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Come Aboard Again?

As that theme begins to swell and the ship glides into view, you can almost feel the television set casting a warmer…

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Saturday Night 1975 — Three Networks, One Living Room

What was America watching while the weekend settled in during 1975? A warm living room, three powerful networks, and the arrival of…

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A Dagger on the Bridge Floor — Revisiting Star Trek’s Mirror, Mirror

Here's what made Star Trek’s "Mirror, Mirror" such a lasting television thrill: one transporter mishap, one wickedly clever premise, and a cast…

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Bewitched still sparks the question: Jeannie or Samantha?

Two magical sitcoms, two irresistible moods.

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Rendezvous with Yesterday — television time travel at full steam

Big ideas, full conviction, and a date with disaster make this one of 1960s television’s most entertaining pilots.

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Why The Zanti Misfits Still Bites

Tiny alien outlaws, a desert prison colony, and one of the most unforgettable creature designs in classic television make this a joy…

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Step Into the Dark Room

A dark doorway, a hush in the room, and suddenly vintage television is working its magic again. This 1959 episode of One…

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Why This Star Trek Story Still Stuns

On a Manhattan street from the 1930s, Captain Kirk finds a kind of happiness he was never meant to keep. That bittersweet…

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Men into Space still knows how to launch a good idea

With control-room voices snapping out instructions and rocket smoke billowing across the screen, Men into Space wastes no time selling its vision…

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Stand By for Captain Video

The studio lights are blazing, the control panel is humming, and a homemade universe is seconds from going live. Captain Video and…