Three years ago, I blogged about a 1960’s Canadian medical drama, Wojeck, starring John Vernon as a crusading medical examiner in urban Toronto. Think Quincy or CSI with a Canadian accent. At the time, there were only a couple of episodes uploaded on YouTube, as well as opening credits for the show’s two seasons. The…
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A 90-minute weekly Western drama that ran for years? Say hello to The Virginian.
I’ve splashed into the vast catalog that is the FreeVee channel, and have now locked into what apparently was a very popular 1960’s era Western drama. One that aired over 270 episodes, each episode running (with commercials) for 90 minutes. A 90-minute Western drama. Why have I not heard of this before? Say hello to…
Read MoreWhy I’m boycotting the Yellowstone TV show (and so should you).
Zooey Zephyr is a duly elected representative for the Montana state legislature. And she has spoken out against transphobia in the state legislature, including debating AGAINST those who would ban gender-affirming care to minors. In other words … Montana is voting against the rights of trans people. And for that … Zooey Zephyr’s legislative microphone…
Read MoreHoly crap, we got a new Venture Bros. episode coming soon!!!
The Venture Bros. was undoubtedly one of the true bosses of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block. A show dedicated to the excitement and mythos of those 1960’s Jonny Quest Hanna-Barbera action shows, mixed with a ton of satire and pop-culture references, and a level of world-building not seen on television animated circles. Wild adventures,…
Read MoreSo there’s this show called Underbelly on the FreeVee channel…
One of the great things about these all-inclusive streaming TV channels like Tubi and Pluto and whatnot is that they have a ton of content from various places, and if you simply search around on the channel, you’ll find something worth watching. And boy oh boy did I find something worth watching. For this, you…
Read MorePoker Face isn’t just Columbo, it’s The Fugitive as well!
Let’s get one thing straight. I absolutely LOVE the new Peacock TV series Poker Face. The show features Natasha Lyonne as a person who can instantly tell if someone is telling the truth or lying – and uses that talent to solve crimes. It’s kind of like the old 70’s TV series Columbo, where the…
Read MoreThe Return of the Television Tontine
A few months ago, I blogged about the television tontine – in which a popular TV series from long ago is represented today by only one or two stars from that program. And in recent days, with the passing of Lisa Loring and Cindy Williams, their obituaries recalled their greatest TV successes – Loring as…
Read MoreThe All In The Family spinoff you never knew existed
I’m sure you’ve heard of All in the Family, the groundbreaking 1970’s sitcom that turned television on its ear. For several years, it was the #1 show on TV, it was destination watching on Saturday nights on CBS, and it generated an entire universe of various sitcoms – an Archie Bunker-Verse, if you like. Some…
Read MoreSeason 3 is coming. This is the way.
I’m what you would call a medium-level Star Wars fan. I’ll see the movies on opening night (all eleven of them so far, I count Solo as part of the canon), and some of the TV shows. I haven’t really gotten into the animated Star Wars universe – maybe at some point I can binge-watch…
Read MoreThanks for derailing Snowpiercer, TNT
I really enjoyed the dystopian sci-fi TV series Snowpiercer. Like all great television sci-fi shows, it was an allegory to our modern world, treating social conflict and isolation and political manipulations in the setting of a transcontinental train carrying the last survivors of a global winter. The first season was great, the second season was…
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