jumpstreet (note the title...
Lets take a look at an oddball spin-off of a very important TV series… Since this is a spin-off you will need some background...
Everyone is familiar with the Jerry Bruckheimer produced shows (Cold Case, the CSI franchise etc..) that have dominated the ratings for decades now but...
Lets look a piece of infotainment most people don’t remember at all, but I loved it so much in it’s day. Back in the...
Lets talk about two series that are only connected in the fact they were each unceremoniously cancelled after a mere 2 episodes had aired....
“All we know are the facts, ma’am.” Everyone out there, young or old, knows these words and the almost overly familiar theme song that...
Created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg Based on characters created by Robert Mark Kamen Starring Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo...
I have spoken about Tales From The Darkside many times in this column, so lets actually look at the series. This is going to...
The Twilight Zone became the rightful gold standard for anthology television series but it was hardly the only one as we all know. Some...
The Twilight Zone is one of the classics of television to the point that stories from the series have become so rooted into pop...
Lately in this column I have been talking about series that may be obscure to those of you younger than thirty and I have...
Baywatch was the number one show in the world in the 1990’s (only briefly being unseated by Renegade in 1995) and while most people...
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...
Ice dragons, adorable demodogs, gossiping housewives, clashing red robes with white bonnets, monsters named Bob born of nuclear holocaust and the nevering jokes at...
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”...
And here we are in November. As we’re headed into the Holiday Season, here are some newly released titles to watch before shopping for...
Warning: Spoilers Below: Season two for Stranger Things has been out for a week, and by now, everyone has already binged it and began...
Oh, look! The fall TV season is well under way! And I’ve been watching, folks. Not as much as usual, but I make sure...
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...
This column is no longer Pilot Error. Why? Because I just signed a book deal with Schiffer publishing to write them a book on...