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POW on the Screen, Capes in the Living Room
The punch lands, the screen explodes with “POW!”, and suddenly the living room feels like a comic book come to life. Long…
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Which Soap Operas Ruled Each Decade?
Yesterday’s episode ended with a stare, a slammed door, and a secret hanging in the air — exactly the kind of moment…
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Nanu Nanu, Prime Time
Under hot studio lights and in front of a live audience, an alien in rainbow suspenders turned a sitcom set into comic…
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Why Buck Rogers Still Sparks
Here's what made Buck Rogers in the 25th Century such a hard show to resist: charm, chrome, clever casting, and a future…
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A cereal bowl on the carpet, cartoons on the screen — Saturday morning TV in America, 1981
At 7:00 AM, the television was already glowing, the cereal was going soft, and kids across America were hopping between ABC, CBS,…
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Space: 1999 — television’s bold leap into the unknown
Why does Space: 1999 still matter to classic hits fans? Because like a great record, it has style, confidence, and a sense…
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UHF 17 at Sundown
Dust hangs in the air, hoofbeats echo, and under layers of painstaking make-up Roddy McDowall gives the small screen one of science…
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Click. Cereal. Cartoons.
Remember when Saturday morning meant making real choices with the remote? In 1987, ABC, CBS, and NBC each served up a very…
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Green Glow on Channel 9
Why does this one still matter on classic hits radio? Because The Incredible Hulk had the same pull as a great old…
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Blue Glow on the Living Room Dial — Do You Agree With Our Top 10 US TV Series of the 1980s?
At 8 o’clock, the screen flickered to life, a theme tune filled the room, and half the country seemed to be watching…
