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60 Years of Star Trek: How a 1960s TV Show Boldly Went Where No Show Had Gone Before

Sixty years ago, the U.S.S. Enterprise began a journey nobody could have imagined would last this long. From a struggling 1960s television…

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Remember Saturday Morning Wrestling?

Before wrestling became a massive national spectacle, Saturday mornings belonged to colorful heroes, sneaky villains, wild interviews and matches that felt completely…

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“Walking Distance”: The Twilight Zone Episode That Understood Our Longing for the Past

What if you could walk back into the town of your childhood and find everything exactly as you remembered it? In The…

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Search: The Forgotten 1970s Spy Series That Predicted the Future

Long before smartphones, wireless earbuds and wearable cameras, Search imagined secret agents connected to a futuristic command center that could see and…

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10 Greatest TV Theme Songs of the 1980s

From Knight Rider and Miami Vice to Cheers, The A-Team and The Golden Girls, the 1980s gave us TV theme songs we…

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If You Turned on the TV in 1966, This Is What You Would Have Seen

What was it really like to watch television in America in 1966? From Saturday morning cartoons and afternoon game shows to Batman,…

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The Twilight Zone’s “The Howling Man”: One of Television’s Greatest Gothic Horror Stories

A stranded traveler. A mysterious monastery. A prisoner the monks insist is the Devil himself. The Howling Man remains one of the…

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The 10 Greatest Sci-Fi Heroes of the 1960s

From fearless starship captains to brilliant scientists and determined explorers, these unforgettable characters defined the golden age of sci-fi television. Join us…

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The Coolest TV Cars of the 1980s

From KITT and Magnum's Ferrari to the A-Team van and the General Lee, these legendary vehicles became just as famous as the…

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Before The X-Files, There Was Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Long before The X-Files, one fearless newspaper reporter was chasing vampires, werewolves, and monsters that no one else believed existed. Here's why…