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So after we’ve had plenty of time to digest the latest news – that Jeopardy! game show host Alex Trebek has disclosed that he currently has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer – I wanted to take a fresh moment to look back at Trebek’s career as a game show host. And we’re not just talking about…

The BET television network is currently airing a ten-episode drama on the history of Don Cornelius and his greatest creation, the TV show Soul Train.  This program, American Soul, will take viewers on a journey through Cornelius’ involvement with the show and all the storylines inherent thereto. When I saw advertisements for this show, I…

What I’m going to show you may be surprising, may be confusing, may be upsetting.  Just trust me on this.  You won’t believe what you see. In the 1970’s, there were television dramas that featured detectives and police officers who were – for lack of a better term – different.  There was Longstreet, which featured…

Six years ago, I wrote a blog post about the return of a fifth iteration of the Twilight Zone, the Rod Serling-hosted anthology series of science fiction and fantasy. A quick recap.  The original Twilight Zone lasted for five seasons and received much acclaim.  The show was resurrected in 1985 as an hour-long CBS anthology…

This is what happens when I start reminiscing about my childhood and my affection for classic Saturday morning cartoon fare. One of the shows from those halcyon days – a show I watched a few times, but never really got hooked on – was Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.  It was a live-action series – a…

It arrived in the mail the other day.  And boy was I happy. Max Headroom returned to my life. Max Headroom was a science fiction hour long drama that created a futuristic society based on television and information.  The show mixed action, drama and satire into an amazing melange.  I taped the episodes on my…

Okay.  I waited two weeks to finally watch the Netflix movie Bird Box, the horror film where a spreading virus / madness / airborne invasion attacks people into suicide – and to spread to others to convince them to commit suicide. If you’ve seen the film, you probably have an opinion as to what the…

This … without argument … was my favorite Christmas special back in the day.  It was a Hallmark Hall of Fame special from approximately 1968, and it starred a who’s who of television actors and personalities in a musical retelling of the story about a mischievous angel whose gifts on Earth become an integral part…

The show wasn’t supposed to survive its first season.  It was one of four different “time travel” shows to premier for the 2016-17 prime time TV season.  Two other dramas, Time After Time and Frequency, were based on successful theatrical releases; neither of those shows lasted past a few weeks.  Another time travel show, a…