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Let’s get a few things straight.  I outright enjoyed the original Time After Time 1970’s movie; I thought it was well-written and well-cast and exciting. And when ABC announced they were putting together a time-travel drama series based on the 1979 movie, I was psyched.  I was stoked. I was hoodwinked.  I was fooled.  And…

There is an old thought that whatever television programs you watched as a kid determines how you grew up.  And while I did enjoy my healthy share of Saturday morning cartoons, game shows and sitcoms … Television producer and game show host Chuck Barris could put them all together as one entity. Barris passed away…

For the past three years, the Fox Sports cable channel FS1 has aired a quirky, funny, intelligent and self-deprecating sports show called Garbage Time, with host Katie Nolan.  It’s arguably one of the best shows on Fox, and Nolan is great as a host and an interviewer, and has lots of interaction and fun with…

When it comes to television shows, the most popular programs can develop their own special fandom.  The Trekkies sand the Trekkors.   The Whovians.  The Browncoats.  Well, maybe not the Browncoats, they get a bit annoying… And then there’s the fandom for a classic television show that still, even in 20-year-old reruns, makes me laugh and…

I remember the original Battlestar Galactica series as if it was on just yesterday.  For a kid who grew up with the one-two sci-fi punch of Star Trek and Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica was an entirely different animal for me – I saw the show as a retelling of the Biblical story of Exodus.  What…

As you may have heard, I’m really getting intrigued with NBC’s hit drama Emerald City, the Friday night retelling of The Wizard of Oz that borrows from nearly every part of L. Frank Baum’s legendary stories.   And last night’s episode, “Everybody Lies,” was as good as the series has been so far. Especially at the…

“You’ve got to watch this show on Netflix called Lilyhammer, it’s the best one on the channel.” “Dude, you have to check out Peaky Blinders.  I love this show.  It’s on Netflix right now.” “Chuck, you need to watch Stranger Things on Netflix.  Trust me on this.” A couple of months ago, I blogged about…

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about this new show on NBC that purports to take the Wizard of Oz story and update it for television.  The show, Emerald City, airs on Friday nights and has an abbreviated 10-episode first season. And after watching the first three episodes, I’m thinking … RENEW THIS SHOW…

I couldn’t sleep.  This happens a lot to me of late.  So I started playing Time Warner Cable Roulette and started cycling through channels I never knew existed.  And lo and behold, I found a station called Comet TV. No, it’s not a station devoted to kitchen cleansers. Apparently Comet TV shows limited-run science fiction…